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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 2145637" data-attributes="member: 149">Tom Baker was the first Doctor I saw and probably always will be my favorite since he's the one I "imprinted" on. His charisma was amazing and he simply has that certain something which enables an actor or person to take something from the stupid to the fascinating. It's sort of like with Kirk. For all the Shatner gets beat up for overacting, Kirk wouldn't be Kirk and wouldn't be the character we all know and love without that. It just fits, it just works for that character. Leela of course my favorite companion as well, but mainly because she was the most independent and capable of his companions. Unlike Romana or some of the others, she didn't try to eclipse the Doctor, because she handled the physical stuff, which was never the Doctor's forte. She spent more time saving the Doctor's ass than he spent saving her's. Sarah is the companion I despised the most. For a supposedly modern and "independent" woman, she spent most of her time wimpering, whining and waiting to be rescued. "Leela you can't just go around killing people with Jenga thorns""Why not Doctor? He was going to kill you?""Hmmm. Good point."Davidson (Peter) I would agree with whom ever said he seemed lightweight and unimposing. There was a certain blandness to his character and that he had some of the most annoying companions (I'm looking at you Teegan and what's his name working for the black guardian).Colin Baker seemed to be obnoxious and irritating. Though I never saw a great deal of his episodes.Sylvester McCoy seemed potentially intersting, but I just wasn't interested enough to make an effort to catch his episodes. Pertwee I enjoyed the second most, but he had some of the most interesting villians and best companions. Jo Grant was my second most favorite companion. She had a lot of spunk and actually went and did effective things to help beat the villians on her own initiative. Not to mention that she spent very little time screaming for help and playing the helpless woman. I can't stand characters like that. Troughton and Hartnell, I've never seen enough of to really have an opinion. McGann, I didn't really care about. What really ruined the american Dr. Who for me was the abomination pretending to be The Master and what was done to him by the plot. I can't stand Eric Roberts to this day because of his, his,,, what he did to his character. It is one of the few things I really wish I could simply erase from my memories. I hate it that much. Not that the Master was my favorite villian, but he didn't deserve what was done to him.</blockquote>

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