50 years ago, this November...

[Archae]

A guy on the BBC stepped out of a blue police box.



The good Doctor!

Do you have a favorite Doctor Who?

My favorite was Tom Baker.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. Tom Baker was my favorite too!

[tblue]

2. Thought you were talking about this:

[LeftinOH]

6. Dr Who premiered on Saturday, Nov 23rd 1963. Not in the USA, though;

we were watching something altogether different that weekend.

[rug]

7. There are no coincidences.

[Carolina]

15. so did I, tblue

What a loss. it was the beginning of the unravellling

[tblue]

16. I know, right, Carolina.

I feel like crying. I so thought this country would always continue getting better and better. But after Nixon mucked everything up the Republicans figured out how to keep mucking up and not get caught, or to get away with it even when they did get caught.

[TheMightyFavog]

3. David Tennant = Best Doctor

[harmonicon]

4. He was definitely the best one named Tennant.

I wouldn't give him much more than that though. I guess it's not his fault, but it was during his time that the show (and he started off with some really good episodes) went from being Doctor Who, to being The Romantic Adventures of Magic Wizard Man and His Sexy Lady Friend: Show for Children Adventure Hour.

[Still Blue in PDX]

9. I enjoyed his time with Donna Noble as companion. nt

[harmonicon]

10. There were some good episodes during that time.

The problem is, they were polluted by this stupid, melodramatic, romantic storyline that ran alongside them. There was good acting, good concepts for episodes, and good characters (Donna's grandfather was great), but it all had this veil of crap smeared over it.

Of course none of that compares to the cultural abortion that is/was Dr. River Song, the worst character not only in Doctor Who, not only in Sci-Fi, but in all fictional storytelling EVER. I had to stop watching the show because of her.

[harmonicon]

5. I think Tom Baker was the best as well.

A large part of that is probably just that he was the first one I saw. I still remember watching Doctor Who for the first time on PBS when I was about 8 and it completely blowing my mind.

Having gotten back into the show as an adult (and now actively trying to like it but absolutely hating the pile of shit it's become), I think Doctors # 1, 3, 4, and 5 were the best.

[Still Blue in PDX]

8. Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee are my favorite Classic Whos.

I am still not crazy about Matt Smith's incarnation, but I find the show much more enjoyable since the Ponds have departed.

I always have a hard time adjusting to a new Doctor.

[Call Me Wesley]

11. Tom Baker of course. (nt)

[Ron Obvious]

12. Tom Baker also

Although I personally liked Pertwee, his scripts were boring because he never went anywhere.

Never watched anything past Peter Davison. I've heard rumours of more recent episodes, but I've not felt the need to inquire more closely.

[orleans]

13. i never saw the show

i think i sat through part of one back in the 70s -- a friend of mine liked it --but obviously i wasn't too crazy about what i saw. i never watched it.

[oleander hawkmoth]

14. What, no love for this guy?

Seventeen some years and he's still going strong. Even if you didn't like the film, his books and audios are some of the best writing in modern Who! (Just look at all the things Moffat "based" off them.)

Big Finish is the only part of Who that still deserves to get my money.