Favourite Doctor (in Doctor Who)

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Mine is Matt Smith. I loved 11

Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee were the best, Matt Smith was dreadful

Christopher Eccleston

What a shame he didn't do more!

Sylvester McCoy from the old days. David Tennant from the new.

Tom Baker!

Jon Pertwee was Dr Who when I was growing up, and as far as I was always concerned, he was THE Dr Who. I was never going to be swayed on that opinion.

And then along came David Tennant. 😂

Tom Baker

@invisiblecat I met Jon Pertwee and he was the loveliest, most humble man. I was seriously fan-girling.

Toss up between David Tennant and Matt Smith!

Same here!

Christopher Ecclestone for me.

Christopher Ecclestone, although that was when it became painfully obvious that I was now an adult watching a show I loved as a kid

I never saw many of PT's series - I grew up in the JP/TB era - but those few I've seen (plus his appearance in The Three Doctors and The Five Doctors) I liked very much. Pertwee is still my favourite. Matt Smith I couldn't stand, partly for the lack of eyebrows, partly because I went right off the series with his stories.

I notice nobody's even mentioned Colin Baker! 😄

Tom Baker in the original

Christopher Eccleston (there is no E on the end of his surname!) in the reboot

I loved 10, but bringing him back was just stupid and undermined the original run.

Worst companions were Clara and Martha. Rose, Bill, Donna and the Ponds were great.

I’m drawing a polite veil across poor Jodie’s time. She deserved better writing.

Classic: Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee
New: Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi

I loved how well Matt Smith played someone ancient with a young face.

I like them all though really. I always worry about the new doctor then like them.

Companions: Sarah Jane, Ace, Donna, Bill.

She's my MP and I would also like her to shut up. So I guess that's me in that club too. I'm just hoping now that she doesn't become the next Conservative leader. She has thrown her hat into the ring. Then we'll never hear the last of it.

I was kinda with David Tennant on that although he perhaps went a little bit too far. No worries though as there's zero chance of Kemi Badenoch ever shutting up.

He didn't stop at saying he wanted her to shut up. He said he looked forward to a world in which she doesn't exist.

so angry that they made the female doctor so bloody wet.
Interesting! I would never describe her Doctor that way. She’s born out of Twelve’s optimism and sweetness, but she very quickly becomes darker and harder. I found her quite cold compared to the some of the previous ones. I quite liked her for that reason; she felt more obviously alien and you could see that the whole “brilliant” and “fam” stuff was very much a facade. She cuts out her companions all the time and there’s no entertaining of a romantic relationship at all.
My favourite Doctor changes all the time - each brings something different and important to his character. It’s probably Twelve at the moment but I really do have a soft spot for all of them.

I’ve just rewatched from Ecclestone to now and the one I loved the most was Matt Smith. So much range.

Although I’ve gone from a Doctor Who binge to a House of the Dragon binge and am feeling a little conflicted now.

I’m with you @VashtaNerada I liked Jodie. She played it differently and was just her. It worked well for me.

The old series are available on iPlayer. I wasn't born during the time of the early doctors, but watched them all on iPlayer!

No worries though as there's zero chance of Kemi Badenoch ever shutting up.

Indeed.

I always used to think that the actors who played "the Doctor" were kind hearted souls irl.

I did say he went slightly too far, but I still have no problems with his sentiments and really don't care what anyone thinks of me for that.

Classic -Dr Pertwee (the "main" one of my childhood) Real presence.

Reboot - Dr Eccleston. The scene where he was faced with the chained Dalek and basically panicked, because of what he'd been through, was brilliant acting. He managed the grumpy/funny/commanding dynamic well and I wish he'd done more.

Christopher Eccleston is my Doctor. I wish he had done more on the tv series but glad he is doing some audio adventures now.
It took me a while to adjust to David Tennant but he was at his best with Donna in series 4 imo