Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 12, 2006 17:47:43 GMT
From the Mirror (and the fact they're not in Doctor order aren't the errors):
12 April 2006
WHO'S TOP DOC?
DOCTOR WHO WEEK
Jim Shelley
William Hartnell
1963-66
AS the first Dr Who, starring in 76 episodes, including the Daleks' debut in the second episode, Hartnell established many of the Doctor's personality traits and created a benchmark few of the others came close to. With his long silver hair, black frock coat and tie, he cast an elegant presence, like a benevolent vampire or grandfather. Yet his grouchy demeanour gave the Doctor a dark side. He also had a groovy 60s secretary called Polly. All rather cool. 8/10
Patrick Troughton
1966-69
ONE of the best character actors of his generation. With many of his best episodes against the Yeti and the Ice Warriors lost, for fans Troughton is one of the more enigmatic, cultish Doctors. His inspiration for the Doctor as a "cosmic hobo", equipped with baggy trousers, stovepipe hat and recorder, was taken from Charlie Chaplin. Surprisingly, he carried it off. 6/10
Jon Pertwee
1970-74
IF Troughton encapsulated something of the dark, brooding late 60s, Pertwee, with his velvet coat and bow-tie, white ruffled shirts and Noddy Holder barnet, had a flamboyance that was pure 70s. At the same time, beneath the increasingly pantomime-like plots, he had a fierce, piercing quality which - as his epic battles with The Master confirmed - was not to be messed with. A classic 70s icon. 8/10
Peter Davison
1982-84
"THAT'S the trouble with regeneration. You never know what you're going to get next." Quite. In his cricket jumper and straw hat, the clean-cut Davison was the University Challenge, all - English version of the Doctor. This gave viewers the idea that he could out-fox a Silurian or Sea Devil but not that he could outfight them. Just not dark enough for an alien time traveller. 2/10
Tom Baker 1974 - 81
ALONG with Pertwee, the most popular, definitive Doctor - if only because of the mass audiences of the time and the limitations of the Doctors who followed.
With his floppy hat, woolly scarf, robotic dog K-9 and penchant for offering the Daleks jelly babies, Baker brought the same wide-eyed, slightly manic, eccentricity to the Doctor that he has become famous for as the voice of Little Britain.
Like Hartnell, he became slightly unstable when his spell as the Doctor ended, buying his own gravestone and exiling himself in France. 9/10
Paul McGann 1996
UNLUCKY to do only a TV movie, McGann went for a sort of dashing, Heathcliff look. Despite the grating idea of a Scouse Doctor ("alright, Daleks, calm down, calm down"), it wasn't that bad and he portrayed the Doctor with a great deal of verve. But McGann was, like his brothers, always better as the bloke-next-door type. 4/10
Colin Baker
1984-86
OH, dear. After the dismal Davison, Colin Baker was the BBC's attempt to recreate the success of Tom Baker. Quirky, clownish, curly-haired... he was basically Tom Bakerlite. He even had the same surname. He also bore a horrible resemblance to Rory McGrath - only funnier (obviously). Too eccentric. 3/10
Sylvester McCoy
1987-89
THE weakest Dr Who ever, McCoy's Doctor killed the series until it was revived by writer Russell T Davies 15 years later. This was not all McCoy's fault, although his Doctor was far too weedy, nerdy and enigmatic. More importantly, his assistant - the dumpy Ace - was also a break from the traditional sexpot... fatally asexual. By this stage, the sets and special effects had become too cheap and the storylines jaded. 1/10
Christopher Eccleston
SHARP, energetic, witty, Eccleston would have been a brilliant Doctor, even without the benefit of the best scripts the series has had since the days of William Hartnell. With his zest and, yes, charged sexuality, the leather jacketclad Eccleston briefly brought the timeless Timelord into the 21st century. 10/10
David Tennant
2005 -
THE jury is still out on Tennant - which is fair enough af ter only one adequate Christmas special. At the same time, with his flouncy hair, too-new jacket and foppish manners, he does seem to have been cast with an eye on Saturday night's crucial female audience. OK so far. 6/10
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DR WHO: WHAT THE CELEBS SAY...
NEW Doctor David Tennant has an eager fan in Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe. He says of his Goblet Of Fire co-star: "David is a fantastic Time Lord." But which Doctor is a hit with other famous faces?
ANTHONY Head - a character called the Headmaster in the new Dr Who series: "Chris Eccleston was extremely good, but he was trying a little hard to be weird. William Hartnell didn't try. He was just weird. David Tennant just is the Doctor. When he turns on the charm and the humour, it's quicksilver, and then he'll turn on the steel."
ROBERTA Taylor, the Bill's Insp Gina Gold: "Peter Davison and Jon Pertwee are my favourites. I loved their fancy clobber, particularly Peter Davison's cricket outfit."
SCRAPHEAP Challenge presenter Robert Llewellyn: "It has to be William Hartnell. I'm old enough to have seen the very first episode, and it terrified the living daylights out of me. I was about seven and it was on a black-and-white nine-inch screen. He's the only Doctor as far as I'm concerned. All the others are fakes."
FAT Friends actress Lisa Riley: "The first Doctor I remember was Tom Baker, with the multi-coloured scarf, but he was much too abrupt. Peter Davison was a lot smoother."
DOWN To Earth's Denise Welch: "The best Doctor has to be Paul McGann, who played him in the movie."
POSH MP Boris Johnson: "When I was a nipper he was played by a chap called Tom Baker, and the whole thing was absolutely terrifying."
MIRROR columnist Richard Hammond: "Tom Baker was the one of my childhood, but Jon Pertwee was rather good, too. Baker made it bonkers. He was mad as a box of snakes."
TV presenter Fiona Phillips: "David Tennant is brilliant and there's an edge to him. I can't wait for Saturday."
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Anyone know if he's meant to be a fan or just started watching last year? The most basic mistakes no true fan would have got wrong there because they'd know.
Patsy
12 April 2006
WHO'S TOP DOC?
DOCTOR WHO WEEK
Jim Shelley
William Hartnell
1963-66
AS the first Dr Who, starring in 76 episodes, including the Daleks' debut in the second episode, Hartnell established many of the Doctor's personality traits and created a benchmark few of the others came close to. With his long silver hair, black frock coat and tie, he cast an elegant presence, like a benevolent vampire or grandfather. Yet his grouchy demeanour gave the Doctor a dark side. He also had a groovy 60s secretary called Polly. All rather cool. 8/10
Patrick Troughton
1966-69
ONE of the best character actors of his generation. With many of his best episodes against the Yeti and the Ice Warriors lost, for fans Troughton is one of the more enigmatic, cultish Doctors. His inspiration for the Doctor as a "cosmic hobo", equipped with baggy trousers, stovepipe hat and recorder, was taken from Charlie Chaplin. Surprisingly, he carried it off. 6/10
Jon Pertwee
1970-74
IF Troughton encapsulated something of the dark, brooding late 60s, Pertwee, with his velvet coat and bow-tie, white ruffled shirts and Noddy Holder barnet, had a flamboyance that was pure 70s. At the same time, beneath the increasingly pantomime-like plots, he had a fierce, piercing quality which - as his epic battles with The Master confirmed - was not to be messed with. A classic 70s icon. 8/10
Peter Davison
1982-84
"THAT'S the trouble with regeneration. You never know what you're going to get next." Quite. In his cricket jumper and straw hat, the clean-cut Davison was the University Challenge, all - English version of the Doctor. This gave viewers the idea that he could out-fox a Silurian or Sea Devil but not that he could outfight them. Just not dark enough for an alien time traveller. 2/10
Tom Baker 1974 - 81
ALONG with Pertwee, the most popular, definitive Doctor - if only because of the mass audiences of the time and the limitations of the Doctors who followed.
With his floppy hat, woolly scarf, robotic dog K-9 and penchant for offering the Daleks jelly babies, Baker brought the same wide-eyed, slightly manic, eccentricity to the Doctor that he has become famous for as the voice of Little Britain.
Like Hartnell, he became slightly unstable when his spell as the Doctor ended, buying his own gravestone and exiling himself in France. 9/10
Paul McGann 1996
UNLUCKY to do only a TV movie, McGann went for a sort of dashing, Heathcliff look. Despite the grating idea of a Scouse Doctor ("alright, Daleks, calm down, calm down"), it wasn't that bad and he portrayed the Doctor with a great deal of verve. But McGann was, like his brothers, always better as the bloke-next-door type. 4/10
Colin Baker
1984-86
OH, dear. After the dismal Davison, Colin Baker was the BBC's attempt to recreate the success of Tom Baker. Quirky, clownish, curly-haired... he was basically Tom Bakerlite. He even had the same surname. He also bore a horrible resemblance to Rory McGrath - only funnier (obviously). Too eccentric. 3/10
Sylvester McCoy
1987-89
THE weakest Dr Who ever, McCoy's Doctor killed the series until it was revived by writer Russell T Davies 15 years later. This was not all McCoy's fault, although his Doctor was far too weedy, nerdy and enigmatic. More importantly, his assistant - the dumpy Ace - was also a break from the traditional sexpot... fatally asexual. By this stage, the sets and special effects had become too cheap and the storylines jaded. 1/10
Christopher Eccleston
SHARP, energetic, witty, Eccleston would have been a brilliant Doctor, even without the benefit of the best scripts the series has had since the days of William Hartnell. With his zest and, yes, charged sexuality, the leather jacketclad Eccleston briefly brought the timeless Timelord into the 21st century. 10/10
David Tennant
2005 -
THE jury is still out on Tennant - which is fair enough af ter only one adequate Christmas special. At the same time, with his flouncy hair, too-new jacket and foppish manners, he does seem to have been cast with an eye on Saturday night's crucial female audience. OK so far. 6/10
__________
DR WHO: WHAT THE CELEBS SAY...
NEW Doctor David Tennant has an eager fan in Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe. He says of his Goblet Of Fire co-star: "David is a fantastic Time Lord." But which Doctor is a hit with other famous faces?
ANTHONY Head - a character called the Headmaster in the new Dr Who series: "Chris Eccleston was extremely good, but he was trying a little hard to be weird. William Hartnell didn't try. He was just weird. David Tennant just is the Doctor. When he turns on the charm and the humour, it's quicksilver, and then he'll turn on the steel."
ROBERTA Taylor, the Bill's Insp Gina Gold: "Peter Davison and Jon Pertwee are my favourites. I loved their fancy clobber, particularly Peter Davison's cricket outfit."
SCRAPHEAP Challenge presenter Robert Llewellyn: "It has to be William Hartnell. I'm old enough to have seen the very first episode, and it terrified the living daylights out of me. I was about seven and it was on a black-and-white nine-inch screen. He's the only Doctor as far as I'm concerned. All the others are fakes."
FAT Friends actress Lisa Riley: "The first Doctor I remember was Tom Baker, with the multi-coloured scarf, but he was much too abrupt. Peter Davison was a lot smoother."
DOWN To Earth's Denise Welch: "The best Doctor has to be Paul McGann, who played him in the movie."
POSH MP Boris Johnson: "When I was a nipper he was played by a chap called Tom Baker, and the whole thing was absolutely terrifying."
MIRROR columnist Richard Hammond: "Tom Baker was the one of my childhood, but Jon Pertwee was rather good, too. Baker made it bonkers. He was mad as a box of snakes."
TV presenter Fiona Phillips: "David Tennant is brilliant and there's an edge to him. I can't wait for Saturday."
-------------------------------------------------------
Anyone know if he's meant to be a fan or just started watching last year? The most basic mistakes no true fan would have got wrong there because they'd know.
Patsy
