Rank the Doctors

[Ecstatic]

Tom Baker
David Tennant
Jon Pertwee
Matt Smith
Peter Davison
Sylvester McCoy
Christopher Eccleston
Patrick Throughton
William Hartnell
Colin Baker
Paul McGann

(I'd make a poll, but the limit is 10)

[Ben]

Tom Baker
David Tennant
Jon Pertwee
Matt Smith
Peter Davison
Sylvester McCoy
Christopher Eccleston
Patrick Throughton
William Hartnell
Colin Baker
Paul McGann

(I'd make a poll, but the limit is 10)

Ha ha! Watched re-runs as a kid. Well, I'm a sci-fi fan. I liked Tom Baker and, too, Sylvester McCoy. Never really saw the others.
The music is great:

[Jericho]

David Tennant
Jon Pertwee
Christopher Eccleston
Peter Davison
Tom Baker
Patrick Troughton.
Peter Cushing
William Hartnell
Paul McGann (pity he never really got a chance, he could of been good)
Sylvester McCoy
Colin Baker
Matt Smith (loathe him)

[MrsKellyPierce]

I have no idea who those people are

[SammiValentine]

David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant

[jimbo1974]

[Suckerpunch]

My favourite Doctor changes depending on what mood I'm in. Its probably still Tom Baker as he was the most alien of them all.

I do think Patrick Troughton probably would have been my favourite if the BBC hadn't wiped most of his time on the series to have only 6 complete stories with all episodes intact is criminal

[saifan]

David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant

Pretty much this. Tennant brought a level of emotion to the role that I hadn't seen in previous Doctors.

I like Tom Baker as well mainly because he is the Doctor that I grew up watching.

[Ecstatic]

David Tennant
Jon Pertwee
Christopher Eccleston
Peter Davison
Tom Baker
Patrick Troughton.
Peter Cushing
William Hartnell
Paul McGann (pity he never really got a chance, he could of been good)
Sylvester McCoy
Colin Baker
Matt Smith (loathe him)

I forgot Cushing, though he was a one-off and not part of the canonical lives of the Doctor (much as McGann's should have been, having had only one appearance in the terrible made-for-TV movie, validated only insofar as it gave Sylvester McCoy his regeneration scene). That is not to say that McGann might have turned in a memorable run as the Doctor if he had been cast in a series role beyond the movie. But that movie claimed the Doctor was half-human, which undermined the whole concept and for that reason alone should be rejected as canon.

To me, Tennant and Tom Baker are the best actors in the series. Smith is OK, kind of a lighter touch after Tennant much as Davison was after Baker. But what I like more is his relationships with Karen Gillan's Amy Pond and River Song, and some of the storylines that have emerged. The whole River Song saga was beautifully and patiently handled over several years, from Tennant's Doctor's first encounter with her (though not hers with him) right through to the revelation of her identity.

BTW, if you loathe Matt Smith, have patience: he's gone on record saying that this coming season will be his last. And that brings up the issue (after 50 years!) of the Doctor's final regeneration. Smith is the 11th official Doctor, and Time Lords can regenerate twelve times. That means there's only one more regeneration after Smith departs, unless they alter the story.

[Ecstatic]

David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant,David Tennant

But what do you really think, Sammi?

My favourite Doctor changes depending on what mood I'm in. Its probably still Tom Baker as he was the most alien of them all.

I do think Patrick Troughton probably would have been my favourite if the BBC hadn't wiped most of his time on the series to have only 6 complete stories with all episodes intact is criminal

Concur on both counts: Baker's Doctor most fully realized the character as an alien with an affinity for humans (with Tennant's perhaps next in line). And yeah, I wish there was more Throughton. But at least we got a bit of a treat when he and Colin Baker did the two Doctors bit.

Pretty much this. Tennant brought a level of emotion to the role that I hadn't seen in previous Doctors.

I like Tom Baker as well mainly because he is the Doctor that I grew up watching.

They say that you prefer the Doctor that you grew up with (or at least were first exposed to; it was Tom Baker for me when PBS started running the series in the early 80s, just before his run ended).