Being a rather recent Dr. Who fan “my” Dr. Who has been David Tennant (although I started with Christopher Eccleston).
Are there debates about which was “best” like there are for James Bond?
Cross the James Bond debates with the religious, sci-fi obsession of Trekkers and you have a fraction of the Dr. Who nerd debates. :->
“Are there debates about which was “best” like there are for James Bond?”
There is no debate, it’s Tom Baker. Any one who disagrees with that is a infidel!!!
;-)
And Sarah Jane Smith (and K9) is the best companion.
No debate; Tom Baker! ;o)
At 26, Smith is three years younger than Peter Davison when he signed up to play the fifth Doctor in 1981.
peter davison was just horrible... and could arguably have been the reason the series started to die in the early to mid 80s. colin baker, tom's son, was brought in to try and save it... but the death blow had been struck.
eccleston did a fantastic job of reviving the series... brooding over his roll in the demise of the timelords. and now with tennant leaving, a shame really, we'll see how it lands this time.
i hope it does well... i'm definitely a revived fan.
and for ANYONE that hasn't seen the show... you MUST watch this episode: blink, #186 series 3 episode 10 (try to avoid the spoilers)
it's a fantastic episode and gives the first time viewer a proper seat as the mystery of what the show is about is revealed.
oh yea... and watch it on a dark night with the lights very low.. preferably on a windy and stormy night :)
They were all pretty good in their own way. Blaise Pascal knew The Doctor personally and described him thus:
All history is one immortal man who continually learns.
Thus to pick any one incarnation of The Doctor is to pick them all. Anything else is to admit to being insane as that which is whole cannot be divided.
Just to echo the others ... no question about it, Tom Baker WAS the Doctor! (And he could run through the exact same tunnels each week like nobody’s business! :)