Tablet Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 ok since we've hit the big 10 in the no. of doctors, which 5 would you not miss if they didnt exist? yes this is one of those nonsense favouritism threads any way my 5 Colin baker Patrick Troughton Sylvester Maccoy christopher eccleston (sorry, its RTD fault) Paul McGann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyperion Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 My five would be: William Hartnall/Richard Hurndall Patrick Troughton Jon Pertwee Colin Baker Paul McGann Almost all because I haven't seen them in action much. I only saw the first three in The Five Doctors, I never saw Colin Baker and Paul McGann was cursed with the slightly disappointing TV Movie (He made a good Doctor but the story was drab). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drken Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 The only one I could part with is Paul McGann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I wouldn't eliminate any of them. They all added to the character and his history. Remove one, and they're all diminished somewhat... No William Hartnell, no Daleks or Cybermen. No Patrick Troughton, well... no Ice Warriors? ^^' No Jon Pertwee, no Master, Silurians, or Sea Devils. No Tom Baker, no K-9, Guardians, or Davros. No Peter Davison, no Perri ;) (I liked Peter Davison's doctor, but I can't think of anything introduced in his run that has really changed anything later on...) No Colin Baker, no Frobisher! ... but seriously, other than some very good Big Finish audio plays, his time was pretty lackluster. No Sylvester McCoy, no kick-butt wrap ups of loose ends that the previous doctors left hanging all over the place... from the TV series through the Big Finish audios, he seems to be the 'clean up my previous messes' doctor... and he does so quite ruthlessly. No Paul McGann, no Zagreus and cool trip through a universe without linear time! :D... (yeah, another BF ref.) No Christopher Eccleston, no Time War or that neat Dalek plot. No David Tennant, no... well, we will see, won't we? :D So, let's see... the only doctors I can see really removing would be Colin Baker, Patrick Troughton... and possibly Peter Davison. Given the Big Finish shows, that'd get narrowed down to Patrick Troughton... but even then, some significant development of the Cybermen took place in his term... too bad they added that gold allergy in Tom Baker's time. That made absolutely no sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underscore Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 nah mate! Its a crazy question! I really dont like mcoy much, but I sure as hell wouldnt erase his stories from history!! Only the fecking BBC would do that sorta thing. I wouldnt chop mcgann either for that matter! He could have made a fine doctor if the material given him hadnt been so weak! Nah, they are all part of a whole init!! Gotta take the ruff (the gunfighters) with the smooth (tomb of the cybermen) and just enjoy it all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalith Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I have to agree with GorunNove all th e doctors are the same thing to remove any would not be right not a big fan of bonnie langford but damn i just loved every doctor and i say god bless the good ol beeb for gettin it right every time.... if the doctor didnt change he would be a borin old fool least when he changes he can become a boring young fool!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pella Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Agree with Gorunova. Although I don't particularly like Jon Pertwee or Christopher Eccelston, each of the Doctors has brought something fresh to the screen. I can't imagine what Empty Child/The Doctor Dances would be like with any other Dcotor/Companion team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gathererhade Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 No Colin Baker' date=' no Frobisher! ... but seriously, other than some very good Big Finish audio plays, his time was pretty lackluster.[/quote'] But that's hardly his fault. The BF stuff he's done has demonstrated that he'd have made a good Doctor if he'd had decent scripts... And I do love Vengeance on Varos... :D What 5 Doctors can I do without... Hmmm. OK. 1. Dr Carter (Hand of Fear) I love Rex Robinson, but was this character really necessary? 2. Dr Quinn (The Silurians) And I do do without him as he dies only a few episodes in! 3. Dr Warlock (Pyramids of Mars) I'm sure there's a good reason, but I found the character infuriating. 4. Dr Henderson (Spearhead From Space) Manages to do little but state the obvious & not believe what he sees. 5. Dr Fendelman (Image of the Fendahl) I mean the name's a giveaway even before we start! To everyone but him, that is. I could have included Dr Tyler (The Three Doctors) but getting Rex Robinson twice would be a bit mean... :cyclops: @#$% spelling! I'm sure there's another one in there somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 None of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antilles Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Its bad enough weve lost a lot of the early stuff (or have we, but thats another discussion) to even think about what we could do without is unthinkable, Dr Who is what it is, to take something away or dismiss its existence would be wrong IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 None of them. I would have said that had I not been sticking to the spirit of the question to some degree. ;) Agree with Gorunova. Although I don't particularly like Jon Pertwee or Christopher Eccelston, each of the Doctors has brought something fresh to the screen. I can't imagine what Empty Child/The Doctor Dances would be like with any other Dcotor/Companion team. Heh... could you imagine Jon Pertwee's Doctor in that episode? >_<... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gathererhade Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I would have said that had I not been sticking to the spirit of the question to some degree. ;) Well you could have taken my route and subvert it by being too literal. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I would have said that had I not been sticking to the spirit of the question to some degree. ;) Well you could have taken my route and subvert it by being too literal. :D That's actually what I was planning to do. Good to see some like minded people hanging about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StitchInTime Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 There was a time, when I could have picked five to nix, but since I've become more familiar with them all lately, not anymore. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybrick Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 McGann. Can there be any doubt? I'm talking strictly television. Others can debate the radio series and books but I flat out have no interest in them. I treat only what's aired on TV as canon and I say that the 1996 Movie can be removed and the series as a whole would be all the better for it. Oh sorry, I misread. Top 5? Well, that's too much. I'd never do anything like that! If I had to vote for least favorite and least essential in my mind to the series I would add the the Doctors from the 80s after Tom Baker and for a fifth Peter Cushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 To be fair, I wasn't very keen on McCoy or Eccleston. I felt that the energy Eccleston injected was all just a bit much. Closer to a child with ADD than anything... I think that's really down to Russel T though because Tennent plays it kind of like a kid who had too much sugar... I fear that working on Queer as Folk may just make RTD think that normal people function on a cocktail of illegal drugs... not that the Doctor is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveo Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 I'd lose aspects of certain actors, like Eccleston's gurning and some of his hyperactivity, but it has to be said, for any flaws, they all add something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paniq Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 No Paul McGann' date=' no Zagreus and cool trip through a universe without linear time! :D... (yeah, another BF ref.)[/quote'] Surely you missed no Charlotte "Charlie" Pollard - or have I opened a bag of worms :p It really depends on whether its just TV appearances or including BF audio's? If I was pushed, it would be Patrick Troughton Colin Baker Sylvester McCoy Paul McGann Christopher Eccleston Based on TV episodes, but really each does bring something and the caontrast in personalities is good. Are we talking about people who played the doctor? What about the films - Peter Cushing What about the BF Unbound series adds a whole new swathe of Doctors.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foil Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Have to admit that I'm most familiar with the stuff that I saw growing up (Pertwee and Baker), missed most of the 80's since I was in a drug induced state practicing for my screening as the next Doctor (actually, I just had a bad habbit of always comparing them to Baker which wasn't fair to the 80's doctors), and then caught up again with the new series (2005+). However, I would probably have a harder time getting through the material of the older Doctors (pre-Pertwee) because when I watched war games, although the Doctors preformance was impressive and likeable, the episodes were just too rambling and stretched out. Although this happens in the pertwee and Baker stuff to a lesser extent, they manage to keep me interested enough to stay with the show. So I would be forced to say the pre-pertwee doctors. As for the new episodes, I think the writers have done a great job of tightening up the stories...I just wish they wouldn't take themselves so seriously so much the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalith Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 with the first doctor i agree to an extent with foil but some of the episodes where brilliant if i was to recommend stories from the Hartnell era i would recommend An Unearthly Child The Aztecs The Sensorites The Web Planet The Time Meddler The Daleks Masterplan The Tenth Planet Some of the other stories havent dated to well tho admittedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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