Mega-Poll #2 : Your Favorite Actor

[The Borgified Corpse]

It's hard to say. I've hardly seen any of the Doctors in anything else besides Doctor Who.

I've been planning on watching Jon Pertwee in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm also curious about Worzel Gummidge. Shockingly, it's out on DVD in the U.S.

The only other thing I've seen Peter Davison in was when he played the dish of the day on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Paul McGann's role as prisoner Golic in Alien 3 was cut down to next to nothing.

I saw a few of Eccleston's Heroes episodes and he was really good, really compelling. Shame he wasn't in it more.

Tennant was unremarkable as Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire. However, he beat out Kenneth Branagh as my all-time favorite Hamlet.

I guess I should have voted for Eccleston or Tennant. Then again, McGann has given some of the most skilled, layed performances in the Big Finish audios. (I'm not sure any other Doctor actor would have the chops to pull off "Scherzo.") In the end, I voted with my gut, which told me to vote for Pertwee. But I guess I was voting less for best actor and more for most amiable person that I would like to meet IRL.

Christopher Eccleston. [...] Heroes...come on! I even have a Claude action figure.

What is it, an empty box?

Tennnt's a very good actor, when he reigns it in, or else when the director reigns him in.

Or when he's working with a very disciplined script that doesn't just give him license to overact everything. I still think "Midnight" is his best Doctor Who performance.

Eccleston slightly over Smith due to the fact that I would understand Eccleston better. With Smith I feel like I have to watch the show with Subtitles just to get "everything"

This this this....

And it's sad, really, because so many of his lines are damn funny.

"I'm good with rot. Call me the Rotmeister. No, I'm called the Doctor. Don't call me the Rotmeister."

 

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Christopher Eccleston. [...] Heroes...come on! I even have a Claude action figure.

What is it, an empty box?

They actually made three versions. The first version I found was just a regular action figure of Claude. The second, little harder to find version was clear plastic Claude, to show he's "invisible."

The third one, which is the one I have, had to be ordered online 'cause it was an exclusive offer, is a mix of partially painted/clear plastic. It's awesome.

Accessories included a fight stick, open wallet & a pigeon.

 

[Bones2]

I voted for McGann. He's a great actor.

 

[DAK]

Matt Smith.

You know how sometimes when you see actors giving interviews, their mannerisms and the way they talk are exactly the same as the characters they play? Matt Smith is so different from his Doctor character it's hard for me to believe they're the same person. When I saw his first interview after he'd gotten the part I was thinking, "You have got to be kidding me, that is The Doctor?!" I know from reading various articles that a lot of people had the exact same thought. I think there was a lot of collective picking of jaws up off the floor after "The 11th Hour" aired. To me that is amazing acting!

 

[Starkers]

^odd that cos I remember seeing his first interview and kinda seeing what Moffat was getting at, he did seem a little strange, and he did very odd things with his fingers (insert Carry On joke here) but I do know what you mean, seeing him in interviews now he might have the mannerisms of the Doctor, but he's patently a 27 year old guy rather than some old geezer!

 

[Captain Dago]

Tough to choose between Eccleston and Tennant. Tennant was indeed excellent as Hamlet but ultimately I gave the nod to Eccleston for a broader body of work. I'll happily see any movie either of them are in.