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[poll] PollPoll Question: which is your worst doctor
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w. hartnell[*****] (2 votes, 14.2%)
p.trooughton[ ] (0 votes, 0%)
j.pertwee[**] (1 vote, 7.1%)
t.baker[ ] (0 votes, 0%)
p.davison[ ] (0 votes, 0%)
c.baker[*****] (2 votes, 14.2%)
s.McCoy[********] (3 votes, 21.4%)
p.mc gann[***********] (4 votes, 28.5%)
c.ecelelson[**] (1 vote, 7.1%)
d.Tennant[ ] (0 votes, 0%)
p.cushing[**] (1 vote, 7.1%)

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 Total Votes: 14
Total Voters: 13
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Re: worst doctor
« Reply #15 on Mar 28, 2007, 1:01pm »
If you're going to add Peter Cushing, why not add Mr. Bean? I mean Rowan Atkinson.
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Re: worst doctor
« Reply #16 on Mar 28, 2007, 5:47pm »
I think Peter Cushing counts . He did his interpretation of the 1st Doctor. I am not sure if cushing was a human inventor who made a time machine. I recall reading that somewhere.
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« Reply #17 on Mar 29, 2007, 5:01am »
Cushing was not really the First Doctor, just an Earth scientist doctor who invented a Tardis so IMHO he counts as much as Rowan Atkinson, who at least played an unofficial Doctor.
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« Reply #18 on Mar 29, 2007, 9:13am »
Peter Cushing played the first doctor in the remake of the daleks and the dalek invasion of earth but that doesnt't count anyways paul mcgann is the worst because he starred in the tv movie which was poor but the novels and audios are really cool.
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Re: worst doctor
« Reply #19 on Mar 29, 2007, 12:02pm »
Can you really count Paul McGann? He never appeared in the classic series ;D
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« Reply #20 on Apr 4, 2007, 10:36am »
I don't have a worst doctor but if i have to choose which doctor i didn't care for it would have to be paul mcgann though his novels and books are great the TV Movie is poor.The BBC count Paul as a classic doctor on their website.
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Re: worst doctor
« Reply #21 on Sept 21, 2007, 10:40am »
Of the episodes I've seen, I'd have to go with Colin Baker, although I'm not sure I've even seen episodes containing a few of these folks.

I found Colin's character was just too oversimplified ... you could even see it in his wardrobe choice. Technicolor dreamcoat with question marked collar? Cmon ... is that honestly supposed to be mysterious somehow? Thanks for name-tagging him with the international sign of 'mysterious' or we might not have ever guessed he was supposed to be enigmatic. ::)

I guess maybe he was targetting a younger audience with his portrayal but it was all such a simple dish with just a dash of Willy Wonka. Even a C- 4th grader could have figured him out in half an hour's time. To me, he was all fiction and no science ... direct opposite of Tom Baker's character.

The votes for Hartnell I find difficult to understand. While his was certainly not the most likable doctor, he played a complex character with precision imo, and pioneered the show. If you watch the early episodes and take note of the extremely long uncut scenes, you might better appreciate his skill as an actor.
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Re: worst doctor
« Reply #22 on Sept 24, 2007, 1:54am »

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Of the episodes I've seen, I'd have to go with Colin Baker, although I'm not sure I've even seen episodes containing a few of these folks.

I found Colin's character was just too oversimplified ... you could even see it in his wardrobe choice. Technicolor dreamcoat with question marked collar? Cmon ... is that honestly supposed to be mysterious somehow? Thanks for name-tagging him with the international sign of 'mysterious' or we might not have ever guessed he was supposed to be enigmatic. ::)


Worth tracking down if you can are the first 3 "The Stranger" episodes done by BBV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_(video_series)

Done with pretty much no budget the first 3 episodes give a much better impression of what Colin & Nicola could have delivered in their DW roles had the writers & producers at the time had some imagination. (Later episodes can be ignored IMHO).

I especially like episode 3 "In Memory Alone", which I think is the best of the three.

The early episodes are very much "Doctor Who", (with a bit of "Saphire & Steel"), without the Tardis or anyone calling th main character "Doctor". The first episode even has a character very similiar to the "Master".

Also worth locating is the REELTIME interview tape with Colin where discusses his time in the show, how he wanted to do it, and where he saw the character going. It certainly sounded a lot better than what he was allowed to deliver.

As for "The Worst Doctor", I liked them all in their own way.
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Re: worst doctor
« Reply #23 on Sept 24, 2007, 9:10am »
Thanks, Ill check them out and maybe appreciate his roll a bit more. I'm slowly trying to rewatch them all through Netflix in chronlogical order. I'm only on episode 7 atm, but I'm getting there ....
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Re: worst doctor
« Reply #24 on Aug 10, 2008, 7:23am »
Sylvester Mccoy I'ts just his era was definitely the worst.
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