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Doctor Who: My Favorite Doctors in Order

I was catching up on some classic Doctor Who and decided to make this list.

I didn't include the War Doctor or Capaldi on the list because they haven't received enough screen time for me to make an informed decision. Might add the War Doctor in later but the decision will derive mostly from intuition. I'll probably do the same with Capaldi after the 8th season.

List items

  • Hands down my favorite Doctor. Known as the man of action or the James Bond Doctor, Pertwee was a refined character who was never opposed to getting his hands dirty if it meant getting the job done. Also the first doctor to encounter the Master and Omega, two of my favorite Who villains

  • Aside from Hartnell no one had a harder role to pull off. Eccleston's performance revitalized a fanbase for the doctor in a time where it was nearly dead. My favorite of the modern doctors.

  • Cause he's Tom Baker. As you can probably tell by my list I don't prefer many whimsical Doctors but the fourth had just the right amount to make things more exciting than ridiculous.

  • I love his attitude on the show and the development which occurred during his season. Like the Ninth he starts off very cold and stern but gradually develops a soft spot for humanity. He's sort of like the grandfather everyone wishes they could have. Hartnell also gets brownie points for setting the bar for what the Doctor was supposed to be.

  • Very dark for a doctor and often enjoyed playing a mysterious role. I always saw potential in a character such as the Seventh. Just recently found out that Ace was a complete badass and one of my favorite companions. It was really upsetting to know that the show got cancelled just when they finished figuring out what they wanted the Seventh to be.

  • My least favorite of the modern Doctors, probably because I saw Smith's Doctor before Tennant's. David Tennant is a solid actor but Smith outwhimsied him and Eccleston was a better dramatic actor. Despite having a better balance than the other two he was less interesting to watch and had to depend more on Davies' writing. I honestly think Tennant's run hinged on Davies' writing and would have been crippled without it. The biggest drawback of this era is the melodrama. The companions and the Tenth are way too emo for my taste.

  • Funny but mostly annoying. I get that he was trying to be non threatening through his use of humor but at most times his on-screen antics drew attention away from the plot. Also the majority of Traughton's work was destroyed by the bbc, which might be why I haven't given him a fair shot.

  • Sort of hit and miss for me. Mostly miss. I did like his companions and I do think Anthony Ainley (my favorite master) shined the most during his run (and Tom Baker's). I like that he's a less emo version of the tenth (or vice-versa) but if you see Tennant's Doctor you don't really need to see Davison's.

  • As an American I really want the film to be good, but it wasn't...it just wasn't. He had the worst companions of all time, fought the lamest version of the Master and ultimately set the series back into a Dark Age. The only reason he is not in last place is because most of these problems seem like they were out of his direct control and unlike my last pick McGann looks as if he was actually trying to deliver a decent performance. I hear the audio books actually do him justice but they're to pricy for me to actually purchase them, so I'm going off of fan hearsay.

  • Can't put my finger on it but I just hated everything about this doctor. The costume, his companions, his overacting, the camouflaged TARDIS--ugh. Everything was just god awful all around.