Jodie was horrible not just the writing she was just horrible

Not even close

Yes I can accuse you of recency bias

I'd put Tom Baker first, David Tennant second and then Patrick Troughton third

Makes me sad that you give places to the fugitive doctor and mcgann but not Peter cushing in the movies? Feels like everyone forgets him and though there's cannon issues etc It would have been great to see him at least with an honorable mention. 😅

It's unfortunate he had conflicts with some of those in charge making it an uncomfortable working environment for him. He was invited back for cameos before but turned them down. It would have been fantastic to have gotten Eccleston rather than Tennant for the upcoming 60th special (Tennant has already had several specials including the 50th) which would have been something special given he was there for the series reboot.

@@wallacewallaby5782 Agree. He was better than Tennant.

He didn’t want another. He didn’t really like playing this character. He was brilliant but he wasn’t going to stay past one season.

@@herewaskendra he’s doing a lot of Big Finish audio. His problem was with the management, not the character.

Faxxxxxxxx

Yes! My favorite Doctor. Granted I never watched the original run.

Capaldi is also my favorite

Best by far but watch mojo cares more abt popularity

@brobro9169 yeah I know but that won't change my mind ya know?

An echo of Troughton's MO.

"Bow ties are COOL!"

Eccleston is still my favorite. I remember watching his regeneration for the first time and having never seen it before, not knowing what was going on.

I remember thinking David tennant was some evil person who was impersonating the doctor until the next episode.

No. Tom Baker is the best. Tennant is overrated.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t Hater

its a hilarious out of context scene of him just smiling really quick and burst out in regeneration.

Factssss💯

@@SundaeExpress Huh? Oh the 'literally' was quite unnecessary wasn't it? You're probably right.

It didn't. Hence showing how good Matt smith was

@@Adam-vg8dn Absolutely. A lot of people didn't give him a chance considering he was the youngest actor to play the character and the successor to Tennant. But boy did he prove them wrong.

@@Adam-vg8dn Matt Smith IS my 2nd favorite Doctor right behind the 10th

If that's true , that is extremely arrogant of the BBC. For me, Tennant was around No.5 (Baker is my No.1). Tennant was good, but not great.

Watch more Classic Who and Tom Baker. That's the golden era.

Well, I think that's lovely. That's how the show should be experienced.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t ACE AND SEVEN!

He’s my doctor too

Yes I completely agree I couldn't have said it better myself.

100% agreed

I don’t mind him, but his episodes just got too confusing, with the whole river song being amy’s daughter and everything!

Season 5 was just magical. My most rewatched season of Who by a long shot.

I liked Jodie

John Hurt should have been higher, while he was barely in the show, the moments he was in the show was great. As for Jodie, she should have been lower.

Jodie was good. Let down by her writing.

John Hurt played a major role in one episode versus Jodie's 3 seasons so she deserves to be higher.

They have to put something in there to piss people off so they make comments. I don't want to accept the idea they're so moronic they'd honestly put Hurt below so many others.

that's why he's the best

He didn't improve himself though in that way. He didn't need to improve himself. His nasty series 8 personality was all part of the characters three season long arc of sorting out the characters issues.

capaldis doctor had the most development of all, what a pitty moffats burnout ruined the later part of his run

I actually think he was the worst of the new doctors (controversial I know!). Capaldi is a good actor, the character is cool, but he just isn't the doctor. There is an episode where he literally tells a child they aren't special (the doctor would NEVER - to quote 10; "I've never met anyone who isn't special"), he is constantly calling Clara fat and ugly, and he is generally unpleasant to everyone around him. I understand the concept of his nasty personality being part of a growth thing - but honestly, I didn't care for that. We saw a nasty, anger-filled Doctor with 9 and in my opinion, that was way more true to who the Doctor is as his core. Capaldi felt too far from the Doctor imo.

Also the fact he played the series' theme on the electric guitar, the fact he draws previous Doctors flawlessly, the fact it was the part of his life. He's the biggest Doctor Who fanboy and it really shows in his acting. I've always liked his grumpy temper mixed with kindness and protectiveness. David remains my favourite Doctor but Peter comes as a close second.

Because David Tennant was incredible in the role.

I was wondering that as well

Its fine that the 4th Doctor is on the #2 spot. The 10th Doctor did really great during his tenure.

Because the votes are likely made by younger audiences who idolize Tennant as their first Doctor. Tennant is fine but should probably be a few spots below Baker imo.

Because compared to most modern Doctors he wasn’t great

If you have a RetroTV channel near you, they're currently broadcasting Classic Who reruns!

Was it Ch. 11 in Chicago?

I personally love Moffat and his writing especially for 12. I am only finding out now there are some who did not like his style thats ok :)

And what was the deal with him replacing the Sonic Screwdriver for those Sonic Sunglasses?

Colin Baker has always been my favorite.

Me who puts Tennant at the bottom *laughs nervously*😅

Tennant is so overrated don't know what the big appeal is.

@@salliewagenblatt5188 I'm curious, who Is your favorite then

@@Renfield97 Don't blame you lol

just saying it to pleese the wrong side of fans you where probably one of the fans who left doctor who just because the doctor that left and the doctor replaced him was matt smith and left and came back in 2023 and probably leave again after the 60th has gone passed :I

Such a typical bland pairing.

@@jordanfitzgerald7886 I stand by my choice. Feel free to stand by your bullshit choices.

Yes! I too love them both equal. Can't wait for the 60th Anniversary.

You're right. Us old school fans are the best judges because we've seen the classic and modern series and we actually have better attention spans. So, we can tell the difference between substance and style. We can recognize great writing. Nothing touches 1970's Doctor Who! T. Baker and Pertwee forever!

Same here. I watched Tom Baker's Doctor on Chicago's WTTW every Sunday night. In those days, PBS was the way many of us were introduced to British TV. Monty Python, The Goodies, Fawlty Towers, No, Honestly, and of course, Doctor Who.

I would say that Pertwee's era is arguably the most consistent from start to finish. And many of the best stories in the entire history of the program. They had great writers during that time frame.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t Couldn't agree more. With many of the other incarnations I'll only like a small selection of stories and those will be the only ones I normally go back to. But I'll happily watch every Jon Pertwee serial. The only other Doctor I can really say that about is David Tennant I think.

@@jensonkiin3678 The one's I constantly go back to are Pertwee's and Tom Baker's first five seasons. I don't think Tennant's era is all that consistent though.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t That's fair. I think it's just the sheer energy and portrayal by Tennent that draws me back. But yeah, hard to find a bad Baker story in those early series. In my top three for sure.

Colin Baker's Doctor started off rough, but the character evolved over the short time he had. It's a shame people seem to focus on the first few episodes he was in and ignore the rest.

​@@wallacewallaby5782Yeah but those few episodes were absolutely horrible. Later on he progressed but the other doctors are leagues beyond him except the fugitive doctor.

Ten is my favourite and then eleven. The others are meh imo. Didn't watch Capaldi's run. Who didn't get a mention here. He can't have been that bad. I saw him in the one he was in with River and he was good. So I don't get it.

​@@louwinters508He's number 4.

Same

@@triplejazzmusicisall1883 okay you got to think about it if you get somebody that actually fitted her optimistic fun personality what does smidge of seriousness and is aiming towards the right direction you can have three Riders to do that that would have made her away more likable doctor and she would have been higher on the list that's all I'm saying

Your just trying to be different and that's all there is to it.

It's hard to rank something you can't see, and it's a shame. At least there's audio of most of them even if the video no longer exists. The 2nd Doctor and Jamie were a great duo. The only think I curse the 2nd Doctor for is the introduction of the Sonic Screwdriver, although back then it was used specifically AS a screwdriver rather than the magic wand it is now.

@@wallacewallaby5782 Too, the Second Doctor was the first to make bow ties cool, and the first to incorporate the advice: “When all else fails- RUN!”😄

I watched William Hartnell as the Doctor he was brilliant. I only hope that the 60th anniversary against the Toymaker is as good as the one I remember. Tom Baker should have come in 4 and Matt Smith at number 1

@@gillianhynes7120 Tom Baker has been ranked as the best Doctor more times than anyone else...and for good reason.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t that's the thing not everyone agrees on the same Doctor

Yeah I found that baffling too... 3 series' is standard at this point

This bugged me too. The classic doctors were also mostly less than 3 years.

Yup. Poor research at best.

When 7 had to tear down Ace to get her to stop believing in him by telling her he didn't care for her and how useless she was her devastated reaction tore my heart out. It's one of the only times I really felt like that in Doctor Who (the Rose being stuck in another universe stuff did nothing for me). She was an orphan and The Doctor was all she had. I don't remember the specifics of the episode but remember he had to do it to save her life.

I only saw a couple of those episodes, but I did like them very much. And he and Ace were prefect together. I don't think either one would have been as good with others.

Colin Baker's Doctor gets unfairly judged based on his early episodes. The character evolves and gets much better by the end.

@@wallacewallaby5782 so true

2nd Doc and Jamie were a fantastic on screen. Great chemistry and funny. I believe the actors were friends off-screen as well.

I agree with this. He was my favorite. I started watching with Baker, but Davison seemed far more relatable

Peter Davsion is my favourite as I love his take on the Doctor and his stories are amongst some of the best ever written especially the Caves of Androzani. The 5th Doctor is also who I grew up watching as a small child so there is some nostalgia there for me too.

I liked him too

He's mine as well. Forever my Doc.

Peter Davison is horribly underestimated! He was terribly backlashed for portraying the Doctor in a very different way, especially since he immediately followed Tom Baker- an immensely popular Doctor who played the role for 7 years! It’s no wonder Davison left after only 3 years and it’s only in recent times that his work on the show has been rereviewed and appreciated! While I like Tom Baker, David Tennant and a few others better, I do like Peter Davison’s work.

I'm Gen X. I grew up on the 4th Doctor on PBS and have always put him at number one. No one else even comes close. Tennant is overrated. And many of the best stories come from Jon Pertwee's era.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t "overrated" hahahahaha you is joker bro.

I agree because I am a qualified lesbian

I don't understand why Martha doesn't get more love. She was amazing and, for my taste, less needy and dramatic than Rose.

You got it right!

Amen!!!

I want to see more of the Eighth Doctor and the Fugitive Doctor on the regular series!

Always! Tom Baker IS the Doctor!

Let me guess. You've seen little to no "Classic Who"? Otherwise, you wouldn't say that. Tom Baker is easily the best doctor and it's not even close.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t That's just your opinion. Everyone has different tastes

@@samuelnicholson7905 pretty much a fact though. Id put both pertwee and baker above tennant

i started watching clasic who due to comments like these i have to agree with them

​@@user-wr3qn5vq7t😂 Tennant is literally the improved version of Tennant I literally watched Classic Who ( Only Bakers ) just to see if they were good. They are identical but Tennant is a much improved version of Baker, If you can't deal with it maybe you need to rewatch if you even did, Classic Who.

For me it’s Tom Baker for the same reason

They say you never forget your first doctor

Pertwee, but Baker owned it. Then Sylvester,, Matt and David, who I reckon had best writing, no 1

Thank you. You can tell the real diehard Who fans from the posers who refuse to watch the classic series yet call themselves Who fans. Tom Baker is the GOAT and always will be! Tennant is overrated.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t Baker is indeed the GOAT👍

My first three would be 3. Baker, 2. Eccleston, 1. Tennant.

Colin Baker #1, McGann #2, Capaldi #3 for me.

I don't know why some younger people can't or rather won't watch the classic series. They are missing out. I don't get it. I know what quality is and it has zero to do with when something was made. Many of my favorite films and tv shows come from before I was born. Many of my favorite albums are from before I was born. It's about quality and substance.

Same here. I'll always find the dark and more mysterious side of the Doctor more interesting than the usual do-good explorer. You don't live that long and see that much without breaking a few eggs along the way.

I think there are many fan theories the woman the 7th doctor spoke to near at the end of the last episode of survival was Rose's mum

​@@animelovers000really?

2nd was one of the best with Jamie as his companion. Great chemistry. His first episode I was "meh" about since all he did was play that darn flute and barely said a thing, but the rest of his run was great. Although it was that Doctor that gave us the Sonic Screwdriver, but back then it was just a literal screwdriver rather than a magic wand so I can forgive him for that.

Agree. I put Troughton over most of the modern Doctors.

I feel the opposite. The modern series hasn't really done much for me at all. The writing has been weak throughout with only the sporadic good story here and there. Whereas during the 1970's especially, you have great writers, depth and development of characters, superb acting, and just great stories all around(many of them with powerful social commentary). And lastly, I don't think any of the modern actors to play the Doctor can touch Tom Baker or even Jon Pertwee. They don't call it the "golden era" for nothing, ya know.

The 4th Doctor has been the most memorable one for decades. Before NuWho ask anyone to describe the Doctor and they would describe him, which is amazing given how many came after him. Tennant is fine, but he's not even in the same league as Tom Baker's iconic portrayal.

@@wallacewallaby5782 If I'm wearing a "Doctor Who t-shirt", there will only be one doctor on that shirt. The 4th and the best, Tom freaking Baker! He made that iconic portrayal one of the best characters in tv history!

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t Yep. There's good reason why for decades most people think of the oversized scarf, hat and cheeky smile when they hear "Doctor Who".

Disagree. No one touches Tom Baker. Tennant is overrated.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t I mean, that's certainly your opinion. I still love Baker, but I also love Tennant. Why you feel the need to disagree with what is stated as a person's personal tastes is beyond me, but whatever?

@@arishiakoneko Well that's MY personal taste. I have a right to my opinion and I think Tennant is mostly overrated. Although, that mainly comes from younger females who are not very familiar with the classic series and put too much focus on image as opposed to story and the qualities that make an actor(playing the Doctor) resonate with many people Worldwide. I've seen all of the Classic series(that is available, minus the missing episodes) and all of the modern series. I put Tom Baker at number one(he is the embodiment of the character with so many wonderful personality traits) and I actually prefer other actors(who have played the Doctor) over Tennant too. Such as Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Peter Capaldi, and Christopher Eccleston. I even prefer Peter Cushing from the films. Though, they are not really considered canon.

@@user-wr3qn5vq7t And that's all fine. You're welcome to your tastes, but why come at someone for theirs? I wasn't stating for fact that Tennant was better than Baker in any way, shape, or form, only that I like Tennant a hair better than Baker. Baker is still my Doctor, I grew up watching him with my Father and have the fondest memories of him. You're acting like you're correcting a person who just said the sky is green... I didn't. You accomplish nothing by attacking a person and saying they're wrong because they like something you don't.

Hear, hear! Eccleston was my first doctor and he was so full of energy, but also incredibly humane and somehow ancient. I remember fearing that I could never continue watching the show after his regeneration... but that only shows how much you know.