Ship of Fools: Best Dr Who

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :

So who is the best Who?

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

Only one name was needed for all questions as there has truly been only one Dr.

[ 16. November 2013, 16:03: Message edited by: lilBuddha ]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

I think this could simply indicate the age of Shipmates!

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

Well, not necessarily. My favourite is Tom Baker, which would inaccurately skew the curve.

Posted by sophs (# 2296) on :

McCoy for me. The script writers weren't great but his later adventures showed a darkness of the doctor that I really liked. Curse of the fenric one of my favourites. Eccleston is second on my list. I like my doctor with his darkness, not just a clown

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Well, not necessarily. My favourite is Tom Baker, which would inaccurately skew the curve.

My favourite too. It could be because I had a drink with him, but that would only make me one of about two million people.

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

Thank you for adding Paul McGann to the list. We need some Lost Adventures from him. With a suitable companion, of course.

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:

quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Well, not necessarily. My favourite is Tom Baker, which would inaccurately skew the curve.
My favourite too. It could be because I had a drink with him, but that would only make me one of about two million people.

This would also explain Peter O'Toole's popularity.

Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :

For complicated reasons involving maintaining personal integrity, and the fact that I've only seen Doctor Who in its post-2005 incarnation, I can't vote in this poll since four answers are required.

But I will state for he record, that Tennant is brilliant, Ecclestone is very very good, and Smith is a bit meh.

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

For some reason I find it so perfect that Baker and Smith are running neck and neck. (Currently.) [Big Grin]

And I feel bad about picking Eccleston as my least favorite, because he did a fine job but I still haven't educated myself enough on the original series to evaluate those guys. He was just my least favorite. That one question really needed a "decline to state" option. [Big Grin]

Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on :

The beauty of Eccleston is that he brought the Doctor back, when many of us had given up hope. Watch his season again (27, not 1, of course!). I don't think there's a weak episode in it. I wish he'd gone on to do more.

Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on :

Tom Baker for me too, as luckily I caught up with him on repeats (when they still used to do that). Sadly I've never seen a Patrick Troughton or William Hartnell episode in it's entirety, which might have changed my decision

but

quote:
Originally posted by sophs:
... Curse of the fenric one of my favourites...

me too. This is my favourite single episode.

Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :

For me there have been only two decent ones.

Tom Baker and Pertwee

The rest.......meh.

Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :

If we give 5 points for favourite, 3 for second best, 1 for third and -4 for worst Tome Baker is currently (18 people have voted) streets ahead and Colin Baker way behind.

Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on :

It's interesting that Tennant is way ahead in the "third favourite Doctor" stakes! My theory is that this shows that he is very good and that places 1&2 are reserved for "the Doctors I grew up with".

Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :

Only one doctor really knew how to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow and that was Pertwee. Mind you I am a huge fan of The Navy Lark as well. The doctors I grew up with were Davison and Colin Baker but I never took to McCoy until very recently. McGann is the indisputable radio Doctor shame his visual outing was a steaming pile of wotsit.

Posted by sophs (# 2296) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
For some reason I find it so perfect that Baker and Smith are running neck and neck. (Currently.)

And I feel bad about picking Eccleston as my least favorite, because he did a fine job but I still haven't educated myself enough on the original series to evaluate those guys. He was just my least favorite. That one question really needed a "decline to state" option.

Oh damn. I didn't read the question and thought it said fourth not least favourite.

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

I was very fond of Tom Baker because he looked like my dad. In fact, my dad dressed up as him in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee street party. Good likeness, or what?

Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :

quote:
Originally posted by sophs:

quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
For some reason I find it so perfect that Baker and Smith are running neck and neck. (Currently.)

And I feel bad about picking Eccleston as my least favorite, because he did a fine job but I still haven't educated myself enough on the original series to evaluate those guys. He was just my least favorite. That one question really needed a "decline to state" option.
Oh damn. I didn't read the question and thought it said fourth not least favourite.

Me too.

Well, I didn't read the question at all - just assumed. Sorry Mr. Eccleston!

I'm not sure who I'd say was the worst. Maybe Pertwee. I don't think I've even seen McGann, though.

Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
For some reason I find it so perfect that Baker and Smith are running neck and neck. (Currently.)

Not anymore - Tom Baker's run away with it. I had a hard time choosing which of those two was my second favorite, and frankly, now I don't remember which I put!

I actually find it really hard to compare the old and new series Doctors. But I think it shows in the way they played the part that both Eccleston and Tennant grew up with Tom Baker's Doctor.

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :

I goofed on the 4th question, too. I think I put John Pertwee. He was meant to be 4th best.

I don't really have a "worst". There are about 3 of the newer guys that I haven't seen. If I HAD to pick a worst from the earlier docs, I might choose Patrick Troughton, simply because of that hair! But he was also the one with the pan flute, which I liked along with his personality.

**Since several of us misunderstood the last question, I wonder if it would be possible to ignore the last question? And maybe do an additional poll for worst? Just a thought.**

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

Poor, unloved Colin Baker [Frown]

. Was he really that bad?

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

Yes. Colin Baker's Doctor really was that bad. EVen worse than Pertwee. It was mostly not actually Colin Baker's fault - the production wanted to write a darker and edgier Doctor but didn't have the talent to do it right. So they just made him a self-centred bully. Colin Baker did his best to carry it off, but didn't have the charisma as an actor to manage it. Basically the Colin Baker era got the program cancelled. It was that bad.

Colin Baker's done much better in radio/ audio productions where the production team is half-way competent and has given some thought to making his Doctor work.

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Dafyd:
Yes. Colin Baker's Doctor really was that bad. EVen worse than Pertwee.

Pertwee's misfortune was to come between two very well-cast Doctors, Troughton and Tom Baker. It wasn't Jon Pertwee's fault that he was the wrong kind of actor for the role.

quote:

It was mostly not actually Colin Baker's fault - the production wanted to write a darker and edgier Doctor but didn't have the talent to do it right. So they just made him a self-centred bully. Colin Baker did his best to carry it off, but didn't have the charisma as an actor to manage it. Basically the Colin Baker era got the program cancelled. It was that bad.

Colin Baker's done much better in radio/ audio productions where the production team is half-way competent and has given some thought to making his Doctor work.

I have heard that it was a deliberate ploy to can the series.

[ 19. November 2013, 12:12: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]

Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :

Applying the points system above the Bakers are still clearly top and bottom. Tennant comes second and it is pretty close between Troughton and Smith for third.

Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Poor, unloved Colin Baker . Was he really that bad?

I don't think he was; certainly I enjoyed his comments in last night's Guide to Who. Even at the time I felt that he and McCoy were battling with the BBC itself, who were running down the show in an attempt to cancel it. Both of them could have been so much better than they were allowed to be; I respect them for the way they tried their best to make it all work.

Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :

The poll has now closed (if I set it up correctly) and the results for the 5 3 1 -4 points system are:

1: Tom Baker 110pts
2: David Tennant 72
3: Patrick Troughton 49
4: Matt Smith 41
5: Christopher Eccleston 28
6: Peter Davison 11
6: Jon Pertwee 11
8: William Hartnell 7
9: Paul McGann -3
10: Sylvester McCoy -4
11: Colin Baker -42

Does this prove anything? Probably not.

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

After last night I'm revising my scale. It now looks like this:

1st choice: John Hurt
2nd: Paul McGann
3rd: Peter Davison

I'd love to see more episodes with John Hurt - wonderful one-liners and a great presence. Didn't want to miss a minute of that last night.

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
Does this prove anything? Probably not.

We had a sudden burst of McCoy haters in at the end. I think they travel round the internet in packs.

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

We'd've voted Tom Baker also...

[Roll Eyes]

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