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Post by icecreamdf on Nov 10, 2015 4:04:05 GMT
I love all thirteen Doctors, but Jon Pertwee is my favorite.
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Post by Hieronymus on Nov 11, 2015 1:42:29 GMT
Tom Baker is *MY* Doctor, and the stories with Sarah Jane Smith have the fondest spot in my heart and memories.
David Tennant is my favorite *actor* in the role, though my second favorite Doctor. He's my favorite actor because of the other work he's done, and for being a total fanboy himself. I'd love to meet him and chat about Classic Who, Shakespeare, and stuff.
Peter Davison is my favorite audio Doctor, which surprises me because I didn't really care for most of his TV tenure. BF have thoroughly redeemed him for me.
Colin Baker is the only Doctor I've ever dressed up as for a convention, and is my favorite commentary Doctor. He and Louise Jameson are two of the only Who actors who actually discuss their acting choices, nuances of performance, and the sort of behind-the-scenes information most actors don't usually discuss in interviews. He is articulate, erudite, and perspicacious, without being Byzantine.
Matt Smith is the actor who I think gave the best and most consistent performance in the role. He was also brilliant acting with children--that moment at his first Proms where he performed extemporaneously with a young boy from the audience epitomizes the warmth and effortlessness he brought to the role.
Jon Pertwee was the only Doctor I didn't much care for, but the man himself was a consummate entertainer, showman, and gentleman without compare. He is the only Doctor I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and listening to in person. His sole concern was ensuring that the fans received everything he could possibly provide. So, even though I didn't care for his tenure as much as I did the others, I respect him thoroughly.
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Post by randomcomments on Nov 11, 2015 3:47:51 GMT
Paul McGann, followed by Colin Baker, then Smith and Capaldi, in some sort of order. Then the others in a mishmash of enjoyables, then Pertwee, then Peter Davison, who just doesn't work for me on TV. McCoy excluded from the list, because I haven't seen/heard much of him yet.
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Post by kurumais on Nov 11, 2015 22:08:33 GMT
my top tier doctors are 4, 8, and 9 those are my favs
next tier 5, 6, 10, 11
3rd tier 2, 1
4th tier 7 and 3
im not sure where to put 12 yet i like capaldi good performance not great material and with clara still around i feel his era hasnt actually started.
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Post by Polar Bear on Nov 15, 2015 16:39:43 GMT
Classic Who: Troughton, then Baker. Baker reached higher heights, but Troughton's excellence was more consistent.
NuWho: Tennant, then Eccleston. Even in bad episodes, I could count on Tennant to convey a full range of emotions, convincingly. And I wish we'd had more Eccleston.
Audio: McGann. His calm energy is what I aim for in my own life.
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Post by barnabaslives on Nov 16, 2015 15:55:12 GMT
Interesting time for the question to come up again... I think at the moment I'm less partial than ever and pretty much hold them all in equal esteem. Likewise with my viewing hopes, usually it would be the 4th Doctor era hands down that I'm most keen to watch all over again, but I'm almost equally enthused about revisiting the 5th and 6th Doctor episodes as well lately.
(On the other hand, my rainy day audio collection is still exclusively populated with unheard Big Finish Tom Baker audios, as if they were still, above all else, just the thing to cheer a person up when nothing else possibly could).
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Post by relativetime on Nov 16, 2015 16:26:09 GMT
I love them all! But, if I had to choose...
NuWho: Peter Capaldi (followed by Matt Smith) Classic Who: Tom Baker (followed by Patrick Troughton) Audio: Colin Baker (followed by Paul McGann)
I'd say my favorite Doctor overall is Colin Baker, but it really kind of depends on what mood I'm in; some days, I just want a good Pete Davison story and other days I want to watch some David Tennant. That's what I love about this show so much - every Doctor is the best Doctor.
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Post by kurumais on Nov 17, 2015 1:15:12 GMT
i will add this big finish has evened out my affection/esteem for the doctors . kistening to BG its like all the doctors are happening all at once all the time. i know as with other things out of sight is kind of out of mind. this way the doctors are fresh to me.
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Post by icecreamdf on Nov 17, 2015 4:53:30 GMT
i will add this big finish has evened out my affection/esteem for the doctors . kistening to BG its like all the doctors are happening all at once all the time. i know as with other things out of sight is kind of out of mind. this way the doctors are fresh to me. I rewatch old episodes so much that all the Doctors (except, perhaps, Eight and War) are fresh to me anyway even without Big Ginish.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 10:38:15 GMT
My first Doctors were Bill Hartnell and Colin Baker, so the both of them often reach the top of my list of favourites. It does vary a bit though depending on my mood. At the moment I think...
Classic - First Doctor NuWho - Tenth Doctor Audio - Sixth Doctor
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Post by agentten on Nov 19, 2015 6:01:54 GMT
Oh, this is hard. My top five is something I've been trying to narrow down for about a month now. It's come out as:
1. Ten - Not my first Doctor, but I think of him as my Doctor. No other Doctor has quite so much glee bubbling out of him, like a kid in the best sandbox in the world. With Tennant it was *fun* to be the Doctor. Of course it was also horrible, and the dark side of the universe could turn quite suddenly on us in Ten's era. Tennant, brilliantly, would turn with it and show us a whole other Doctor under the surface of that charm. His time with Rose is my favorite era of Who. 2. Four - I am always enchanted by the brilliant Tom Baker. It's also several points in Four's favor that he has the largest collection of my personal favorite companions out of any Doctor. 3. Five - My first Doctor and I still love him. I love that's he's kind of an anti-Doctor in some ways. Baker was explosive so Davidson is awkward and prim. It was really the only way to follow Baker and I think Davidson made exactly the right choice. 4. Twelve - Twelve has surged onto the list hard and fast. Capaldi is killing it for me, he's just so good. I love his Doctor, I love his chemistry with Clara, I love the stories they're telling and the way they explore the relationship between the two of them, everything is clicking so well for me with Twelve. 5. Eleven - Brilliant Matt Smith. I didn't always love every episode, but I loved *him* in every episode. As someone above mentioned, Smith was solidly brilliant throughout his entire run. He brought a special magic to the part that was childlike and full of wonder.
I hate leaving other favorites off this list, but wanted to figure out, finally, a definite top five.
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Post by Tim Bradley on Nov 19, 2015 14:52:15 GMT
My favourite Doctors are Peter Davison; Christopher Eccelston and David Tennant. Tim.
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Post by CookieMaster on Nov 19, 2015 16:44:42 GMT
I consider Paul McGann to be my Doctor and he's also my favourite, Sylvester is technically my first Doctor even though I have vague memories of Colin Baker (which might have been a video recorded off the telly) in Revelation of the Daleks.
I think because I'm one of those rare people who actually like the TV Movie and watched it over and over again when I was much younger, McGann has just stuck with me. When I bought my first Doctor Who dvd it was Spearhead from Space and I really enjoyed watching Jon Pertwee's Doctor too, I kind of felt that he and McGann's Doctor were kindred spirits, both fancy-looking Dandies who really weren't afraid to jump on a motorbike if situation demanded it (I'm aware McCoy did that too) and whose main enemies were both the Master, my favourite Who villain (I'm aware Davison bumped into him a lot also). So in that respect I have a soft-spot for Pertwee's Doctor too.
I was so glad that a friend introduced me to the Big Finish audios, I actually got to experience more of my favourite Doctor, something that I was a bit upset about not being able to do. To this day I often wonder what one season would have been like following the TV Movie, would he have gone back for Grace? Would the Master have returned? And most importantly, would he be dressed for the occasion?
I haven't missed a single Big Finish release starring Paul McGann and I doubt I ever will, long may he reign.
P.S A quick shout out to John Hurt's incarnation, I was massively impressed by his single performance in Day of the Doctor and if his audio series is going to be as good as I think it is going to be....well he'll certainly remain my favourite new series incarnation, that's for sure.
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Nov 22, 2015 0:17:41 GMT
Eight. Paul McGann. He's just seems like the most traditionally heroic of all the Doctors. Kind, earnest, strong enough to be gentle, but fierce when he needs to be (although I guess you could say that of quite a few Doctors). He's a romantic optimistic, but under a blanket of melancholy that shrouds his whole life.
And he has a good contrast with his character arc. Its like he starts out an innocent over-excited puppy, but grows into a steely and stoic hound as he's put through the proverbial blender. And McGann is great in the role. He really does have a brilliant voice for audio.
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Post by elkawho on Nov 22, 2015 4:36:59 GMT
Ah, jeez. These are so hard: Ten: He's my first and always will be my favorite. Ten and Donna are my favorite Doctor/Companion pairing, so I'm ecstatic about the upcoming audios.
But close behind are Four, Eight and Two. And all the others are just a smidgen behind them.
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Post by kurumais on Jan 6, 2016 20:17:23 GMT
12 is really making a case for himself as a great doctor this series
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Post by Timelord007 on Jan 6, 2016 21:43:23 GMT
Tom Baker, bonkers, eccentric, simply brilliant & dominates nearly ever scene he's in.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 2:47:22 GMT
They're all so wonderful in their own unique way, but I think my favourite (and this is by a very close margin) is the Sixth Doctor, primarily because of his two warring natures as a deliberate and conscientious force for right and good in the universe and his innate capacity for evil that lies at the heart of his incarnation. He's not innately good like his predecessor is, nor is he the Nietzschean cosmic creature that is his successor, he instead balances on the razor's edge between the two. He is the Doctor who doesn't just do good as a consequence, but tries to do good. He tries to be better than his lower nature and because of a myriad of brilliant performances by Colin Baker and a melange of writers helping to flesh out this complicated incarnation -- I think he does succeed. By the end of his incarnation, he strove and succeeded to be better than he was and I think that's rather inspiring in its own way.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Jan 7, 2016 2:54:35 GMT
Series 9 twelfth Doctor might have ousted the gothic-era fourth for me.
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Post by shutupbanks on Jan 7, 2016 11:51:27 GMT
I couldn't name a favourite Doctor - like the Brig said, "Splendid chap, all of you." I don't think there was an actor cast who didn't nail the part at some point or another. One of the anal-retentive things I like to do is watch/ read/ listen to a story and imagine one of the other Doctors saying some of the lines. F'r'ex, the scene in The Empty Child where the camera pans around the dinner table and suddenly 9 is eating with the children was a moment I could've imagined 7 doing very easily. 3 and 4 in high dudgeon are very similar in a lot of ways (The Key To Time was a very 3 series, IMNSHO). I think once they have the essence of the character down, they are the Doctor to me, regardless of Who is playing him.
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