From: as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (andrew david simchik)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: All the Doctors are the Best
Date: 6 Nov 92 23:14:26 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1335@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labaks@emory.edu (Abraham Song) writes:

>You know I am sick of hearing about which Doctor was the best and
>which was the worst.  If you are a *TRUE* fan of Doctor Who (the
>Greatest Science Fiction Series of all time) then you should not be
>stating which Doctor is the best!!  First of all, when the Doctor
>regenerates the actor playing the Doctor literally creates a new
>character and image of the Doctor!!!  All the Doctors are equal in
>quality and character for the Doctor is THE DOCTOR!!!!

>I hate it when I hear people complaining about Sylvester McCoy.  If
>you people would quit whining and just enjoy the show watching a
>new person interpret the role of the Doctor, then I think you
>people would enjoy and appreciate the character, actor, and show a
>lot more!

>I admit there are some bad episodes, but on the whole Doctor Who
>has some of the most innovative and brilliant stories to any
>Science Fiction show in  World Television!!!!

>I am a lover of the show Doctor Who.  It is such an incredible show
>with so much history and power behind it.  So when I hear people
>complaining about a person playing the Doctor, I feel that they
>should shut up and quit analyzing the character and realize that
>this is a NEW doctor and not just another Tom Baker.  Tom Baker is
>just one of the Doctors not the essence of the Doctor.  Granted,
>Tom Baker was wonderful playing the Doctor.  But one should realize
>that there are other actors (I believe all of them) played
>wonderfully as the Doctor and I believe we should quit comparing
>all the actors from each other!!!!  Perhaps the biggest reason why
>typically Americans view Tom Baker as the "best" Doctor is because
>he was the first of the seven Doctors to appear in America.  (No, I
>am NOT saying he was the first Doctor)  When Doctor Who first aired
>in America, it first featured the Great Tom Baker.  Ever since
>then, I feel as though people always compare the Doctor to Tom
>Baker.  I think this is stupid, unfair to the other actors playing
>as the Doctor, and shows that people who compare Doctors from one
>another do not truly enjoy the Show Doctor Who because they are
>always OVER ANALYZING IT!!!!!  As William Shatner said to the
>Trekkies on Saturday Night Live, I say to All of the WHOVIANS
>(Including Myself.) GET A LIFE!!!!!  Quit over-analyzing it and
>just enjoy the show and let it flow.  It is the longest running
>Science Fiction show in the History of World Television.  Let us
>Whovians keep the Greatness of Doctor Who up in the world and quit
>complaining about which doctor sucks and which Doctor is the
>best!!!!


>OK?
>Abraham K. Song, the Doctor

>PS.  As the Doctor Once said "There's no point in being grown up if
>you can't be childish sometimes."


>wonderfully as the Docto

I wasn't going to followup to this, as someone else has already done a
wonderful followup (the True Fan syndrome), but I feel I must add the
following.

First of all, the debate isn't over McCoy as the Doctor.  I thought he was a
perfect choice.  I was merely asserting that the new stories were inferior
in quality.  Also, what are newsgroups for if not debating these anal
retentive little niggling details?  Perhaps I should be posting a 10,000
word litany on why Dr. Who is the best show ever made.  I already love it;
I'm just interested in discussing it.

By the way, I don't think you'd see many religious fanatics signing
themselves "Jesus" or "Allah."  Whence this supreme egotism, "Doctor?"

Drewcifer
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