Favourite of the new Who Doctors?

[Bones2]

Smith in comparison to the other new Who Doctors gets brought up quite a bit, and now we're probably far enough in to the latest series to have the measure of him, I thought a poll would be worth it. Anyway, it's Smudger for me. Eccleston was a binman completely unlike the character of the Doctor, and Tennant was a gurning, prancing tit. Your views?

 

[DAK]

Loved Eccleston, but love Matt Smith even more!

"Smudger"?

 

[Bones2]

Traditionally, "Smudger" is often used as a nickname for people with the name Smith. Back in the old days at least.

 

[DAK]

Ah, thanks. Never heard the term before.

 

[FalTorPan]

I have a tough time deciding which of the most recent three Doctors is my favorite. It will be easier to compare the ninth and eleventh Doctors once the current season has ended. Obviously the tenth Doctor had the most time to develop, so.... I'll have to go with the tenth Doctor... for now.

 

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[Skywalker]

I really can't say at this point, because I've seen almost all of Tennant's eps, Smith is just starting out, and I'm just now seeing the majority of Eccleston's episodes for the first time. So my opinion would be biased toward Tennant at this stage. I'm really enjoying Smith as Eleven so far, though, and for the most part I'm liking Eccleston's Ninth Doctor as well.

 

[Stevil2001]

Gotta go with Eccleston, but they're all great. Has the show ever had such a good sequential run of Doctors before?

 

[davejames]

Absolutely love Smith (and wish we got more of Eccleston than one year), but so far Tennant still slightly edges them out.

I know it's easy to accuse him of overacting or being too camp... but there's just something about his Doctor's warm, friendly, enthusiastic spirit that I really respond to. He seemed like someone that would be fun as hell to go on adventures with.

 

[Bones2]

Gotta go with Eccleston, but they're all great. Has the show ever had such a good sequential run of Doctors before?

Well that's a rather subjective question, considering I rate Eccleston and Tennant among the worst. I'd say Colin/McCoy/McGann were three great Doctors in a row. Troughton/Pertwee/Tom as well.

 

[Hoser]

I have no favourites. I like them all.

 

[Sci]

http://phenommark.xanga.com/videos/76c61285687

Eccleston.

Neither Tennant nor Smith has ever matched him.

 

[Stevil2001]

Gotta go with Eccleston, but they're all great. Has the show ever had such a good sequential run of Doctors before?

Well that's a rather subjective question, considering I rate Eccleston and Tennant among the worst. I'd say Colin/McCoy/McGann were three great Doctors in a row. Troughton/Pertwee/Tom as well.

Well, obviously. I don't think McCoy is all that great (and it's hard to consider him and McGann as "in a row" in any real sense), and I never quite glommed onto Pertwee, either.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I voted Tennant but Chris will always be my first Doctor and he was terrific in the part...I've always wondered what Who would have been like had he chosen to stay on in the part of the Ninth Doctor. Somehow he is able to survive the kiss from Rose and the two of them have to start dealing with their growing relationship earlier than she and Ten did. It would have been fantastic (no pun intended) to see him act opposite David Jacobi and Jon Simm. I don't see Martha working very well with Nine...I think he'd be even more upset over losing Rose than Ten was and he was broken up. I think he and Martha would have had more of a strained relationship to start, maybe not.

 

[Bones2]

Gotta go with Eccleston, but they're all great. Has the show ever had such a good sequential run of Doctors before?

Well that's a rather subjective question, considering I rate Eccleston and Tennant among the worst. I'd say Colin/McCoy/McGann were three great Doctors in a row. Troughton/Pertwee/Tom as well.

Well, obviously. I don't think McCoy is all that great (and it's hard to consider him and McGann as "in a row" in any real sense), and I never quite glommed onto Pertwee, either.

Yeah, I'd consider McCoy and Pertwee the weaker links in those chains (though I have more time for the Seventh Doctor than most people), but as ever, it's a subjective thing. Personally, for the classic series Doctors (1 through 8), I'd say it works in the way it's said the Star Trek films work (though I'd disagree there too): even numbered good, odd numbered not so good.

 

[captcalhoun]

ten's still my favourite.

 

[VDCNI]

I've gone for DT but I can't say favourite doctor is something I ever really think about. I think the performances have all been solid and though there are periods of the show I like less (Pertwee, Colin Baker) they are more to do with how bad most of the stories are rather than the actor.

The companion(s) are also really important to me - The Colin Baker era isn't helped by having Peri as the companion & I miss Donna a lot more than I miss the 10th Doctor.

 

[Shazam!]

Eccleston. He really made me believe in the Doctor as an actual character and more than just a cooky wardrobe and wacky behavior.

There was something really sweet in his relationship was Rose as opposed to Rose/Martha with 10 where they obviously just wanted to have a go on him (10 was only any good when paired with Donna).

Smith is looking good so far though.

 

[C.E. Evans]

For me, it's definitely Smith, followed by Eccleston and Tennant.

I think the Eleventh Doctor seems to have the occasional impatience of the First Doctor, the self-depreciating humor of the Second Doctor, and a bit of the volatility of the Sixth Doctor in him as well at this point...

 

[Starkers]

Smith for me, with Eccleston a close second. This doesn't mean I dislike Tennant, just prefer the other two, but for differing reasons. Smith is a wonderfully natural Doctor, whilst Eccleston was very different while still being alien. For all his stengths Tennant often seemed to be forcing the portrayal a bit. You know slapping you in the face with the fact that he was the Doctor. And the gurning didn't help...