Who is the Doctor?

[Kermit power]

So, with Doctor Who having been kicking around in one incarnation or another for almost half a century, who is the first actor to spring to mind as the definitive version?

Personally I reckon it'll be a close run thing between Tom Baker and David Tennant, but then I'm not old enough to remember those prior to Tom Baker, so someone a little more senior may suggest I'm completely wrong!

I know there was a big pause in the middle, but there can't be many other portrayals of the same character stretching over quite such a long timescale?

[Teppic]

Paul McGann is missing from your list.

[Kermit power]

Teppic said:

Paul McGann is missing from your list.

Yeah, I know, but PH only lets you put 10 items on a poll, so I figured with him just having done the one film, it was unlikely that anyone would go for him. I suppose you're going to prove me wrong now?

[rsv gone!]

Tom Baker was the one I grew up with

[ewenm]

Valentino Rossi?

[Teppic]

Kermit power said:

Yeah, I know, but PH only lets you put 10 items on a poll, so I figured with him just having done the one film, it was unlikely that anyone would go for him. I suppose you're going to prove me wrong now?

Nope. Voted for Tom.

[Kermit power]

I'm surprised at the number of people voting for Matt Smith, given he's only just started and had, in my view, a bloody tough act to follow.

[Man from UNCLE]

John Pertwee is the one I remember as a kid but I think Christopher Eccleston was the best Doctor of them all.

[davepoth]

Kermit power said:

I'm surprised at the number of people voting for Matt Smith, given he's only just started and had, in my view, a bloody tough act to follow.

But he is the doctor now, isn't he?

[ali_kat]

Formme, tis Tom, although I do remember Jon Pertwee

My Dad was a fan, so I got to watch it from a very early age

[robsco]

I don't realy watch Doctor Who, but Miss Robsco does so I've found myself tuned in from time to time. I've got to say, David Tennant was bloody good, much better than the current one IMO. Miss Robsco loved him too so I suppose that would be our vote.

[Man from UNCLE]

I just remembered, when I was a young kid I had a ride in the back of Bessie at a carnival or fete or something.

[HD Adam]

Kermit power said:

Teppic said:

Paul McGann is missing from your list.

Yeah, I know, but PH only lets you put 10 items on a poll, so I figured with him just having done the one film, it was unlikely that anyone would go for him. I suppose you're going to prove me wrong now?

Peter Cushing did 2 films.

I want to vote for him

[Cdrtravis]

Cushing played a character called Dr. Who, rather than The Doctor, who was human instead of a Time Lord. Because of this the two films in which he appeared are not considered canon. The best you could do is to suggest the events of the films took place in an alternative universe.

In short, he doesn't count.

[Kermit power]

So, did the person who voted for Colin Baker really mean to vote for Colin Baker, or did they have Tom Baker in mind when they hit the button?

[ajprice]

Close between David Tennant and Tom Baker for me. I went for DT though.

[vixen1700]

Pertwee was the one I remember as a kid, never really got into Tom Baker, but Tennant is my favourite and best Doctor.

[page3]

All of them. Timey Wimey and all that.

[bexVN]

I was torn, Tom Baker came to mind straight away, as did Peter Davidson (who I liked) as that was my childhood era, however I went for David Tennant as I really liked his interpretation of the Doctor most of all.

Christopher Eccleston did a great job to bring him back and I thought at the time he was really good but David Tennant definitely stepped into the role and upped it more.

I can't make my mind up about Matt Smith. I enjoy watching it still but I don't think he will ever be as good as David T. Still miss him as the Doctor.

[ajprice]

I'm liking Matt Smith more as it goes on. Most of the time he is like a 9 year old in a grown ups body, but there is a dark side, especially in the way he dealt with the Silence or the 'house' planet. He doesn't give them a second chance, it's "Let him have it". I like that.