No doubt. He was my favorite until recently. After living through capaldi and smith I came to appreciate tennent more. But if I were to go back and watch that one season again eccleston might move back to the #1 spot. Tennent probably only takes the top spot because of longevity.
i liked Eccelston just fine, he was my favorite for a while, but they really didnt give him the best writing.
i know Left Turn was one episode, but the "what if" aspect of it seemed to to lead her down a bunch of rabbit holes that caused her to become Doctor Donna at the end. Bad Wolf was awesome. it tied in so much stuff about The Master and the 3 knocks. i should probably watch those again. those early seasons were a lot of fun. lets also not forget that Capaldi and Karen Gilan were in the same Tennant episode in Pompeii.
Allright nerds. Rank the doctors.
In case anyone forgot the names here they are from top to bottom, left to right.
#1 William Hartnell ; #2 Patrick Troughton ; #3 John Pertwee ; #4 Tom Baker ;
#5 Peter Davison ; #6 Colin Baker ; #7 Sylvester Mccoy ; #8 Paul McGan ;
#9 Christopher Eccleston ; #10 David Tennent ; #11 Matt Smith ; #12 Peter Capaldi ; #13 Jodie Whittaker
I just noticed that the War Doctor and the Valeyard were not in that picture. Add them into your rankings if you wish as #8.5 and #?? respectively.
For me it's #10, #13, #9, #4, #1, #7, #11, #3, #6, #8, #2, #5 (is that a face begging to be punched, or what?), #??, #8.5, #12.
And for the record, I haven't seen at least one episode with each doctor. I hate capaldi so much that I rank him below doctors I've never actually seen in action.
Saw yesterday the article that Jodie & Chris were out and was seriously elated. Rewatching the series since Eccelston's a couple of times over the years, it made me realize how often they did shoehorn in some bullshit concept (racism/specie-ism? politics, sexuality, slavery) but god damn did they lay it on thiiiiick with Whitaker. Some of the worst writing I've ever seen when we tried to watch the latest seasons.
at least it will be well written woke. if anyone can unfuck this series, its him. and i dont think he can do it.Doctor Who: Russell T Davies returns as programme showrunner
The It's A Sin writer says he is "beyond excited" to resume the role he filled from 2005 to 2009.www.bbc.co.uk
If they make him keep diverse failed soap opera writers and actors it's going to suck.
i think he will choose his own writers, in fact i think the BBC will make him pick new ones. no reason to keep chib's people. they failed horribly. at least Davies has a grasp of the genre and wouldnt pick writers based only on the number of diversity boxes to fill.
its going to be a Herculean task, and perhaps thats why they picked him. this show was success due to him and David Tennant, this is probably the final Hail Mary attempt to get this show back on track or it gets cancelled with him. they need to retcon some or all of this Jody Whitaker shit, first and foremost. then they need to cast a decent lead. somebody white, male and British. they need to send a message that this show is back. thirdly they need to get some competent writers, people who have experience in the genre or at least have some interest in writing for it. no diversity hires. cast people based on acting/writing ability not skin color, gender or sexual persuasion. do i think all of those things will happen? nope. i am at least hoping for a good lead Doctor, one decent writer and they never mention the canon destroying 87 billion Doctors again.
look at the MCU . it started with localized villains. it ended with half the galaxy being obliterated. this shit escalates over time. with the Doctor, he's always saving the planet and the galaxy, but mostly this planet because we live here. nobody gives a shit about the people of skarro or new new new new new new new york run by cat people a million years from now.
