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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2140914" data-attributes="member: 151">Favorite Doctor?&nbsp; Tough call, that.&nbsp; Each had his appeals.My 'desert island doctor' is Tom Baker.&nbsp; Some of the greatest episodes ever were Tom Baker episodes.&nbsp; I mean &quot;Ark in Space&quot;, &quot;Pyramids of Mars&quot;, &quot;Talons of Weng-Chiang&quot;, &quot;The Mask of Mandrogra&quot; and the list goes on and on.&nbsp; Sure, there were some real duds along the 8 years of T.B.'s run...but there were some fantastic works, too.&nbsp; He was my first doctor, and still probably favorite.Poorly served doctors: Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.&nbsp; Colin Baker's doctor was served with some of the worst scripts in the series, short of poor Slyvester McCoy, who get the best budget but often worst scripts of the show's run.&nbsp; McCoy's doctor started out comical, like Patrick Troughton's character, but soon turned darker.&nbsp; My favorite moments are the Brigadier holding a gun to Mordred's head in &quot;Battlefield&quot;, and&nbsp; the introduction of the Special Weapons Dalek.&nbsp; They don't make up for episodes like &quot;Ghost Light&quot; or &quot;Delta and the Bannermen&quot; or &quot;The Happiness Patrol&quot;, though.&nbsp; If anything actually could.Troughton and Pertwee were two of the most fun Doctors.&nbsp; Troughton's episodes often bordered on the outright ridiculous, but his charisma carried them through.&nbsp; Like Hartnell, his show was often very consciously a 'kids show'.&nbsp; Pertwee introduced color into the mix, and much bigger production values.&nbsp; The introduction of UNIT and the Brigadier took Doctor Who to a whole new playing field, and Pertwee, in many ways, formulated what the doctor would be from then on.&nbsp; He was a younger, more physical doctor, willing to go head-on into danger if need be (and let's not forget his formidable 'venusian judo', was it?).Peter Davison had some interesting episodes, sometimes good, and sometimes really jumbled.&nbsp; The youngest doctor, or at leas the youngest looking, he brought a different quality to the doctor...and also is the only doctor to have a story that, if you discount the Tardis, had absolutely no SF or fantasy elements in it.&nbsp; He also had one of the best departures of any doctor in the &quot;Caves of Androzanni&quot; (sp?).Hartnell has never been one I've been thrilled with, because that was a different show for a different time.&nbsp; That was back when it was a kid's history show, primarily, with a few SF elements.&nbsp; Paul McGann had potential, but has little more claim to the legacy than Lee does, IMHO.I have seen neither Lee nor Ecclestone, yet...but I have hopes for Ecclestone's performance and the new series.&nbsp; We'll see.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 2140914, member: 151"] Favorite Doctor? Tough call, that. Each had his appeals. My 'desert island doctor' is Tom Baker. Some of the greatest episodes ever were Tom Baker episodes. I mean "Ark in Space", "Pyramids of Mars", "Talons of Weng-Chiang", "The Mask of Mandrogra" and the list goes on and on. Sure, there were some real duds along the 8 years of T.B.'s run...but there were some fantastic works, too. He was my first doctor, and still probably favorite. Poorly served doctors: Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. Colin Baker's doctor was served with some of the worst scripts in the series, short of poor Slyvester McCoy, who get the best budget but often worst scripts of the show's run. McCoy's doctor started out comical, like Patrick Troughton's character, but soon turned darker. My favorite moments are the Brigadier holding a gun to Mordred's head in "Battlefield", and the introduction of the Special Weapons Dalek. They don't make up for episodes like "Ghost Light" or "Delta and the Bannermen" or "The Happiness Patrol", though. If anything actually [i][B]could[/B][/i]. Troughton and Pertwee were two of the most fun Doctors. Troughton's episodes often bordered on the outright ridiculous, but his charisma carried them through. Like Hartnell, his show was often very consciously a 'kids show'. Pertwee introduced color into the mix, and much bigger production values. The introduction of UNIT and the Brigadier took Doctor Who to a whole new playing field, and Pertwee, in many ways, formulated what the doctor would be from then on. He was a younger, more physical doctor, willing to go head-on into danger if need be (and let's not forget his formidable 'venusian judo', was it?). Peter Davison had some interesting episodes, sometimes good, and sometimes really jumbled. The youngest doctor, or at leas the youngest looking, he brought a different quality to the doctor...and also is the only doctor to have a story that, if you discount the Tardis, had absolutely no SF or fantasy elements in it. He also had one of the best departures of any doctor in the "Caves of Androzanni" (sp?). Hartnell has never been one I've been thrilled with, because that was a different show for a different time. That was back when it was a kid's history show, primarily, with a few SF elements. Paul McGann had potential, but has little more claim to the legacy than Lee does, IMHO. I have seen neither Lee nor Ecclestone, yet...but I have hopes for Ecclestone's performance and the new series. We'll see. [/QUOTE]

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