Your favorite Doctor (who)

[Raven Crowking]

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[Rykion]

It's hard to rate the Doctors as I have enjoyed watching all of them.

1) Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) A Doctor with depth and great humour.
2) Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) Most fun of the original series.
3) Fifth Doctor (Peter Davidson) The compassionate Doctor.
4) Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) Terrible storylines, but the most enigmatic Doctor
5) Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) Humor and depth, but lacked the Doctor's alien qualities.
6) Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) The James Bond of the Doctors.
7) Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) Cosmic tramp of a Doctor, I wish I could see more of his stories.
8) First Doctor (William Hartnell) Old Curmudgeon of a Doctor, still likeable.
9) Eighth Doctor (Paul Mcgann) An okay Doctor in a terrible movie
10) Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) So I lied when I said I enjoy watching all the Doctors. The Doctor should never be a coward and a braggart, but that describes Doctor 6. I understand why the series was almost killed under this run. The Seventh Doctor was much improved, unfortunatley the series writing wasn't.

 

[Raven Crowking]

IMHO, best official story of each Doctor. Of course, this is my thoughts right now, and they are subject to change at any time:

1. The Aztecs. This is actually a tough call, as The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Space Museum, The Chase, and The Time Meddler are all up there.
2. The Tomb of the Cybermen.
3. The Curse of Peladon. Another really tough call here. Day of the Daleks and The Time Warrior are definitely in the running.
4. The Deadly Assassin. This is actually the toughest call of all. Terror of the Zygons, The Masque of the Mandragora, and The Ribos Operation were close runners.
5. Black Orchid.
6. Mark of the Rani. Excepting the 8th Doctor, the only one I didn't have to think about.
7. Survival. The Curse of Fenric is a close #2.
8. The FOX/BBC Movie. Easy one.
9. Father's Day. Runner Up: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.
10. The Girl in the Fireplace.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

1. Pertwee (#3)
2. Baker (#4)
3. McGann (#8 for his audio work, a perfect Doctor)
4. Tennent (#10)
5. Troughton (#2)
6. Davison (#5)
7. Hartnell (#1)
8. Eccleston (#9)
9. Baker (#6)
10. McCoy (#7)

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

IMHO, best official story of each Doctor. Of course, this is my thoughts right now, and they are subject to change at any time:

1. The Aztecs. This is actually a tough call, as The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Space Museum, The Chase, and The Time Meddler are all up there.
2. The Tomb of the Cybermen.
3. The Curse of Peladon. Another really tough call here. Day of the Daleks and The Time Warrior are definitely in the running.
4. The Deadly Assassin. This is actually the toughest call of all. Terror of the Zygons, The Masque of the Mandragora, and The Ribos Operation were close runners.
5. Black Orchid.
6. Mark of the Rani. Excepting the 8th Doctor, the only one I didn't have to think about.
7. Survival. The Curse of Fenric is a close #2.
8. The FOX/BBC Movie. Easy one.
9. Father's Day. Runner Up: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.
10. The Girl in the Fireplace.

1. Dalek Invasion of Earth
2. Tomb of the Cybermen (love this one! The old Cybermen rule)
3. Inferno (amazing story and great work by all actors)
4. Genesis of the Daleks (a bit slow at parts but overall I love this one, a perfect Doctor Who story in many ways)
5. Ressurrection of the Daleks (hey I love daleks!)
6. Ugh
7. Double Ugh
8. The Chimes of Midnight (Big Finish audio #29, a really wonderful story, the TV movie sucks)
9. The Empty Child/Doctor Dances (not even close a total gem in a mediocre season)
10. Blink (Steven Moffat is the only Doctor Who writer left who always hits it out of the park, he wrote my #9 pick too I bitch about all the stories being on earth, but if they were written like this I wouldn't)

 

[horacethegrey]

My favorite stories of each Doctor:

First Doctor The Daleks - May be dated, but it still contains genuine suspense and thrills. And of course, the intro of the Doctor's greatest enemies.
Second Doctor The Invasion - In my opinion, this is much better cyberman story than the overrated Tomb. Patrick Troughton at his best.
Third Doctor The Mind of Evil - Haven't watched much of Pertwee's Doctor, but this was the one I liked the most of what I saw. Engaging story featuring the Master.
Fourth Doctor City of Death - Absolutely the best Doctor Who story I've ever seen. Fantastic plot, insanely hilarious, and Tom Baker at this peak. Why people would pick the insipid Genesis over this gem I will never understand.
Fifth Doctor - I've only watched one of his stories, so I don't have a favorite yet. Though I suspect the much lauded Caves of Androzani will quickly be my fave soon as I've seen it.
Sixth Doctor - Ditto above. But I'm looking forward to The Two Doctors.
Seventh Doctor - None here yet either. Though I'm planning to watch his episodes this coming month. So I hope I have a fave then.
Eighth Doctor The Chimes of Midnight - Agreed with Flexor here. This is a fantastic and genuinely frightening story.
Ninth Doctor The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - All of Eccleston's stories are wonderful, but this stands out above the others. It has everything. Frights, comedy and moving human drama.
Tenth Doctor Human Nature/The Family of Blood - The story that best illustrates the Tenth Doctor to a tee. Touchingly bittersweet tale that is powerfully acted. David Tennant's performance being a standout.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

My favorite stories of each Doctor:

First Doctor The Daleks - May be dated, but it still contains genuine suspense and thrills. And of course, the intro of the Doctor's greatest enemies.
Second Doctor The Invasion - In my opinion, this is much better cyberman story than the overrated Tomb. Patrick Troughton at his best.
Third Doctor The Mind of Evil - Haven't watched much of Pertwee's Doctor, but this was the one I liked the most of what I saw. Engaging story featuring the Master.
Fourth Doctor City of Death - Absolutely the best Doctor Who story I've ever seen. Fantastic plot, insanely hilarious, and Tom Baker at this peak. Why people would pick the insipid Genesis over this gem I will never understand.
Fifth Doctor - I've only watched one of his stories, so I don't have a favorite yet. Though I suspect the much lauded Caves of Androzani will quickly be my fave soon as I've seen it.
Sixth Doctor - Ditto above. But I'm looking forward to The Two Doctors.
Seventh Doctor - None here yet either. Though I'm planning to watch his episodes this coming month. So I hope I have a fave then.
Eighth Doctor The Chimes of Midnight - Agreed with Flexor here. This is a fantastic and genuinely frightening story.
Ninth Doctor The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - All of Eccleston's stories are wonderful, but this stands out above the others. It has everything. Frights, comedy and moving human drama.
Tenth Doctor Human Nature/The Family of Blood - The story that best illustrates the Tenth Doctor to a tee. Touchingly bittersweet tale that is powerfully acted. David Tennant's performance being a standout.

I'll tell you why I like Genesis over the wonderful City of Death. The exchanges between Davros and the Doctor. Acutally outside of the drawn out stuff in the Thall city with the rocket and Sara it's just wonderful all around IMO.


Me and you have vastly different ideas on good Who based on your description of the CE era there but anyone who loves Chimes of Midnight can't be all bad.

 

[Jhamin]

In Who Fandom, there is a theory that the "best" doctor is whichever Doctor was current when you officially became a fan. Each era tends to tailor itself to what the audience expects from Sci-Fi at the time, so it tends to grab people differently than the earlier stuff (or later stuff) does.

I became aware of Dr Who by watching reruns of the 4th, but became a fan watching the then current 5th Doctor on my PBS station. So I have a soft spot for both.

Whole new generations have been hooked on the 9th & 10th Doctors, so for them they will always be the best.


The current crew is great, I am enjoying it quite a bit, but the creators seem to be having a lot of fun playing with the Dr. Who format (an story in which the Dr. is a secondary character, an story where he forgets who he is) and fufiling all the old "wouldn't it be cool if" fan scenarios that have been brewing for years (Daleks vs. Cybermen!! KEWL!!!)

I'm wondering what place the 9th and 10th will have in another 10 years? They are clearly the rebirth, but will they be remembered as the experimental era? The depressed "last survivor" era? The peak of the revival? or "how did we used to think that was good?"

 

[horacethegrey]

I'll tell you why I like Genesis over the wonderful City of Death. The exchanges between Davros and the Doctor. Acutally outside of the drawn out stuff in the Thall city with the rocket and Sara it's just wonderful all around IMO.

Sorry, but the exchanges between Davros and the Doctor are very cheesy and quite daft. The dialog Baker and Terry Malloy have to spew out is on the same level as that of the Star Wars prequels.

Still, not everything about Genesis is bad. The set designs are great, as is the oppressive and doomed atmosphere they generated for the story. But the horrid pacing, numerous cliffhangers, useless filler, and godawful dialog just about killed it for me. Not something I'll watch again thank you very much.

Me and you have vastly different ideas on good Who based on your description of the CE era there but anyone who loves Chimes of Midnight can't be all bad.

I like Chimes simply because it's a great story. That's all.

 

[sniffles]

In Who Fandom, there is a theory that the "best" doctor is whichever Doctor was current when you officially became a fan. Each era tends to tailor itself to what the audience expects from Sci-Fi at the time, so it tends to grab people differently than the earlier stuff (or later stuff) does.

That's usually true, I think. But not for me. My first Doctor was the 6th, Colin Baker. I managed to get hooked on the show by watching 'The Twin Dilemma', his first full episode, which I think most fans will agree was pretty awful. But I liked something about it.

I was a big fan of the 4th Doctor for many years. Still am, but I'd have to say my current favorite is the 10th, David Tennant.