Who was the best Doctor Who

[brudder]

Tom Baker with Jon Pertwee a close second!

The first Doctor Who episode I saw was the Pirate Planet and that was over at a friends house. I was hooked from the start.

 

[Mr. H.]

We started watching during the Eccleston era. There were some great scripts that season.

My fave prob Tennant.

Daughter heard about this opening soon. Would love to go, but $$$.

http://www.doctorwhoexperience.com/

 

[Dreadnaught1968]

First place:

Second place:

Third place:

They're all excellent in my opinion, but these are my top three.

 

[Againsheila]

First place:

Second place:

Third place:

They're all excellent in my opinion, but these are my top three.

Blasphemer....
everyone knows Tom Baker is #1

 

[Big Fitz]

Tom Baker is Iconic. David Tennant rewrote the role for the modern audience.

I still have a very soft spot for Peter Davison though. Celery or no.

My top three

Tennant
Davison
Baker

 

[Againsheila]

Tom Baker is Iconic. David Tennant rewrote the role for the modern audience.

I still have a very soft spot for Peter Davison though. Celery or no.

My top three

Tennant
Davison
Baker

I liked Davison, but Baker was better. Tennant did define him for a new audience, but classic Who is still Baker..

 

[Big Fitz]

Tom Baker is Iconic. David Tennant rewrote the role for the modern audience.

I still have a very soft spot for Peter Davison though. Celery or no.

My top three

Tennant
Davison
Baker

I liked Davison, but Baker was better. Tennant did define him for a new audience, but classic Who is still Baker..

I just SAID dat, goof!

I have a soft spot for Davison, but no one can beat Baker for being the Icon of the character.

Now a better question is, what's your favorite story arc (meaning individual story episodein the NuWho and Oldwho?)

NuWho, I can narrow it down to a tie between:

Vincent and the Doctor (for Tony Curran's Vincent and uncredited Bill Nighy as professor Black)
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead (Thanks to the introduction of River Song and a great new critter in the Vashta Nerada.

Old Who... Whoof! I'd have to say my big three are:

Seeds of Doom. (Crynoid! Booyah!)
Curse of the Fendahl (Scared the CRAP outta me as a kid)
Horror of Fang Rock (Victorian sea horror. LOVE it!)

Notice... all Baker episodes. When he was good, he was very good. But I still overall liked Davison's version of the doctor. Mebbe it's the companions? Hmmmmmmmm.

 

[Politico]

You almost need two different polls, one for the old Dr Whos? and one for the new ones. Tom Baker, without reservation is the best Dr Who, David Tennent was the best new Dr Who.

Exactly. In any all time pop culture poll recent history usually takes precidence. Most viewers of Who don't even know the older Doctors. In the hardcore circles Tom Baker usually comes out on top.

 

[hjmick]

John Entwistle...

What? Oh...

Never mind...

 

[Noomi]

David Tennant.

 

[thanatos144]

How come Peter Cushing isn't on the list ?

 

[Politico]

He isn't considered canonic to the series.

 

[thanatos144]

He isn't considered canonic to the series.

He was still Dr Who

 

[Politico]

It was a seperate thing from the official series. Just like Kim Basinger is not considered a Bond girl.

 

[Zebra]

I tried watching the show a few times... could never get into it...

with a few exceptions (Ballykissangel, Cadfael, Sharpe, Sherlock...), BBC programing has never much worked for me...

did not like it