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Who is Your All Time Favourite on Screen Doctor?
You would think will all the polls we have done over the years we would have asked this question before – but we never have, so Who is Your Favourite Doctor?…
The100doctor!
January 15th, 2015 - 1:08pmI THINK PETER CAPALDI HAS GREAT TAST TO HIS CHARECTOR
jason dancaster
January 15th, 2015 - 12:09am1. Jon Pertwee – his first 12 stories is the best run in the series history…
2. Tom Baker – …only equalled by Baker’s ’75 – ’77 run from his debut ‘Robot’ to ‘The Sunmakers’ halfway through season 15 (dramatically downhill after that with a few exceptions).
3. Perhaps Peter Capaldi (definately the best of the new doctors)
…the others are also-rans imo. although Sylvester McCoy’s 3rd & last series along with the 10/10 ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ story might just be enough to place him 4th.
The worst for me is Peter Davison – just too weak and wishy-washy (he’s wonderful in ‘All Creatures Great & Small’ however!).
Daniel
January 12th, 2015 - 8:18pmFor me all the Doctors are great, just like there was no “Golden Age of Doctor Who” because we are always in the golden age. For me William Hartnell would have to be at the top, without him there would be nothing for the others to succeed from. If anyone had to be least then it must be Chris Eccleston, okay he gave us one year but any actor for the part should be committed to at least three and also he is the only one not to embrace the role after he left
1) Hartnell
2) Capaldi
3) T Baker
4) Smith
5) Tennant
6) McCoy
7) C Baker
8) Troughton
9) Pertwee
10) McGann
11) Hurt
12) Davison
13) Eccleston
dr jon
January 7th, 2015 - 11:16pmI first watched dr who growing up with the great jon pertwee as my first doctor he will always be number one to me. Next is peter davison as my second choice,it was a risk having such a contrasting younger doctor and taking over from the longest running doctor tom baker. Which has paved the way to other younger actors to become the norm as becoming the doctor.Tom baker is in my third place as i loved his first few years as the dr and was everything a doctor should be ,but later on the storys were not as good and got to silly at times,but did enjoy his last few storys.Next is a tough one but i have to say matt smith in forth place.He like davison had a hard time taking over from a very good actor and dr david tennent,and to be very honest i was not sure if he would be any good but he more than pulled it off and with lots of heart .In fifth place is patrick troughton if it was not for him i don’t think we would be having any sort of poll at all as it is down to him that he did such good as being the second dr.Sxth place is david tennent,he was a very good dr to take over from chris after one season and turn it into his own.In seventh place i have to say is peter capaldi,a very good contrast to matt smith and a return to a older dr is great,in a few years i think he will be higher on my list.Now this is tough but i have to say william hartnell without this man there would be no dr who a great doctor at number eight.And at nine is dr nine chris eccelston,he was the best choice at the time to bring the doctor to the 21st century, he would have been higher in my list but due to only one season this effected my vote which is a shame.Paul Magann would have been a good doctor but with only a movie under his belt and only half the time in it gives him a low number ,but he was great in the 50th minisode and did show how good he could have been so he is tenth.With my next two choices it just pains me as by the 80’s the bbc had given up on the show at most lack of money and just plain bad scripts did not help them.So in eleventh place has to be slyvester MCcoy he did not have a great first season and up against a rival soap and little air time the seventh dr did not have much chance. Even though his last season was great im sure given more time and money and they didn’t decide to pull the plug the seventh dr would have done a lot better.Then come’s last place and i hate to do this to colin baker as i thought he was a good choice to play the part,but with his bad costume made very unlikeable and little air time and then sacked, gave him little if any chance at all to shine.Colin baker had the worst deal of all so i have to put him in twelth place.
Anonymous
January 7th, 2015 - 11:14pmI first watched dr who growing up with the great jon pertwee as my first doctor he will always be number one to me. Next is peter davison as my second choice,it was a risk having such a contrasting younger doctor and taking over from the longest running doctor tom baker. Which has paved the way to other younger actors to become the norm as becoming the doctor.Tom baker is in my third place as i loved his first few years as the dr and was everything a doctor should be ,but later on the storys were not as good and got to silly at times,but did enjoy his last few storys.Next is a tough one but i have to say matt smith in forth place.He like davison had a hard time taking over from a very good actor and dr david tennent,and to be very honest i was not sure if he would be any good but he more than pulled it off and with lots of heart .In fifth place is patrick troughton if it was not for him i don’t think we would be having any sort of poll at all as it is down to him that he did such good as being the second dr.Sxth place is david tennent,he was a very good dr to take over from chris after one season and turn it into his own.In seventh place i have to say is peter capaldi,a very good contrast to matt smith and a return to a older dr is great,in a few years i think he will be higher on my list.Now this is tough but i have to say william hartnell without this man there would be no dr who a great doctor at number eight.And at nine is dr nine chris eccelston,he was the best choice at the time to bring the doctor to the 21st century, he would have been higher in my list but due to only one season this effected my vote which is a shame.Paul Magann would have been a good doctor but with only a movie under his belt and only half the time in it gives him a low number ,but he was great in the 50th minisode and did show how good he could have been so he is tenth.With my next two choices it just pains me as by the 80’s the bbc had given up on the show at most lack of money and just plain bad scripts did not help them.So in eleventh place has to be slyvester MCcoy he did not have a great first season and up against a rival soap and little air time the seventh dr did not have much chance. Even though his last season was great im sure given more time and money and they didn’t decide to pull the plug the seventh dr would have done a lot better.Then come’s last place and i hate to do this to colin baker as i thought he was a good choice to play the part,but with his bad costume made very unlikeable and little air time and then sacked, gave him little if any chance at all to shine.Colin baker had the worst deal of all so i have to put him in twelth place.
CJ
January 4th, 2015 - 10:59pmFavourite Doctors from the Revival Series:
1. Peter Capaldi
2. Christopher Eccleston
3. David Tennant
4. Matt Smith
5. John Hurt
From the Original:
1. Tom Baker
2. Paul McGann
3. William Hartnell
4. Sylvester McCoy
5. Patrick Troughton
6. Peter Davison
7. Jon Pertwee
8. Colin Baker
Dalek Supreme
January 4th, 2015 - 10:06pmEccleston, because you can’t beat a bloke with a northern accent and big ears!
I’ve seen odds and ends from the Classic era, but I can’t give honest judgement on the first 8. Mind you, Cushing as ‘Doctor Who’ in the movies was quite good, I think similar to Hartnell but more…fun. I guess I like Eccleston because he was my first Doctor, but also he’s quite developed as well, which is nice. He’s a broken man after the time war, and he’s just trying to do what he does best, even though it often lead him into moral grey territory.
ChristopherAdventures
January 4th, 2015 - 9:37pm1 – The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)
2 – The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker)
3 – The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith)
4 – The Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi)
5 – The War Doctor (John Hurt)
6 – The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston)
Since 2005….
ChristopherAdventures
January 4th, 2015 - 9:37pmexcept the fourth… oops :I
ChristopherAdventures
January 4th, 2015 - 9:30pmThey all brought something different!
The first brought DOCTOR WHO!
The second brought a musical instrument
The third brought fight
The fourth brought jelly babies
The fifth brought celery
The sixth brought a multicolour coat
The seventh brought an umbrella
The eighth brought a more deeply emotional doctor
The war doctor brought the darker side of the doctor
The ninth re-launched the show and was more layed back
The tenth brought madness (HE IS THE BEST)
The eleventh brought the craziness
The twelfth brought the eyebrows
yognot
January 5th, 2015 - 2:43pmI don’t think Capaldi Will need the psychic paper. All he needs to do is show them his eyebrows and they’d let him go anywhere!
Dalek The Supreme
January 5th, 2015 - 2:46pmUnless they cede from the rest of his face and form their own independent state of eyebrows. 😉
CJ
January 4th, 2015 - 2:29pmPeter Capaldi has been the best Doctor since the revival
Tony
January 4th, 2015 - 10:50pmAbsolutely agree with you, and he’s exactly what the show needs, there’s rumours that the BBC will be dumbing down the series due to fan complaints, I don’t know what fans they are talking about but Capaldi is amazing and his performance brings me back to my childhood love of the series, the sense of danger and madness and the understanding that this is because he is not human, does not think like a human, he’s not just some whacky human in a suit waving his arms around and saying I’m great, he’s the Doctor.
CJ
January 4th, 2015 - 11:02pmExactly!
Clare McDonagh
January 4th, 2015 - 2:52amWell my favourite all time on screen Doctor is and always will be the Tenth Doctor portrayed by David Tennant who in my opinion is the best actor ever in the history of Doctor Who even better than Christopher Ecclestone, Tom Baker, Matt Smith and all the rest of them. And it’s all down to David Tennant that I fell in love with Doctor Who in the first place
Guy The Zygon
January 3rd, 2015 - 11:57pmPeter Capaldi is doing a great job, best Doctor since 2005’s return; but I doubt any actor will ever surpass Tom Baker’s alien portrayal, notably his early seasons 12,13,14 & first half of 15…
AlphaOmega
January 3rd, 2015 - 8:49pmOnscreen, with me is very different to my actual favourites, mainly because of Big Finish. In which case, the 8th would be top. But onscreen. …12, followed by the 11th, 5th, 4th and 1st. …
Anoymonus
January 3rd, 2015 - 12:55pmout of the ones I’ve watched I would say (1 best-4 worst)
1. Matt Smith
2. Peter Capaldi
3.Christopher Eccleston
4.David tenant
(haven’t watched the others and I don’t think you can catch up on the older episodes anymore if you can how can you?)
PedroPete
January 3rd, 2015 - 1:26pmDVDs, Netflix (I think) and clips on youtube.
justyn
January 4th, 2015 - 12:02amIf you in the UK and have Sky/cable the Horror Channel have been showing old era episodes for awhile now.
Quillam (nee Robert Adams AKA Sutekh)
January 4th, 2015 - 5:02pmDrama channel do them occasionally but DVD is your best bet. Classic ones apart from the Paul McGann TV Movie are not on Netflix. Youtube copies are often not as good quality as DVD often has extra scenes. Hope I have helped.
100,000BC
January 4th, 2015 - 6:32pmiTunes and Amazon do downloads of some, and there is a complete set of DVDs which can be found at BBC shop, amazon or a selection should be available at your nearest HMV. Currently the Horror channel has been repeating classic episodes but the Drama channel (which can be found on freeview) so far have no plans to continue repeating classic episodes since last year’s repeat of the TV movie.
Also I could recommend the Target novelisations, some episodes are available almost entirely on YouTube (The Five Doctors is a notable example) and you may be able to source second hand VHSs if you have a video player.
Hope this helps.
Guest101
January 3rd, 2015 - 4:59amTennant…? Really?
Anoymonus
January 3rd, 2015 - 1:10pmI don’t see why most people like david the most. (I remember in my maths class one of the classmates randomly talked about doctor who and then the teacher joined in and when the classmates asked everyone who was there favourite doctor they mainly said david tenant a couple of others said e.g Chris and then they were arguing and stuff, apart from me and my friend as we were just being quiet and doing the work (as that was what we were meant to be doing) but my friend was saying in her head matt smith is the best and I agree matt smith is the best.
Dalek The Supreme
January 4th, 2015 - 2:34amDavid Tennant is a very popular Doctor. He’s not my favorite, he’s actually one of my least favorites, but he is quite popular. I do agree with Anonymous, though. Matt Smith is my personal favorite.
fan of the doctor
January 2nd, 2015 - 11:56pmMy Dad (rest his soul) and my mums best Doctor was Jon Pertwee’s, my mate who i got back into contact with a few years ago has Matt Smith as his fave, cus i got him into Doctor Who, so he is his Doctor, and as for myself, my fave is David Tennant. I do like Matt too and Sir John Hurt’s War Doctor, but my all time fave is Tennant. Hopefully when Capaldi decides to leave the role, they will cast someone MUCH better, or even re-cast Paul McGann, as i would like to see a series with his Doctor.
The Surgeon
January 2nd, 2015 - 12:45pm1. 9th
2. 11th
3. 3rd
4. 12th
5. 10th
6. 5th
7. 2nd
8. 4th
9. War
10. 1st
11. 8th
13. 6th
Grand Moff Moffat
January 1st, 2015 - 9:53pm12. 8th
11. 1st
10. 6th
9. 9th
8. 2nd
7. 7th
6. 10th
5. 5th
4. 11th
3. 3rd
2. 12th
1. 4th
Anonymous
January 1st, 2015 - 6:04pmcant choose all had their own merits
PedroPete
January 1st, 2015 - 2:04pmMy Doctor Order:
1) Christopher Eccleston (My first proper Doctor)
2) Jon Pertwee (Great Stories)
3) Peter Capaldi (Outstanding!)
4) Patrick Troughton (Great monsters – Ice Warriors, Yeti, Cybermen)
5) William Hartnell (The original, you might say!)
6) John Hurt (Unique, Unexpected)
7) David Tennant (A very different doctor but still amazing)
8) Tom Baker (So many great stories such as the Seeds of Doom)
9) Matt Smith (A great doctor with some good stories, not too keen on some of the stories though such as the rebel flesh)
10) Sylvester McCoy (Some great stories such as The Curse of Fenric, shame about the budget)
11) Peter Davison (Some great companions such as Adric…actually…erm…maybe not!)
12) Paul McGann (not enough really to judge)
13) Colin Baker (Terrible Stories, Terrible Doctor!)
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
January 1st, 2015 - 4:47pmInteresting Top 13, and I see what you mean about the Doctors. My Top 13 would be:
1) Peter Capaldi (Fantastic actor, fantastic incarnation and debuted in the best series of New Who).
2) David Tennant (The one that made me love Doctor Who – Series 4 was amazing)
3) Jon Pertwee (Best Classic Doctor and has some really enjoyable stories!)
4) Matt Smith (Hilarious and great incarnation of the Doctor, Series 5 and 7 were brilliant)
5) Tom Baker (Great stories in his era)
6) Paul McGann (He was brilliant in the movie and in NoTD, I want to see more!)
7) Sylvester McCoy (Great Doctor and I’ve enjoyed his episodes I’ve seen so far)
8) Colin Baker (I really like this Doctor but again, his stories were a bit weak)
9) Christopher Eccleston (Very good incarnation but not the best series)
10) Peter Davison (Good but his stories are weak)
11) John Hurt (Not enough to judge but he was good in the 50th Special)
12) Patrick Troughton (Only seen 1 story but he seems good)
13) William Hartnell (Only watched parts of certain stories and he isn’t anything good)
drwhocollector
January 1st, 2015 - 12:02pmPeter Capaldi all the way! His dark, grumpy but yet funny and sarcastic! His had a fantastic debut series, the best story for me was motoe! And considering his only done 1 series so far, 4th place is excellent!
Fiona Ting
January 1st, 2015 - 10:55amI think peter is great actor because I grew up in 80s when he is 5 doctor at that time but now I like David, matt and peter.
Anonymous
December 31st, 2014 - 9:50pmI think the 6th doctor is a great doctor
But his stories were so bad
CJ
December 31st, 2014 - 11:24pmI agree
PedroPete
January 1st, 2015 - 12:10amcough*TheTwinDilemma*cough
Last Goth
January 1st, 2015 - 12:27pmDavison, Colin Baker and especially Sylvester McCoy all suffered from inadequate writing and underfunding… I believe that the intention was not to revive The Doctor but to bury him… Those who were party to this travesty cannot be forgiven.
The TARDIS
January 2nd, 2015 - 10:55pmLast Goth, I’d advise taking another look at McCoy’s era. If the BBC were behind his era, I really believe it could have seen the high point of the show and the wilderness years would have been avoided. If you can get past season 24’s panto-tendencies, there is a lot to love.
Dalek The Supreme
January 4th, 2015 - 2:39amI think the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Doctors had their high and low points. (Earthshock, The Five Doctors, The Cave of Androzanni, Trial of a Time Lord, the first half of Season 25, and nearly all of Season 26 for high points, with Warriors of the Deep, The Twin Dilemma, The Two Doctors, and the entirety of Season 24 as low points.
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
January 4th, 2015 - 10:38amI wouldn’t say Warriors of the Deep was bad, but I rather enjoyed it.
The Cyber Squirrel
December 31st, 2014 - 8:29pmMay I ask why people like Tennant so much?
In my opinion he was dreadful
He was smarmy, would do the same thing each time something supposedly sad or dramatic happened and displayed character traits that were wrong for the doctor. For example, the doctor would never say “Let me save you” to Davros. He tried to execute davros in Ressurection of the daleks and blew up his own planet in remembrance of the daleks.
Try and name some personality traits he has that no ever doctor has and I can guarantee that you will struggle.
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
December 31st, 2014 - 11:05pmWe all have opinions anyway, but to be honest, it’s been said so many times that the Doctor’s personality changes each regeneration. Therefore, he can feel like he wants to save Davros if he wants. As far as we know, he could change into an evil incarnation, but that won’t happen because what would be the point of the show?
Their personalities change, and not everyone likes every Doctor.
Anonymous
January 2nd, 2015 - 7:36pmI agree, the tenth doctor was pretty poor, nothing to do with Tennant’s acting but more to do with the over arching story lines and mainly Rose, their relationship was so bad, creepy and cheesy…
Anonymous
January 2nd, 2015 - 8:17pmThe whole point of the Doctor is that he regenerates and is different each time. Why should they all have the same character traits?
Dalek The Supreme
January 4th, 2015 - 2:41amI agree. Still, people are entitled to their opinions. However, I will never understand why out of all the New Series Doctors, he stands out to people over the Ninth or Eleventh Doctors.
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
January 4th, 2015 - 10:40amAnonymous, I agree, Tennant is one of my favourites but that was one thing I disliked. The relationship between him and Rose.
Dalek The Supreme, yeah true, but nowadays you could say Eccleston is ‘forgotten’, and many people still do love Matt. But the bigger fanbase combined in the Tennant era, and also when Tennant regenerated, many fans stopped watching the show.
Dalek The Supreme
January 5th, 2015 - 3:01pmTheExtremeBlueTARDIS, yes, but that’s mostly because Matt Smith is still freshly gone, relatively, and Christopher Eccleston had one season, as oppsed to Smith’s three (over the course of four years). Matt Smith probably won’t fade into obscurity as much as Eccleston, McGann, Hurt, or most of the classic Doctors, but he’ll still be largely in Tennant’s shadow.
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
January 5th, 2015 - 3:52pmThat’s very true. I think Tennant and Smith are just almost equally brilliant, though Tennant for me is just slightly better. The only thing that bothered me was the loss of fans when Tennant regenerated. They can’t expect him to stay forever.
Anonymous
December 31st, 2014 - 7:39pmShouldn’t it be Sir John Hurt
47
December 31st, 2014 - 3:56pmFor me, it will either be, Tom Baker, or David Tennant. I grew up on Tom Baker, and then into Peter Davison, and enjoyed those two in general. However, I switched off at Colin Baker as I just didn’t think it was very good anymore,and life progression was taken up with playing for my football club and training, so I stopped watching. I certainly never got into Sylvester McCoy – his look alone I distinctively remember thinking he looked like a reject from 1950’s Butlins, and then Ace conformed to a lot of the negative stereotypes that were in London at the time with the baseball jacket and bat. So time passes, the movie was ‘ok’ and I think Paul McGann would have been terrific ( I love Night Of The Doctor and think it’s one of Moffatt’s best works.) I digress. I didn’t get into Christopher Eccelston at all, and again, just switched off ( with subsequent viewing , there is some good stuff,the Doctor is alright, but a lot is designed to capture the new kids that were viewing.) So when David Tennant came along, I gave it a go and was hooked, and from that, I got back into the old stuff I watched as a kid and then into the first 3 Doctors, whom I’d only seen bits n’ pieces of on repeats, and I love all 3 of the actors in their role playing the Doctor. Then Matt Smith comes along, and I can honestly say, I thought the majority of it was awful, and he is in my worst 3, quite comfortably. I couldn’t stand that drama, weight and gravity was substituted with childish tantrums and buffoonery. It’s not a reflection on the actor, just the stories and how the portrayal was designed – and of course, personal tastes and prejudices, and had he stayed longer, I would have switched off quite happily. Now we have Peter Capaldi, and I appreciate him a whole lot more. So, as to my favourite, Tom Baker……..or David Tennant.
47
January 4th, 2015 - 10:11amI: Tom Baker
II : David Tennant
III: Peter Davison
IV : Patrick Troughton
V : William Hartnell
VI : Jon Pertwee
VII : Paul McGann*
VIII : Peter Capaldi
IX : Sir John Hurt
X : Christopher Eccleston
XI : Matt Smith
XII : Sylvester Mcoy
XIII : Colin Baker
*Paul McGann’s performance in Night Of The Doctor, is one of my favourite ever, from any actor in the lead role, superb. Had he a larger body of work as the on-screen Doctor, at that level, I’m sure he would be much higher on my list. Excellent.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
December 31st, 2014 - 3:36pmHappy New Year to everyone who has ever worked on our beloved show, weather on screen, in print, on audio etc, and Happy New Year also to us, the GREATEST fandom the world over has EVER known, because not only does Doctor Who belong to ALL of us, we ALL make Doctor Who, EVERYBODY made Doctor Who.
HAPPY NEW YEAR IN 2015 🙂
Dalek The Supreme
January 4th, 2015 - 2:41amBeautifully said, Doctor Who One! Happy New Year!
Anonymous
December 31st, 2014 - 10:24amPoor colin, always last in every poll (When I say last I mean out of the Onscreen doctors, while yeah, The Valeyard technically was a ‘Doctor’ but never mind.)
The five doctors
January 5th, 2015 - 5:13pmAgreed anonymous
hugh johnston
December 31st, 2014 - 9:50amI have been watching Dr Who since I was about 6 years old, I am 58 years old. The actor Peter Capaldi would have to be the best Dr Who since the original Dr. He is not your friend but he is on your side.
Loved the Christmas special.
Cheers
Hugh
Anonymous
December 31st, 2014 - 10:18amI couldn’t agree more. I see a lot of the 1st and some of the 4th in him. I understand why some fans are finding it hard to adjust to him but they need to…because this is the way forward.
Maggots Forever
December 30th, 2014 - 8:34pm1.) Tennant
2.) T. Baker
3.) Pertwee
4.) Capaldi
5.) Eccleston
6.) C. Baker
7.) McGann
8.) Davison
9.) Smith
10.) Hartnell
11.) McCoy
12.) Hurt
13.) Troughton
The TARDIS
December 31st, 2014 - 12:51pmMay I ask why Troughton is at the bottom of your list? He is at the top of mine!