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The Doctor

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Mar 15, 2013, 10:28:12 AM3/15/13
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1st) William Hartnell
2) David Tennant
3) MAtt Smith
4) Tom Baker
5) Jon Pertwee
6) Patrick TRoughton
7) Peter Davison
8) C Baker
9) C Eccleston
10 ) Syl McCoy
11) Paul McGann
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David Barnett

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Mar 15, 2013, 12:51:00 PM3/15/13
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In article <khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca says...
>
> 1st) William Hartnell
> 2) David Tennant
> 3) MAtt Smith
> 4) Tom Baker
> 5) Jon Pertwee
> 6) Patrick TRoughton
> 7) Peter Davison
> 8) C Baker
> 9) C Eccleston
> 10 ) Syl McCoy
> 11) Paul McGann

I don't agree with that ranking, but OTOH I haven't worked
out what my ranking would be.

What about you now giving a ranking for the Companions?

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The Doctor

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Mar 15, 2013, 3:39:05 PM3/15/13
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In article <MPG.2badfc7f2...@news.bigpond.com>,
Companions indivually or era?

Jim G.

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Mar 15, 2013, 6:07:09 PM3/15/13
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The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
> 1st) William Hartnell
> 2) David Tennant
> 3) MAtt Smith

The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)

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The Doctor

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Mar 15, 2013, 6:48:00 PM3/15/13
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In article <2o67k85d1p2g7m8iq...@4ax.com>,
Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
>> 1st) William Hartnell
>> 2) David Tennant
>> 3) MAtt Smith
>
>The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
>

And yourself?

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>"Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO


Your Name

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Mar 15, 2013, 7:30:25 PM3/15/13
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In article <2o67k85d1p2g7m8iq...@4ax.com>, Jim G.
<jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:

> The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
> > 1) William Hartnell
> > 2) David Tennant
> > 3) Matt Smith
>
> The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)

I'd probably put Matt Smith and William Hartnell further down, and Tom
Baker and Jon Pertwee higher up.

The Doctor

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Mar 15, 2013, 7:48:51 PM3/15/13
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In article <YourName-160...@203-118-187-69.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
In your opinion.

britcan

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Mar 15, 2013, 8:19:49 PM3/15/13
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I thinbk it is all subjective...who you watched as a child as well as
who had the best effects. I rank David Tennant as the best, with
William Harnell third and Patrick Trouton second...alas so many of his
episodes are lost....

The Doctor

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Mar 15, 2013, 8:35:29 PM3/15/13
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In article <8ce7k8pmoeeb8a4vb...@4ax.com>,
Depends on who saw what.

Your Name

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Mar 15, 2013, 8:37:50 PM3/15/13
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In article <8ce7k8pmoeeb8a4vb...@4ax.com>, britcan
<stu...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> I think it is all subjective...who you watched as a child as well as
> who had the best effects. I rank David Tennant as the best, with
> William Harnell third and Patrick Trouton second...alas so many of his
> episodes are lost....

Yep, obviously it's purely opinion (and so largely meaningless and
irrelevant), like pretty much all such lists. :-)

The original post was only the opinion of the looney who uses the nickname
"The Doctor".

The only list that could be actual fact would a list of the actors who
played the Doctor in the order they played the role.

The Doctor

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Mar 15, 2013, 8:39:35 PM3/15/13
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In article <YourName-160...@203-118-187-69.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
what about the TB Cult?

Don Bruder

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Mar 15, 2013, 11:10:29 PM3/15/13
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In article <ki0c13$5lk$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:

> In article <YourName-160...@203-118-187-69.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
> Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
> >In article <2o67k85d1p2g7m8iq...@4ax.com>, Jim G.
> ><jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
> >> > 1) William Hartnell
> >> > 2) David Tennant
> >> > 3) Matt Smith
> >>
> >> The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
> >
> >I'd probably put Matt Smith and William Hartnell further down, and Tom
> >Baker and Jon Pertwee higher up.
>
> In your opinion.


There's only been One True Doctor. All others are varyingly weak shadows
cast by the glorious light of the mighty scarf-wrapped one. :)

Pertwee is the next closest aspirant to greatness, but even he is as a
pale piece of pig's ear when compared to Tom Baker.

Aw, heck... my Destroyer is showing, isn't it? :)

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Your Name

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Mar 16, 2013, 1:12:31 AM3/16/13
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In article <ki0nkj$rib$2...@dont-email.me>, Don Bruder <D...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
> There's only been One True Doctor. <snip>

Livingstone, I presume. ;-)

The Doctor

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Mar 16, 2013, 8:17:47 AM3/16/13
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In article <ki0nkj$rib$2...@dont-email.me>, Don Bruder <D...@sonic.net> wrote:
IT all started with the old guy.

The Doctor

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In article <YourName-160...@203-118-187-50.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
LOL! The Christian missionary.

Michael N. LeVine

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Mar 16, 2013, 8:31:56 AM3/16/13
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In article
<YourName-160...@203-118-187-69.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
And Pertwee above Baker.
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"I can remember when a liberal was one
who was generous with his own money"
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The Doctor

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Mar 16, 2013, 8:44:22 AM3/16/13
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In article <mlevinespmfltr-B1F...@news.supernews.com>,
Nice to see a bunch of IMHOs on this one!

Adam H. Kerman

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Mar 16, 2013, 9:05:36 AM3/16/13
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Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):

>>1st) William Hartnell
>>2) David Tennant
>>3) MAtt Smith

>The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)

In Doctor Who Revisted on BBC America (they've just done the first two so far),
it's been pointed out that Hartnell's Doctor was very different from all
the others, and that Matt Smith saw himself as doing Troughton. It's weird
to like Tennant and Smith but dislike Troughton.

Adam H. Kerman

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Mar 16, 2013, 10:14:46 AM3/16/13
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Don Bruder <D...@sonic.net> wrote:
>doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>>Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>>Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):

>>>>>1) William Hartnell
>>>>>2) David Tennant
>>>>>3) Matt Smith

>>>>The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)

>>>I'd probably put Matt Smith and William Hartnell further down, and Tom
>>>Baker and Jon Pertwee higher up.

>>In your opinion.

>There's only been One True Doctor. All others are varyingly weak shadows
>cast by the glorious light of the mighty scarf-wrapped one. :)

>Pertwee is the next closest aspirant to greatness, but even he is as a
>pale piece of pig's ear when compared to Tom Baker.

>Aw, heck... my Destroyer is showing, isn't it? :)

I'd say Tom Baker during specific seasons, only. He took a while to warm
to the character in the first season, and his last season suffered from
the bad writing that affected the Peter Davison years.

However, Peter Davison had the all-time greatest moment in Doctor Who.

John Hall

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Mar 16, 2013, 3:29:12 PM3/16/13
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In article <khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> writes:
>1st) William Hartnell
>2) David Tennant
>3) MAtt Smith
>4) Tom Baker
>5) Jon Pertwee
>6) Patrick TRoughton
>7) Peter Davison
>8) C Baker
>9) C Eccleston
>10 ) Syl McCoy
>11) Paul McGann

I'd put Tom Baker first and Colin Baker last (through no fault of his
own - I just didn't like the interpretation that he was required to
give). I'm very unsure of the rankings in between. I'd omit Paul McGann
altogether, as I don't think that one TV movie is enough on which to
judge,
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

John Hall

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Mar 16, 2013, 3:30:56 PM3/16/13
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In article <ki0c13$5lk$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> writes:
>In article <YourName-160...@203-118-187-69.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
>Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>In article <2o67k85d1p2g7m8iq...@4ax.com>, Jim G.
>><jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
>>> > 1) William Hartnell
>>> > 2) David Tennant
>>> > 3) Matt Smith
>>>
>>> The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
>>
>>I'd probably put Matt Smith and William Hartnell further down, and Tom
>>Baker and Jon Pertwee higher up.
>
>In your opinion.

Of course it was, just as your list was. Or are you claiming that your
own list was definitive?

John Hall

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Mar 16, 2013, 3:36:08 PM3/16/13
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In article <ki1qn0$92o$1...@news.albasani.net>,
Adam H. Kerman <a...@chinet.com> writes:
>In Doctor Who Revisted on BBC America (they've just done the first
>two so far), it's been pointed out that Hartnell's Doctor was very
>different from all the others

Yes, as originally portrayed he was cowardly and selfish, at best an
antihero and verging at times on being an outright villain. Initially
our sympathies were clearly supposed to lie with the two humans. But
ISTR that by as early as the second series his negative character traits
had all but vanished.

erilar

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Mar 16, 2013, 5:30:41 PM3/16/13
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In article <jc8MdKLI...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
John Hall <nospam...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
> The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> writes:
> >1st) William Hartnell
> >2) David Tennant
> >3) MAtt Smith
> >4) Tom Baker
> >5) Jon Pertwee
> >6) Patrick TRoughton
> >7) Peter Davison
> >8) C Baker
> >9) C Eccleston
> >10 ) Syl McCoy
> >11) Paul McGann
>
> I'd put Tom Baker first and Colin Baker last (through no fault of his
> own - I just didn't like the interpretation that he was required to
> give). I'm very unsure of the rankings in between. I'd omit Paul McGann
> altogether, as I don't think that one TV movie is enough on which to
> judge,

Total disagreement on the list above. Tom Baker first, second and
third! 8-) I liked Peter Davison, then Jon Pertwee, and possibly
Patrick Troughton, though I didn't see many with him. This list looks
like one made by someone who started with the modern ones. Of the
modern ones, I liked Eccleston right away, came to like Tennant after a
while, and like Matt Smith much better than I expected to. The worst
ones I remember were Colin Baker and THEN Syl McCoy. Never saw McGann.
It's hard to rank Hartnell because the show was so different then, and I
began with Tom Baker and only saw the others later.

The thing is, we remember them with the assorted companions and foes as
well, which affects our perceptions and memories as well.

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


The Doctor

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Mar 16, 2013, 7:38:48 PM3/16/13
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In article <ki1qn0$92o$1...@news.albasani.net>,
You got that correct.

Hyberbole Doctors for you.

The Doctor

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Mar 16, 2013, 7:39:12 PM3/16/13
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In article <ki1uom$h6p$3...@news.albasani.net>,
Adam H. Kerman <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
Which was?

The Doctor

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Mar 16, 2013, 7:40:04 PM3/16/13
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In article <jc8MdKLI...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
You have to rank one to 11.

Yes the cult of Tom Baker rares its head.

The Doctor

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Mar 16, 2013, 7:40:56 PM3/16/13
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In article <pcSO9lLw...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <ki0c13$5lk$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
> The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> writes:
>>In article <YourName-160...@203-118-187-69.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
>>Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>>In article <2o67k85d1p2g7m8iq...@4ax.com>, Jim G.
>>><jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
>>>> > 1) William Hartnell
>>>> > 2) David Tennant
>>>> > 3) Matt Smith
>>>>
>>>> The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
>>>
>>>I'd probably put Matt Smith and William Hartnell further down, and Tom
>>>Baker and Jon Pertwee higher up.
>>
>>In your opinion.
>
>Of course it was, just as your list was. Or are you claiming that your
>own list was definitive?

So far I am the only one to come out wiht a list.

>--
>John Hall
>
> "Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
> Oscar Wilde


Keith Cunningham

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Mar 16, 2013, 8:35:36 PM3/16/13
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"The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
news:khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...
> 1st) William Hartnell
> 2) David Tennant
> 3) MAtt Smith
> 4) Tom Baker
> 5) Jon Pertwee
> 6) Patrick TRoughton
> 7) Peter Davison
> 8) C Baker
> 9) C Eccleston
> 10 ) Syl McCoy
> 11) Paul McGann
> --

1. David Tennant
2. Chris Eccleston
3. John Pertwee
4. William Hartnell
5. Sylvester McCoy
6. Matt Smith
7. Patrick Troughton
8. Peter Davison
9. Tom Baker
10.Colin Baker


Your Name

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Mar 16, 2013, 10:00:32 PM3/16/13
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In article <PLOdnciwAp0sktjM...@brightview.co.uk>, "Keith
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50millionth Paul McGann


;-)

The Coca Cola Kid

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Mar 16, 2013, 11:02:42 PM3/16/13
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"The Doctor" wrote in message news:ki2vu8$32i$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...

>So far I am the only one to come out wiht a list.

A simple, ordered list does not really tell us much. If you included some
details about why you placed each one in the ranking position that you did,
then that would be a lot more informative.

Your Name

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Mar 17, 2013, 12:53:45 AM3/17/13
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In article <ki3bon$hfg$1...@speranza.aioe.org>, "The Coca Cola Kid"
Informative?? From "The Doctor"? ... Is that even possible?!? I guess
there's always a first time for anything. ;-)

The Coca Cola Kid

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"Your Name" wrote in message
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>Informative?? From "The Doctor"? ... Is that even possible?!? I guess
>there's always a first time for anything. ;-)

Let us see what he comes up with. Then, we can follow up, and try to find
out why George Gallaccio and Adrian Gibbs were not included in his list.

John Hall

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Mar 17, 2013, 6:27:46 AM3/17/13
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In article <ki2vsk$32b$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> writes:
>In article <jc8MdKLI...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
>John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>>In article <khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
>> The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> writes:
>>>1st) William Hartnell
>>>2) David Tennant
>>>3) MAtt Smith
>>>4) Tom Baker
>>>5) Jon Pertwee
>>>6) Patrick TRoughton
>>>7) Peter Davison
>>>8) C Baker
>>>9) C Eccleston
>>>10 ) Syl McCoy
>>>11) Paul McGann
>>
>>I'd put Tom Baker first and Colin Baker last (through no fault of his
>>own - I just didn't like the interpretation that he was required to
>>give). I'm very unsure of the rankings in between. I'd omit Paul McGann
>>altogether, as I don't think that one TV movie is enough on which to
>>judge,
>
>You have to rank one to 11.

No I don't.

>
>Yes the cult of Tom Baker rares its head.

There's a good reason why he's so popular. They say that normally your
first Doctor is your favourite, but I watched the show from the very
beginning back in 1963 and Tom Baker is still my favourite. I liked the
energy, wit and humour that he brought to the role.

Merrick Baldelli

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Mar 17, 2013, 7:04:18 AM3/17/13
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You are aware you're asking The Doctor to take a moment and
ponder a response instead of spewing them out for the sheer volume of
it.. Right?

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The Doctor

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Mar 17, 2013, 8:29:41 AM3/17/13
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I notice Paul M is missing.

The Doctor

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The Doctor

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In article <ki3bon$hfg$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
The Coca Cola Kid <thecoca...@gmail.com> wrote:
Expand the debate?

The Doctor

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The Doctor

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In article <ki3mrn$6ar$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
The Coca Cola Kid <thecoca...@gmail.com> wrote:
Who ?-)

The Doctor

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In article <JqWmwIFi...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
Hartnell did a kickoff to the role .
Mostly reflected on that stiff upperlip.

The Doctor

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In article <aj8bk8hfqq8jqga0m...@4ax.com>,
Yawn! Atehists are sleepwalkers.

Stephen Wilson

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"The Coca Cola Kid" <thecoca...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Yads is one of those anal guys who loves making lists and scoring things out
of 10. He's got no idea why he does it, but he does it on a regular basis.


Adam H. Kerman

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Mar 17, 2013, 1:00:59 PM3/17/13
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John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman <a...@chinet.com> writes:

>>In Doctor Who Revisted on BBC America (they've just done the first
>>two so far), it's been pointed out that Hartnell's Doctor was very
>>different from all the others

>Yes, as originally portrayed he was cowardly and selfish, at best an
>antihero and verging at times on being an outright villain. Initially
>our sympathies were clearly supposed to lie with the two humans. But
>ISTR that by as early as the second series his negative character traits
>had all but vanished.

The Hartnell episodes were run through once when it was syndicated to my
local PBS station. There were numerous missing episodes. I guess we were
supposed to understand that he began to develop empathy by interacting
with the companions, but it just seemed like there was an abrupt personality
change.

Still, I don't think the audience was supposed to hate Harnell's Doctor
as we were with Colin Baker. I think that was supposed to be "dark", but
it was just "bad, getting worse".

To me, Harnell was impish at first, but not off-putting.

Adam H. Kerman

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Mar 17, 2013, 1:03:24 PM3/17/13
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John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:

>I'd put Tom Baker first and Colin Baker last (through no fault of his
>own - I just didn't like the interpretation that he was required to
>give). I'm very unsure of the rankings in between. I'd omit Paul McGann
>altogether, as I don't think that one TV movie is enough on which to
>judge,

I agree with you about Colin Baker. The scripts weren't his fault, and I
kind of liked the actor. Why, he might have made a good Doctor Who.

The Doctor

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Mar 17, 2013, 4:59:01 PM3/17/13
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In article <z%l1t.120678$fB.1...@fx27.fr7>,
And Stephen Wilson is a known drwho killjoy.

The Doctor

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Mar 17, 2013, 4:59:55 PM3/17/13
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In article <ki4t0s$4n5$6...@news.albasani.net>,
Adam H. Kerman <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
Better than Brian Blessed.

Jerry Brown

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Mar 17, 2013, 5:15:22 PM3/17/13
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On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:59:55 +0000 (UTC), doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
(The Doctor) wrote:

>In article <ki4t0s$4n5$6...@news.albasani.net>,
>Adam H. Kerman <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>>John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>I'd put Tom Baker first and Colin Baker last (through no fault of his
>>>own - I just didn't like the interpretation that he was required to
>>>give). I'm very unsure of the rankings in between. I'd omit Paul McGann
>>>altogether, as I don't think that one TV movie is enough on which to
>>>judge,
>>
>>I agree with you about Colin Baker. The scripts weren't his fault, and I
>>kind of liked the actor. Why, he might have made a good Doctor Who.
>
>Better than Brian Blessed.

A little unfair - Blessed can do subtle; it's just no one seems to
have asked him to do so for the last 35 years.

His Augustus in I Claudius was superb; geniaility with an undertone of
menace, only switching to THE VOICE for one scene (and all the more
effective for the rationing). For a more SFnal example, there's his
performance in Space 1999: Death's Other Dominion, where he underplays
to good effect, leaving the ranting and shouting to the other guest
star, John Shrapnel.

--
Jerry Brown

A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

Keith Cunningham

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"The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
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I don't really count him as a Doctor.

KC


Your Name

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In article <v5cck8dke382b2ce8...@jwbrown.co.uk>,
je...@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:59:55 +0000 (UTC), doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
> (The Doctor) wrote:
> >In article <ki4t0s$4n5$6...@news.albasani.net>,
> >Adam H. Kerman <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
> >>John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'd put Tom Baker first and Colin Baker last (through no fault of his
> >>>own - I just didn't like the interpretation that he was required to
> >>>give). I'm very unsure of the rankings in between. I'd omit Paul McGann
> >>>altogether, as I don't think that one TV movie is enough on which to
> >>>judge,
> >>
> >>I agree with you about Colin Baker. The scripts weren't his fault, and I
> >>kind of liked the actor. Why, he might have made a good Doctor Who.
> >
> >Better than Brian Blessed.
>
> A little unfair - Blessed can do subtle; it's just no one seems to
> have asked him to do so for the last 35 years.

Subtle?!? He apparently, by his own admission, has immense trouble even
getting through a sentence without profuse swearing. :-\

It's currently "starring" as his usual loud-mouthed, obnoxious self in a
series of TV adverts for the ASB bank here in New Zealand. They're
probably on YouTube somewhere.




> A cat may look at a king
> (but probably won't bother)

Depends whether or not the king had salmon for lunch. ;-)

The Doctor

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In article <i_WdnSQfOe_Zy9vM...@brightview.co.uk>,
Offically Doctor number 8

The Doctor

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In article <YourName-180...@203-118-187-164.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Blackadder and King Yrcanos comes to mind.

Your Name

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In article <i_WdnSQfOe_Zy9vM...@brightview.co.uk>, "Keith
Cunningham" <k...@southshieldsfolkclub.co.uk> wrote:
> "The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
> news:ki4cvl$t3h$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...
> > In article <PLOdnciwAp0sktjM...@brightview.co.uk>,
> > Keith Cunningham <k...@southshieldsfolkclub.co.uk> wrote:
> >>"The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
> >>news:khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...
> >>> 1st) William Hartnell
> >>> 2) David Tennant
> >>> 3) MAtt Smith
> >>> 4) Tom Baker
> >>> 5) Jon Pertwee
> >>> 6) Patrick TRoughton
> >>> 7) Peter Davison
> >>> 8) C Baker
> >>> 9) C Eccleston
> >>> 10 ) Syl McCoy
> >>> 11) Paul McGann
> >>
> >>1. David Tennant
> >>2. Chris Eccleston
> >>3. John Pertwee
> >>4. William Hartnell
> >>5. Sylvester McCoy
> >>6. Matt Smith
> >>7. Patrick Troughton
> >>8. Peter Davison
> >>9. Tom Baker
> >>10.Colin Baker
> >
> > I notice Paul M is missing.
>
> I don't really count him as a Doctor.

Neither does anyone else with a brain, but unfortunately he is one of the
official regenerations. :-(

The Doctor

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In article <YourName-180...@203-118-187-184.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
If only they got the numbers correct.

Adam H. Kerman

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Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
>"Keith Cunningham" <k...@southshieldsfolkclub.co.uk> wrote:

>>I don't really count [Paul McGann] as a Doctor.

>Neither does anyone else with a brain, but unfortunately he is one of the
>official regenerations. :-(

Is this because you objected to his performance, or the script? After all,
any objections against that made-for-tv movie would apply to numerous
performances and numerous scripts over the years equally well.

I credit the made-for-tv movie with the idea for the Martha Jones character,
a medical doctor as companion, although not saddling her with that
awful family.

The plot wasn't fun, and showing us his surgery CSI style was off-putting.

As it was produced by BBC, and they went out of their way to show him
regenerating from Sylvester McCoy, it's kind of hard not to count him.

erilar

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In article
<YourName-180...@203-118-187-184.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Never saw him.

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


Jim G.

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The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:48:00 +0000 (UTC):
> In article <2o67k85d1p2g7m8iq...@4ax.com>,
> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
> >> 1st) William Hartnell
> >> 2) David Tennant
> >> 3) MAtt Smith
> >
> >The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
> >
> And yourself?

I only have vague recollections of most of the earliest ones, as my
entire exposure to them was sporadic reruns and a scattering of DVDs. So
I couldn't possibly put together a fair list.

--
Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre
"Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO

Jim G.

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Adam H. Kerman sent the following on Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:05:36 +0000
(UTC):
> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
>
> >>1st) William Hartnell
> >>2) David Tennant
> >>3) MAtt Smith
>
> >The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
>
> In Doctor Who Revisted on BBC America (they've just done the first two so far),
> it's been pointed out that Hartnell's Doctor was very different from all
> the others, and that Matt Smith saw himself as doing Troughton. It's weird
> to like Tennant and Smith but dislike Troughton.

Maybe he thinks that Smith is doing a lousy Troughton.

The Doctor

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Mar 18, 2013, 5:38:27 PM3/18/13
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In article <drache-6CF432....@news.eternal-september.org>,
The movie that saw McCoy go and McGann enter.

The Doctor

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Mar 18, 2013, 5:39:12 PM3/18/13
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In article <hlnek89qtq6nqbeph...@4ax.com>,
Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman sent the following on Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:05:36 +0000
>(UTC):
>> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> >The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
>>
>> >>1st) William Hartnell
>> >>2) David Tennant
>> >>3) MAtt Smith
>>
>> >The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
>>
>> In Doctor Who Revisted on BBC America (they've just done the first two so far),
>> it's been pointed out that Hartnell's Doctor was very different from all
>> the others, and that Matt Smith saw himself as doing Troughton. It's weird
>> to like Tennant and Smith but dislike Troughton.
>
>Maybe he thinks that Smith is doing a lousy Troughton.
>

Smith is more a shadow of Tennant.

britcan

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Mar 18, 2013, 8:23:52 PM3/18/13
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On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:02:05 -0500, Jim G.
<jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:

>Adam H. Kerman sent the following on Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:05:36 +0000
>(UTC):
>> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> >The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
>>
>> >>1st) William Hartnell
>> >>2) David Tennant
>> >>3) MAtt Smith
>>
>> >The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
>>
>> In Doctor Who Revisted on BBC America (they've just done the first two so far),
>> it's been pointed out that Hartnell's Doctor was very different from all
>> the others, and that Matt Smith saw himself as doing Troughton. It's weird
>> to like Tennant and Smith but dislike Troughton.
>
>Maybe he thinks that Smith is doing a lousy Troughton.


If he is doing Troughton, I must say...it's a bit different. Frankly
Matt plays the gayest Doctor of any of them, and in 2013 that is
fine...given how Christopher E> set up the possibility....and
Troughton was the late 60's...I think every Dt has to be viewed from
the time the show was made.....

The Doctor

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In article <7qbfk8lt9igpemrte...@4ax.com>,
Doc 11 likes his women!

The Coca Cola Kid

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Mar 18, 2013, 9:14:19 PM3/18/13
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"Jim G." wrote in message
news:hlnek89qtq6nqbeph...@4ax.com...

>Maybe he thinks that Smith is doing a lousy Troughton.

Even Troughton was doing a lousy Troughton. (At least, towards the end,
anyway.) The Second Doctor definitely had his moments, but they were too
and far in between the character just acting goofy and wasting a good
actor's talents.

The Coca Cola Kid

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"The Doctor" wrote in message news:ki4d2t$3rf$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...

>>Let us see what he comes up with. Then, we can follow up, and try to find
>>out why George Gallaccio and Adrian Gibbs were not included in his list.
>
>Who ?-)

As you well know, they were both people that played the Doctor in the
original televised series. The former, during the Hinchcliffe era. The
latter, during the Nathan-Turner era.

Your Name

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In article <7qbfk8lt9igpemrte...@4ax.com>, britcan
<stu...@shaw.ca> wrote:
Actually, now you come to mention it, Matt Smith and Patrick Troughton do
look quite similar ... both wrinkly old prunes. ;-)

AC

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Your Name wrote:
> In article <PLOdnciwAp0sktjM...@brightview.co.uk>, "Keith
> Cunningham" <k...@southshieldsfolkclub.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> "The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
>> news:khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...
>>> 1st) William Hartnell
>>> 2) David Tennant
>>> 3) MAtt Smith
>>> 4) Tom Baker
>>> 5) Jon Pertwee
>>> 6) Patrick TRoughton
>>> 7) Peter Davison
>>> 8) C Baker
>>> 9) C Eccleston
>>> 10 ) Syl McCoy
>>> 11) Paul McGann
>>> --
>>
>> 1. David Tennant
>> 2. Chris Eccleston
>> 3. John Pertwee
>> 4. William Hartnell
>> 5. Sylvester McCoy
>> 6. Matt Smith
>> 7. Patrick Troughton
>> 8. Peter Davison
>> 9. Tom Baker
>> 10.Colin Baker
> .
> .
> .
>
> 50millionth Paul McGann
>
>
> ;-)
>

Having heard the audio books, I'd rank McGann in the top 3.

--
AC

solar penguin

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Mar 19, 2013, 7:02:48 AM3/19/13
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At this point, it's traditional for someone to claim that Gallaccio
was not playing the Doctor but the Doctor's enemy, and for a long and
bitter argument to develop.

But let's not go there, eh?

The Doctor

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In article <ki8e5h$27d$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
Troughton was a good actor.

The Doctor

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Mar 19, 2013, 8:19:28 AM3/19/13
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In article <ki8hgn$a1v$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
The Coca Cola Kid <thecoca...@gmail.com> wrote:
I doubt that.

The Doctor

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Mar 19, 2013, 8:20:01 AM3/19/13
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In article <YourName-190...@203-118-187-83.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Next the PDavison comparison.

The Doctor

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In article <9242ae93-fc75-4029...@g16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>,
That i ss enough. Got you.

Adam H. Kerman

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He's a good actor. I've seen in on plenty of television. The script
wasn't his fault.

Jim G.

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The Doctor sent the following on Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:39:12 +0000 (UTC):
> In article <hlnek89qtq6nqbeph...@4ax.com>,
> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >Adam H. Kerman sent the following on Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:05:36 +0000
> >(UTC):
> >> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >> >The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
> >>
> >> >>1st) William Hartnell
> >> >>2) David Tennant
> >> >>3) MAtt Smith
> >>
> >> >The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
> >>
> >> In Doctor Who Revisted on BBC America (they've just done the first two so far),
> >> it's been pointed out that Hartnell's Doctor was very different from all
> >> the others, and that Matt Smith saw himself as doing Troughton. It's weird
> >> to like Tennant and Smith but dislike Troughton.
> >
> >Maybe he thinks that Smith is doing a lousy Troughton.
> >
> Smith is more a shadow of Tennant.

I can see why a new Doctor would/should have some characteristics of
past Doctors (especially the more recent ones), but that's probably not
what you're getting at here.

--
Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre
"Relax. It's North Korea, the nation-state equivalent of the short bus." -- Sterling Archer, ARCHER

Your Name

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In article <wLV1t.35349$gt1....@fx04.fr7>, AC <x...@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> Your Name wrote:
> > In article <PLOdnciwAp0sktjM...@brightview.co.uk>, "Keith
> > Cunningham" <k...@southshieldsfolkclub.co.uk> wrote:
> >> "The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...
> >>> 1st) William Hartnell
> >>> 2) David Tennant
> >>> 3) MAtt Smith
> >>> 4) Tom Baker
> >>> 5) Jon Pertwee
> >>> 6) Patrick TRoughton
> >>> 7) Peter Davison
> >>> 8) C Baker
> >>> 9) C Eccleston
> >>> 10 ) Syl McCoy
> >>> 11) Paul McGann
> >>
> >> 1. David Tennant
> >> 2. Chris Eccleston
> >> 3. John Pertwee
> >> 4. William Hartnell
> >> 5. Sylvester McCoy
> >> 6. Matt Smith
> >> 7. Patrick Troughton
> >> 8. Peter Davison
> >> 9. Tom Baker
> >> 10.Colin Baker
> > .
> > .
> > .
> >
> > 50millionth Paul McGann
> >
> > ;-)
>
> Having heard the audio books, I'd rank McGann in the top 3.

The problem is when you have to watch him. ;-)
McGann himself my not be that bad (although he does look weird), but the
so-called "Doctor Who" movie he was in was just absolute garbage.

Your Name

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Then more recently there was David Morrissey, the character who thought he
was the Doctor in the David Tennant episode "The Next Doctor". :-)

The Doctor

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In article <kia81v$fk2$3...@news.albasani.net>,
Adam H. Kerman <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
What if BBC/Fox did go ahead in the late 1990s?

The Doctor

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Mar 19, 2013, 4:52:10 PM3/19/13
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In article <j44hk8tsa261r5758...@4ax.com>,
Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>The Doctor sent the following on Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:39:12 +0000 (UTC):
>> In article <hlnek89qtq6nqbeph...@4ax.com>,
>> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> >Adam H. Kerman sent the following on Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:05:36 +0000
>> >(UTC):
>> >> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> >> >The Doctor sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC):
>> >>
>> >> >>1st) William Hartnell
>> >> >>2) David Tennant
>> >> >>3) MAtt Smith
>> >>
>> >> >The original and the two most recent. Odd, that. :)
>> >>
>> >> In Doctor Who Revisted on BBC America (they've just done the first two so far),
>> >> it's been pointed out that Hartnell's Doctor was very different from all
>> >> the others, and that Matt Smith saw himself as doing Troughton. It's weird
>> >> to like Tennant and Smith but dislike Troughton.
>> >
>> >Maybe he thinks that Smith is doing a lousy Troughton.
>> >
>> Smith is more a shadow of Tennant.
>
>I can see why a new Doctor would/should have some characteristics of
>past Doctors (especially the more recent ones), but that's probably not
>what you're getting at here.
>

No issue here after all they inherit their past selves.

The Doctor

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In article <YourName-200...@203-118-187-89.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
There are those who will disagree.

The Doctor

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In article <YourName-200...@203-118-187-89.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
Morrisey does not count.

solar penguin

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The Doctor wrote:

> In article <YourName-200...@203-118-187-89.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
> Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
> >In article
> ><9242ae93-fc75-4029...@g16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>, solar
> >penguin <solar....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
> >> > "The Doctor" wrote in message news:ki4d2t$3rf$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...
> >> > >>
> >> > >>Let us see what he comes up with. Then, we can follow up, and try to find
> >> > >>out why George Gallaccio and Adrian Gibbs were not included in his list.
> >> > >
> >> > >Who ?-)
> >> >
> >> > As you well know, they were both people that played the Doctor in the
> >> > original televised series. The former, during the Hinchcliffe era. The
> >> > latter, during the Nathan-Turner era.
> >>
> >> At this point, it's traditional for someone to claim that Gallaccio
> >> was not playing the Doctor but the Doctor's enemy, and for a long and
> >> bitter argument to develop.
> >>
> >> But let's not go there, eh?
> >
> >Then more recently there was David Morrissey, the character who thought he
> >was the Doctor in the David Tennant episode "The Next Doctor". :-)
>
> Morrisey does not count.
> --

I know, I know, it's serious.

But what about Michael Jayston? Does he count?

The Doctor

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Mar 19, 2013, 6:35:11 PM3/19/13
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In article <ee5b9a7e-5ded-4229...@hl5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
I think he does!! After all the Valeyard is the Evil side of the Doctor.

solar penguin

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The Doctor wrote:
> In article <ee5b9a7e-5ded-4229...@hl5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
> solar penguin <solar....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >The Doctor wrote:
> >
> >> In article <YourName-200...@203-118-187-89.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
> >> Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Then more recently there was David Morrissey, the character who thought he
> >> >was the Doctor in the David Tennant episode "The Next Doctor". :-)
> >>
> >> Morrisey does not count.
> >> --
> >
> >I know, I know, it's serious.
> >
> >But what about Michael Jayston? Does he count?
>
> I think he does!! After all the Valeyard is the Evil side of the Doctor.
> --

So why didn't you include him on your list? Was he too much of a
rogue male for you?

The Doctor

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Mar 20, 2013, 8:50:13 AM3/20/13
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In article <03486bf4-fa6f-4eb4...@hq4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
He still exists in that time loop on Gallifrey.

Ashton Crusher

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On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC), doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
(The Doctor) wrote:

>1st) William Hartnell
>2) David Tennant
>3) MAtt Smith
>4) Tom Baker
>5) Jon Pertwee
>6) Patrick TRoughton
>7) Peter Davison
>8) C Baker
>9) C Eccleston
>10 ) Syl McCoy
>11) Paul McGann

It should just be done alphabetically and this silliness can stop.

The Doctor

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Mar 20, 2013, 8:31:12 PM3/20/13
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In article <8ajkk85s9lvr6ss0a...@4ax.com>,
Explain why alphabetically.

Your Name

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Mar 21, 2013, 2:20:35 AM3/21/13
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In article <8ajkk85s9lvr6ss0a...@4ax.com>, Ashton Crusher
<de...@moore.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 (UTC), doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
> (The Doctor) wrote:
> >
> > 1) William Hartnell
> > 2) David Tennant
> > 3) Matt Smith
> > 4) Tom Baker
> > 5) Jon Pertwee
> > 6) Patrick TRoughton
> > 7) Peter Davison
> > 8) C Baker
> > 9) C Eccleston
> > 10) Syl McCoy
> > 11) Paul McGann
>
> It should just be done alphabetically and this silliness can stop.

Alphabetically or chronologically (either actor age or Doctor
regeneration) are the only sensible factual lists ... anything else is
just differing opinions and completely worthless. :-)

John Hall

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Mar 21, 2013, 6:42:09 AM3/21/13
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In article
<YourName-210...@203-118-187-214.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> writes:
>Alphabetically or chronologically (either actor age or Doctor
>regeneration) are the only sensible factual lists ... anything else is
>just differing opinions and completely worthless. :-)

I note your smiley, but I'd like to put the opposing viewpoint.

Of course they are just opinions but, so long as they are supported by
reasoned argument rather than just flat assertions, they are not
worthless. After all, discussion is what Usenet is for, to provide
interest and entertainment. If anyone just wants factual lists they can
get them from Wikipedia or many other places.
--
John Hall
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable
of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) to a lady cellist

The Doctor

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Mar 21, 2013, 8:50:04 AM3/21/13
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In article <YourName-210...@203-118-187-214.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
What about enjoyability and acting?

The Doctor

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Mar 21, 2013, 8:50:38 AM3/21/13
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In article <qOXAB2DB...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
Viewpoint noted.

Your Name

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Mar 21, 2013, 5:31:59 PM3/21/13
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In article <qOXAB2DB...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>, John Hall
<john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:

> In article
> <YourName-210...@203-118-187-214.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
> Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> writes:
> >
> >Alphabetically or chronologically (either actor age or Doctor
> >regeneration) are the only sensible factual lists ... anything else is
> >just differing opinions and completely worthless. :-)
>
> I note your smiley, but I'd like to put the opposing viewpoint.
>
> Of course they are just opinions but, so long as they are supported by
> reasoned argument rather than just flat assertions, they are not
> worthless. After all, discussion is what Usenet is for, to provide
> interest and entertainment. If anyone just wants factual lists they can
> get them from Wikipedia or many other places.

But that's just your worthless opinion though. ;-)

The Doctor

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Mar 21, 2013, 5:12:54 PM3/21/13
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In article <YourName-220...@203-118-187-208.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Care to repeat that?

John Hall

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Mar 21, 2013, 5:28:50 PM3/21/13
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In article
<YourName-220...@203-118-187-208.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> writes:
>In article <qOXAB2DB...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>, John Hall
><john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <YourName-210...@203-118-187-214.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
>> Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> writes:
>> >
>> >Alphabetically or chronologically (either actor age or Doctor
>> >regeneration) are the only sensible factual lists ... anything else is
>> >just differing opinions and completely worthless. :-)
>>
>> I note your smiley, but I'd like to put the opposing viewpoint.
>>
>> Of course they are just opinions but, so long as they are supported by
>> reasoned argument rather than just flat assertions, they are not
>> worthless. After all, discussion is what Usenet is for, to provide
>> interest and entertainment. If anyone just wants factual lists they can
>> get them from Wikipedia or many other places.
>
>But that's just your worthless opinion though. ;-)

:)

The Doctor

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Mar 21, 2013, 10:24:16 PM3/21/13
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In article <ytU$LzLSu3...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
:-)

Now your opinion please!

John Hall

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In article <kigfcg$s7g$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> writes:
>In article <ytU$LzLSu3...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
>John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>>In article
>><YourName-220...@203-118-187-208.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
>> Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> writes:
>>>
>>>But that's just your worthless opinion though. ;-)
>>
>>:)
>
>:-)
>
>Now your opinion please!

I gave it soon after this thread started, which seems a long time ago
now!

The Doctor

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Mar 22, 2013, 10:10:51 AM3/22/13
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In article <SKeHi5G$cDTR...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <kigfcg$s7g$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
> The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> writes:
>>In article <ytU$LzLSu3...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
>>John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>>>In article
>>><YourName-220...@203-118-187-208.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
>>> Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>But that's just your worthless opinion though. ;-)
>>>
>>>:)
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>Now your opinion please!
>
>I gave it soon after this thread started, which seems a long time ago
>now!
>--

8 more days to if you like Matt Smith better than you do now.

Agamemnon

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Mar 22, 2013, 10:51:03 PM3/22/13
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1) Tom Baker
2) Jon Pertwee
3) Matt Smith
4) David Tennant
5) Patrick Troughton
6) William Hartnell
7) Peter Davison
8) Paul McGann
9) Christopher Eccleston
10) Colin Baker
11) Sylvester McCoy

"The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
news:khvb5s$13a$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca...
> 1st) William Hartnell
> 2) David Tennant
> 3) MAtt Smith
> 4) Tom Baker
> 5) Jon Pertwee
> 6) Patrick TRoughton
> 7) Peter Davison
> 8) C Baker
> 9) C Eccleston
> 10 ) Syl McCoy
> 11) Paul McGann

The Doctor

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Mar 23, 2013, 9:15:13 AM3/23/13
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In article <P4CdnW62xOYBhdDM...@eclipse.net.uk>,
1970s nostalgia then contemporary then 1960s then 1980s/1990s.

To each tehir own good sir.

I look forward to next week.

Wouter Valentijn

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Apr 27, 2013, 2:19:24 PM4/27/13
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The Doctor wrote:
>

The ones I've seen, more or less:

1) Tom Baker
2) Matt Smith
3) Christopher Eccleston
4) Peter Davison
5) David Tennant
6) Sylvester McCoy
7) Paul McGann

--
Wouter Valentijn http://www.j3v.net

Kirk: "My God, Bones... what have I done?"
McCoy: "What you had to do. What you always do: turn death into a fighting
chance to live."

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

liam=mail


Adam H. Kerman

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Apr 27, 2013, 2:40:45 PM4/27/13
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Wouter Valentijn <li...@valentijn.nu> wrote:

>The ones I've seen, more or less:

>1) Tom Baker
>2) Matt Smith
>3) Christopher Eccleston
>4) Peter Davison
>5) David Tennant
>6) Sylvester McCoy
>7) Paul McGann

I remember liking Jon Pertwee. It was kind of fun that he tried to fight
a bit. I didn't mind the exile to Earth. But some of his episodes were
dreary and horridly slow paced.

Of all episodes to select, BBC America used "Spearhead in Space" as the
example Pertwee episode. It was a transition episode, introducing Pertwee,
color, and the new companion Liz, but nearly nothing happens in it, although
it's got the classic shop window dummies coming to life horror.

Wish they'd done one of the episodes with The Master.

While I thought Jo Grant was the worst companion ever, at least she was
captured every week without fail, and something terrible and permanent
could have happened to her.

The Doctor

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Apr 27, 2013, 4:09:06 PM4/27/13
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In article <517c16af$0$15935$e4fe...@news2.news.xs4all.nl>,
Wouter Valentijn <li...@valentijn.nu> wrote:
>The Doctor wrote:
>>
>
>The ones I've seen, more or less:
>
>1) Tom Baker
>2) Matt Smith
>3) Christopher Eccleston
>4) Peter Davison
>5) David Tennant
>6) Sylvester McCoy
>7) Paul McGann
>

Miss Colin and Jon I see.
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The Doctor

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In article <klh63d$grj$1...@news.albasani.net>,
Adam H. Kerman <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
I prefer Liz to Jo myself.
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