David Tenant was the best Doctor

I thank CON for his arguments. I will start by adding to my arguments.5. Relationship with CompanionsTenant's Doctor's first companion was Rose, a woman very close to his heart. His ever growing relationship with her strained his relationship with other characters massively, especially Mickey Smith. His relationship with Mickey was tense and one full of jealousy, the strain leading to Mickey's departure on Pete's World [13]. His relationship with Rose grew until they were extremely close, but when she was forced to leave him the Doctor was left distraught. This damaged his relationship with Martha, who left as a result of him not really taking any notice of her, merely remembering Rose [14]. This was a rock-bottom moment for the Doctor, lightened only as he met Donna. However, when she lost all memory of their travels together, he was permanently damaged and actively refused Lady Christina DeSuza from joining him [15]. Throughout his final year, Tenant's Doctor became more and more unstable, resulting in him dabbling with time itself, with disastrous consequences [16]. By his final episode, Tenant's Doctor has completely broken down as he accepts his fate and sacrificed himself for the sake of one man [17]. This level depth of the character and his relationship with his companions has never been seen before or since in the personality of the Doctor and I think it was a crime that Smith's Doctor did not capitalise on any of the broken relationships and bad moments that had so defined Tenant's Doctor.I will now begin my rebuttals of CON's points.Quality of Acting"D11 is in the opening stages of his post regeneration nature and is trying to find out precisely what he likes, leading to the hilarious cloud cuckoo-lander combination of fish fingers and custard"While I do agree this scene was hilarious, it was yet another example of Smith's Doctor's craziness coming through over any comedic talent. Tenant's Doctor was unique in the way he could turn a phrase without turing to crazy antics in an attempt to be funny."D11 stops the monster from destroying Earth simply by introducing himself" et al.I will respond to these points in the "D11's Achievements" section; I fail to see how these points relate to acting ability."And then there's pretty much the entirety of The Doctor's Wife and his heartwarming interactions with the TARDIS" et al.Likewise, I will respond to these next round in the "Relationship with Companions" section. I hope my opponent will capitalise on these points in the next round."Overall, I believe D11 more adequately covers the "acting" ground"Smith's Doctor never capitalised on the Doctor's morose, insecure side. While he does mope in his TARDIS for years, this is not seen and he seems to recover as soon as he catches sight of Clara, seemingly losing any sadness in losing Amy and Rory.D11's achievements"he chases away an alien force in the Eleventh Hour simply by talking about how the Earth is protected by him"Here, the Doctor purely relies on the impact his other incarnations have had on the universe while having achieved very little himself."[he] manage[d] to survive bombardment by pretty much an entire army of Weeping Angels in Flesh And Stone AND escape with both himself and Amy and River alive"Firstly, this victory was only down to the crack in time the exploding TARDIS caused. This saved him twice; once, when he is surrounded by Angels in the primary flight deck of the Byzantium and again in the secondary flight deck at the climax of the episode [18]. If the crack hadn't been there, his chances of escaping would have been pretty bleak.Also, the Doctor sacrificed many men to save himself, Amy and River. Escaping with only three of the troop is hardly a "good" result."he manipulates events so that he can be successfully recalled back into EXISTENCE"This is what I don't like about Smith's Doctor; he's quite selfish. He is always trying to weasel out of his death while Tenant's Doctor accepted he was going to die and didn't try to escape at the price of a single man [17]."On the strength of the above, D11 is nothing short of AMAZING, and a supreme bad*ss to boot."So was Tenant's Doctor. Do you remember his AWESOME speech in the Titanic? It went something like this:"I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I am from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Casterberus. I amn 903 years old and I am the man who is going to save your lives, along with all 6 billion people on the planet below."Awesome? Yes.Due to time and character restrictions, I am unable to respond to all of your points. However, consider this; you, yourself said:"the Doctor must deal with enemies who no longer just want to rule or destroy the world, but simply want to wipe him from existence"Tenant's Doctor had to deal with creatures hellbent on destroying the cosmos. Smith's Doctor was merely watching his own back.Quality of Individual Seasons and Finales"Series 5 gives us... some truly amazing episodes with the Weeping Angels and Vincent Van Gogh"While I do agree Series 5 had some great episodes, it also contained some of the worst to ever grace our screens. Vampires of Venice [19] was AWFUL and remains second only to Boomtown [20] as, in my opinion, the WORST episode of DW ever. Its only redeeming feature was its sexy vampire girls but the story was dreadful."[Series 6] is beautifully emotive and feel of really good character development and depth"Ok, I'm not going to deny it; Series 6 is my absolute favourite series of DW since it was revived. However, I think the one-off stories that were totally unrelated to any of the "Who is River Song?" arc took away the sense of one continuous story and very nearly ruined the series for me."Season 7's first half revolves around the foreshadowing of Amy and Rory's departure from the show and really goes into great depth about the relationship D11 has with them"Yep; Series 7 was great too, but the story of the Ponds' departure completely spoiled The Angels Take Manhattan [21]. Rather than being an in-depth Weeping Angel story, as I'd hoped, if concentrated too much on Amy and Rory's leaving than the deep and exciting story itself."We then see a development of [the Doctor and Clara's] relationship throughout the episodes while D11 obsesses about just who she could possibly be"I think they focused a bit too much on the Clara story arc and not enough elsewhere. The episodes felt a bit 2 dimensional in the last series; although I enjoyed them, they should have either been totally unconnected stories with no reference to the "Impossible Girl" or directly forming a continuous story that gradually leads up to the finale.Sources [13] Series 2, The Age of Steel[14] Series 3, Last of the Time Lords[15] 2009 Easter Special, Planet of the Dead[16] 2009 Special, Waters of Mars[17] 2009 Christmas Special, The End of Time[18] Series 5, Flesh and Stone[19] Series 5, Vampires of Venice[20] Series 1, Boomtown[21] Series 7, The Angels Take Manhattan