Who's your favourite Doctor Who from the series?
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I think David Tennant had some great moments, but I much prefer Matt Smith as the Doctor.
I like the fact that the 11th Doctor has been allowed to age hundreds of years off-screen. Poor old 10 only lived for 5 or so years.
And the 9th Doctor seemed to have lost a fair number of years of age in the Time War (the 7th Doctor having given his age as 953 if I remember correctly).
I like the fact that the 11th Doctor has been allowed to age hundreds of years off-screen. Poor old 10 only lived for 5 or so years.
And the 9th Doctor seemed to have lost a fair number of years of age in the Time War (the 7th Doctor having given his age as 953 if I remember correctly). 
Poor old Peter Davison is like Norway in Eurovision - nil points.
I'm a New Who fan as they cancelled Old Who when I was still quite young. I've only ever seen snippets of Old Who that I was made to watch by my Dad and it never appealed to me when I was little.
I didn't take to Chris Eccelstone though I loved David Tennant and thought nobody could possibly compete with him. Matt Smith has, therefore, been a surprising revelation. I love what he has brought to the Doctor - the sense of age despite his youthful exterior, his range of emotions and his dotty professor personality. My choice of fav has to be Matt, followed by Tennant.
Somewhat controversially I feel that the best companion of New Who so far has been Donna. I know Donna is the marmite of companions but I loved Catherine Tate's performance and I felt that she provided us with a great, strong companion who could hold her own. Rose and Martha were a little too needy emotion wise as they were in love with the Doctor. Amy and Rory were OK but not necessarily best served by some of the stories and there was a slight lack of character development. River is a great character but not really a companion ... I can't wait to see what's going to happen with this new companion Clara - so far the performance has been promising. Not long to wait now!
I would love them to do something more with Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax - there seems to be great potential there. I know that, like Melody Pond/Melody Malone/River, they have been afforded the honour of a quick read story. More screen time would be wonderful too!
I'm a New Who fan as they cancelled Old Who when I was still quite young. I've only ever seen snippets of Old Who that I was made to watch by my Dad and it never appealed to me when I was little.
I didn't take to Chris Eccelstone though I loved David Tennant and thought nobody could possibly compete with him. Matt Smith has, therefore, been a surprising revelation. I love what he has brought to the Doctor - the sense of age despite his youthful exterior, his range of emotions and his dotty professor personality. My choice of fav has to be Matt, followed by Tennant.
Somewhat controversially I feel that the best companion of New Who so far has been Donna. I know Donna is the marmite of companions but I loved Catherine Tate's performance and I felt that she provided us with a great, strong companion who could hold her own. Rose and Martha were a little too needy emotion wise as they were in love with the Doctor. Amy and Rory were OK but not necessarily best served by some of the stories and there was a slight lack of character development. River is a great character but not really a companion ... I can't wait to see what's going to happen with this new companion Clara - so far the performance has been promising. Not long to wait now!
I would love them to do something more with Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax - there seems to be great potential there. I know that, like Melody Pond/Melody Malone/River, they have been afforded the honour of a quick read story. More screen time would be wonderful too!
Patrick Troughton.
Of the NuWho actors:
Eccleston - too hammy
Tennant - too angsty. I got fed up with him apologising to everybody at least three times every episode (Though I guess that was mainly the fault of the script team. Russell T Davies may have saved the franchise, but he is just a fan fiction writer at heart).
Smith - getting there but I hear he is leaving soon, Pity.
Of the NuWho actors:
Eccleston - too hammy
Tennant - too angsty. I got fed up with him apologising to everybody at least three times every episode (Though I guess that was mainly the fault of the script team. Russell T Davies may have saved the franchise, but he is just a fan fiction writer at heart).
Smith - getting there but I hear he is leaving soon, Pity.
The Mad Collector said:
Like Sylvester McCoy he was just getting into his character when all of a sudden he didn't have the role anymore 
And Patrick Harper was from Northern Ireland in the books, not Southern Ireland like the actor who plays him.
There's some attempts at an explanation of the accent of Sharpe by saying (if I remember correctly) that he lived in Yorkshire for a time. Bernard Cornwell had been going to move on to other stories when the TV show took off, so he shelved those and wrote more Sharpe. That's his excuse for never finishing the Starbuck American Civil War books.
There's some attempts at an explanation of the accent of Sharpe by saying (if I remember correctly) that he lived in Yorkshire for a time. Bernard Cornwell had been going to move on to other stories when the TV show took off, so he shelved those and wrote more Sharpe. That's his excuse for never finishing the Starbuck American Civil War books.
