Who was the greatest Dr of them all?

For me it's Peter Davison, exasperated, wise, and so English.

or Tom Baker, funny, shouting, google eyed. Like a mentally unwell uncle, allowed out on a Saturday evening.

The last two were pretty good. But they've had to much money, and effects to work with.

In the days of proper Dr Who, you had a cold Welsh hillside, a man in a green chicken suit, and 10 episodes of meaningless techno babble.

That's the test of a real actor.

Apart from when it was filmed in Provence, then it's get it filmed as fast as you can so you can get down the local bar.

My top 3 Dr's

Tom Baker
Jon Pertwee
Patrick Troughton

That's a pretty classy list. The B&W Drs tend to be forgotten, and Pertwee was the fightingest Dr ever, with his Venusian martial arts.

I was watching Terror of the Zygons the other day, and Tom Baker was excellent. He's the best.

Michael Gambon

Rik Mayall. That's it all other potential Drs are inferior.

That said does anyone remember the Curse of Fatal Death, a Comic relief special starring loads of actors as the Dr.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+curse+of+fatal+death&search_type=

I made a short film once, well a monologue really. And Richard Griffiths came along and did it for me for free. I shot it in my girlfriend's house - very bizarre, but what a top fellow and a brilliant actor. So I definitely agree with him for the Doctor.

Hmm now I think about it Chuck Norris could make an excellent Dr.

But we're going off track, who was the greatest of them all?

Michael Gambon for the Dr!

Or Simon Callow, maybe.

Quote: Marc P @ June 20 2008, 9:41 AM BST

I made a short film once, well a monologue really. And Richard Griffiths came along and did it for me for free. I shot it in my girlfriend's house - very bizarre, but what a top fellow and a brilliant actor. So I definitely agree with him for the Doctor.

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Did you call him a "terrible c**t"?

For me it was Tom Baker. This was also the time that Douglas Adams was involved as script editor. I still remember the time that the Dr is reading a book by Oolon Colluphid. Brilliant. That DNA was a clever rascal!

Christopher Eccleston was also a favourite of mine. I just clicked with the way he did things.

Peter Cushing is one of my all time favourite actors, but unfortunately I found his portrayal of the Dr too comical and just didn't like it.

Def.

Ecclestone was great in the more serious minded episodes such as the one with the last Dalek, or when Rose changed time.

He was pretty useless at the funny ones. With better scripts he might have been the best.

Are you people off your heads?

It's Tennant, by the world's longest chalk.

No it isn't. He's alright, but he gurns horribly, and then goes all faux emotional, and then shouts alot.

He's no Tom Baker.

It's very good, did you ever read The Boy Who Kicked Pigs? His work of kids fiction, it's rather good.

Quote: sootyj @ June 20 2008, 10:14 AM BST

No it isn't. He's alright, but he gurns horribly, and then goes all faux emotional, and then shouts alot.

He's no Tom Baker.

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Gurning? I've just watched Genesis of the Daleks. Tom Baker could win the Nobel Gurning Prize.