Guess Who has just been named the best Doctor ever?

[wellinghall]

Cut so you can make a guess before you look at the answer:

Fans have named David Tennant the best ever Doctor Who in a poll, beating Tom Baker into second place.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6211584.stm

Comments

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd cut it because it was YOUR favourite doctor...which it wasn't. I am/was a Tom Bakerite myself, but I like Tennant very much too (more? dunno, that's like saying do I like cheese or wine better?). But I don't know enough about the previous Doctors to judge properly...they seemed okay to me in things like the 3 Doctors/the 5 Doctors etc. As were the later ones. (PD another favourite-ish of mine). I didn't rate Sylvester McCoy but perhaps it was the scripts...I actually stopped watching it before it finished.

I'm becoming increasingly disappointed in Torchwood (plotwise), although I do like John Barrowman both in it, and in general. (He's such a luvvie, but that's okay. He's also v. multi-talented).

I also think it is ridiculous that they have recast an actress as the Doctor's new sidekick who was memorable in her previous bit-part in the last series (Cybermen v Daleks episode(s) whatever they were called). I hope this won't impinge on my future enjoyment but I suspect it will. Billie will be a hard act to follow anyway without this other issue. IMO.

This poll might have been skewed by the number of younger/new fans. However, maybe older fans of the original series also like him? (I liked Eccleston too, must watch the first series again to compare and contrast with DT, whose real name is, IIRC, David M(a)cDonald).

Okay, enough Doctor Who nonsense, I'm doing the very world-changing task of putting seasonal letters into seasonal cards and sticking snowman stamps on...oh such a hard life!