Your favorite Doctor (who)

[Felon]

:\ 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.

Sorry, since I thought it was dramatically wonderful, I was left guessing you were talking about the various plot inconsistencies.

Great serial with a nice bit of allegory instead of one-dimensional buy-eyed paper-mache malefactors.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

My favorite companions by ranking:

1) Leela - You need to ask? Kidding aside, despite being the sexiest thing onscreen, Leela was smart, tough, and a perfect compliment for the Doctor.
2) Romana II - Have not watched Mary Tamm yet, so I only have the lovely Lalla Ward to go on. Personally I think it was a brilliant stroke to have one of the Doctor's own race accompany him. As it allowed for some playful banter to pass between them.
3) Sarah Jane Smith - While I don't rank her as my all time favorite like many do, there's no denying what a wonderful presence she was on the TARDIS.
4) Martha Jones - While she came after Rose, whom I rank highly as well, Martha gets extra points for being smarter, and a much stronger character personality wise.
5) Rose Tyler - Smart, feisty, and cute as hell. Rose may have been just an ordinary shopgirl, but she was more than that to the Doctor, and to many of us as well.
6) Charley Pollard - From the Eighth Doctor audio adventures. Charley was very much like Rose, albeit a bit more reckless and standoffish.
7) Jamie Mcrimmon - One of the few male companions worth mentioning IMO. The kind of guy you'd want watching your back in a fight.
8) Jo Grant - One word: HOT.
9) K-9 - Can't forget about the dog now, no?
10) Ian Chesterton - In my opinion, Ian was the most in control among the first group who traveled in the TARDIS (the Doctor included, as he was pretty much an irritable old man early on).

For me it goes
1. Romana I/II (I was smokin!)
2. Sara Jane Smith
3. Jamie Mcrimmon
4. k-9
5. Leela

The rest are pretty much in the pack except for Rose who I can't stand and some of the early companions who's episodes are lost.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Sorry, since I thought it was dramatically wonderful, I was left guessing you were talking about the various plot inconsistencies.

Great serial with a nice bit of allegory instead of one-dimensional buy-eyed paper-mache malefactors.

I agree. And yes it does drag bad in a few places but the overall atmosphere and story make up for it in spades for me.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Who is your favorite Doctor?

David Tennant.

 

[Particle_Man]

Wasn't there an "alternate First Doctor" played by Peter Cushing in some movie? Has anyone seen it? How does he rank compared to other doctors?

 

[Raven Crowking]

Wasn't there an "alternate First Doctor" played by Peter Cushing in some movie? Has anyone seen it? How does he rank compared to other doctors?

Two films: Doctor Who and the Daleks, and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. These are based off of two of the 1st Doctor stories. They are fun to watch, but they changed quite a bit of the background.

 

[Particle_Man]

Well that's one more movie than the 8th Doctor got.

So how does Peter Cushing (the Other 1st Doctor) rate vis a vis other Doctors?

 

[Raven Crowking]

Well that's one more movie than the 8th Doctor got.

So how does Peter Cushing (the Other 1st Doctor) rate vis a vis other Doctors?

Most tellingly, he's a human inventor whose name is "Doctor Who".

These are entertaining retakes on 1st Doctor stories. In the case of the first film, the Cushing Doctor is more likeable than Hartnell (who's character is still very much the antihero until the end of The Edge of Destruction). Cushing, of course, does a good job with the material, but it's comparing apples and oranges to me. They're just not the same character.


RC

 

[Tonguez]

They're just not the same character.
RC

I agree I've only seen one of the Cushing movies (can't remember which) and I enjoyed them.

But they are not about 'The Doctor' from Galifrey

 

[Rykion]

Well that's one more movie than the 8th Doctor got.

So how does Peter Cushing (the Other 1st Doctor) rate vis a vis other Doctors?

The part of the first Doctor was also played by Richard Hurndall for the 20th anniversary special the Five Doctors. William Hartnell had died 8 years earlier. Hurndall did a very good job playing the cantankerous old man. Unfortunatley, he passed away a year later.

As Raven Crowking has mentioned, Peter Cushing's character wasn't much like the first Doctor either in temperament or background.