Your favorite Doctor (who)

[Felon]

It's interesting how the companions seem to play a part in how much people like the doctor they're paired up with. Mel was really annoying, and it affected how much folks liked Colin Baker and McCoy.

Tom Baker is the most popular, and he had great companions. Sarah Jane had a fun personality, Leela's aggressiveness was the perfect foil for the doc's meandering personality, and Romana had perfect chemistry.

K-9 was cool for the kids, but his batteries running down every episode made him kind of pointless.

 

[horacethegrey]

Well, damn near any Doctor Who episode is riddled with what could be called "flaws". You have a guy with an nigh-indestructible time machine who tends only to use it to get in and out of a misadventure, and only occasionally considers using it actually help him win the day. Is time mutable or immutable? If it's mutable, are there conequences to the time stream for altering history or aren't there? All of that varies from one episode to the next. The fact that folks gripe about inconsistencies that occur in a show that pretty obviously doesn't care all that much about consistency is pretty baffling.

:\ Mate, what are you going on about? We're not griping about series inconsistencies are we? We're griping about the fact that Genesis of the Daleks continues to be ranked as one of the all time Doctor Who stories despite it's numerous dramatic flaws.

Series inconsistencies. Dramatic flaws. Two different things. Really.

 

[Mouseferatu]

:\ Mate, what are you going on about? We're not griping about series inconsistencies are we? We're griping about the fact that Genesis of the Daleks continues to be ranked as one of the all time Doctor Who stories despite it's numerous dramatic flaws.

Plus, you know, mind-numbingly boring.

 

[Particle_Man]

I imagine Genesis of the Daleks would be rated highly, despite its dramatic flaws, because of its historical significance in the Whoverse. The Daleks are the Doctor's "main" villain, the one that even people that don't know Doctor Who from Star Trek can readily identify. "Ex-Ter-Mi-Nate!" is a famous word.

So an episode that shows their origin is going to rate highly, no matter what, just because of this historical significance. There is no getting around it.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

It's interesting how the companions seem to play a part in how much people like the doctor they're paired up with. Mel was really annoying, and it affected how much folks liked Colin Baker and McCoy.

No, I pretty much dislike Colin Baker for his own merits, or lack thereof.

 

[Rykion]

Oh boy favorite companions.

1 Vislor Turlough -The only companion with major ulterior motives.
2 Ace -Smart, competent, and not Mel.
3 Romana -She knew what she was doing, and was another Timelord.
4 K-9 -Robotic dog with a laser in his nose. Nothing could be cooler, except maybe a robotic mongoose.
5 Nyssa -Smart, competent, and not Tegan.
6 Jamie McCrimmon -The tough guy.
7 Leela -The tough lady.
8 Sarah Jane Smith -The iconic companion.
9 Perpugilliam Brown -Someone had to carry the show when the Doctor couldn't.
10 Susan Foreman -The Doctor's granddaughter and the original companion.

I would have Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart as number 1, but he was never technically a companion.

 

[horacethegrey]

I imagine Genesis of the Daleks would be rated highly, despite its dramatic flaws, because of its historical significance in the Whoverse. The Daleks are the Doctor's "main" villain, the one that even people that don't know Doctor Who from Star Trek can readily identify. "Ex-Ter-Mi-Nate!" is a famous word.

So an episode that shows their origin is going to rate highly, no matter what, just because of this historical significance. There is no getting around it.

I imagine that's the case as well. But that still doesn't excuse the fact that the fabled origin of the Daleks is one huge ass bore of a story. :\

I would have Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart as number 1, but he was never technically a companion.

I'd have ranked him in as well (though not at number 1), if not for the very same reason. The Brig just oozed coolness and badassery, despite being an authority figure.

 

[Umbran]

Heh. This is like asking me my favorite flavor of ice cream, or pie. Or which of my wife's smiles I like best. Just can't be done.

 

[Particle_Man]

-I would have Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart as number 1, but he was never technically a companion.

Indeed, whatever his status, he is one of the reasons I like the Third Doctor so much.

 

[Aeolius]

It's nice to see such an appreciation for Jon Pertwee. Like many in the States, my first exposure to Dr Who was with Tom Baker. Once PBS started airing older episodes, I instantly connected with Pertwee's flair and charisma.