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Titolo: Favourite Doctor and Companion

    Well, this topic always seems to get people to delurk, it's actually
been a long time since I was on this list, I just joined up again a few days
ago actually...  Err, well enough about all that.
    Favourite Doctor:  This has always been a tough one for me, I truly like
all of them, it seems whatever story I'm watching (for the most part) that
Doctor is my favourite for the time.  Hartnell was the first, he established
the role, he was crothchety, though, caring and he had the perfect sense of
getting into trouble he was also unlikable at times, but he pulled it off in
such a way it was hard to figure out if this was truly supposed to be a
'hero', which of course could be deabted about the Doctor in general.  My
first was Patrick Troughton and he pretty much made me want to watch as much
Doctor Who as I could, even though it sounds cliched, he truly had a magical
Chaplinesque 'cosmic hobo' quality about him, but was not without his dark
side and his ability to act grandfatherly as he did with Victoria in Tomb
was excellent.  Pertwee, I think, in a way, redefined the role making the
Doctor the supreme techno-babbling scientist/action hero, of course he too
was able to throw in the elements of the past two Troughton's
grandfatherliness (just invented a word :-) and every once in a while a fit
of crotchitiness.  Tom Baker was around the longest and had some of the
strongest writing and some of the best companions, plus he was brilliant as
well, its hard not to put him somewhere near the top of the list.  Peter
Davison was probably the best actor to take the role and was great in the
role, though out of all the Doctor's he's the one I've seen the least of.
Colin Baker, at times I love him at others I find him perplexing to say
whether I'd like to bash him with a hammer or Chinese water torture him, for
the most part I like him, but stories like Terror of the Vervoids make me
want to think of new forms of torture.  Sylvester McCoy is most certainly my
favourite...  well maybe its one of the others...  Hmm, its always so hard
to say for me, honestly, but its probably either McCoy or Baker...  Or
Troughton...  :-)
    Favourite Companion:  Here's another toughie, I like Jamie, its hard not
to, I like Sarah Jane, again its hard not to, but my true favourites are
either Leela or Ace, I enjoyed the way they interacted with the Doctor and
vice versa they were both self-reliant and independant, yet they also needed
the Doctor and at times you genuinely felt the Doctor needed them, in fact
the fourth Doctor and Leela were probably my favourite combination of
Companion and Doctor.
    Favourite one-shot character:  Call me a fool, but I would have loved to
see Jago and Litefoot join the Doctor in the TARDIS.
    Well there are my humble opinions, perhaps I won't lurk this time and do
a bit of discussing :-)
    Sam
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My fave doctor is probarbly Troughton, I think he is underated because
few people have seen all of his story's. I like all the doctors though,
even Colin. I agree Litefoot and Jago should have been companions, and
if you haven't read it, read the bodysnatchers, the 8th doctor goes and
meets litefoot again, absolutely brilliant. I also think that Barnham
from Mind of Evil would have been good, and that anna chaplet should
have joined the tardis crew rather than dodo ( who I don't like much )
also the DJ from revelation. I don't know whether it would have worked
if they joined the crew, but I think there should have had more story's
with brigadeer bambera and ancelyn, that would have been cool.
I thought that a good companion for the 5th doctor would have been an
old man, who doesn't always trust the doctors judgement as the doctor
apears to be younger than him. well I thought it was a good idea anyway.
Ben Green.
P.S. am I the only person that actualy likes Mark of the Rani ? I
watched it for the first time since its original braodcast when I was 6,
and think it is good despite the stupid looking tree's :o) thought the
explosion when they turn into a tree was done well. Am I the only person
who doesn't really like Kinda ?
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Ben wrote;
" also think that Barnham
from Mind of Evil would have been good,"
yeah, I'm with you. Good choice. What about Will Chandler from The Awakening? 
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 yeah, I'm with you. Good choice. What about Will Chandler from The
Awakening?
How about Professor Kettlewell from Robot??? Heh heh... just joking :)
Travis
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 with brigadeer bambera and ancelyn, that would have been cool.
    I didn't think about Ancelyn, he could have made a real good companion
in my eyes, Bambera would have been nice as a recurring character maybe
popping up once in a while a la the Master...  err, only a good guy...  err
girl, that is :-)
    Sam
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some created entity trying to impress the viewers.  Sure she had horrid
teeth, a whingy voice and the looks of  some forgotten relative, but then
she brought the >whole companion experience to a realistic level.
Thank you Dodo for being so forgettable! For that reason alone we shall
remember you always! :)
Travis
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Am I alone choosing the First Doctor as my favorite?  I grew up watching the 3rd to the seventh doctors but ony in the last years did I view the earliest episodes.  Troughton was good, but Harnell did something the others couldn't - establish the character and make us believe in him.  Yes I know his portrayal was coloured by 60's television constraints, but I still get that tingle in my spine when I watch 100 000 BC.  He set the standard, and although the others added and extended the folklore and phenomenon of the Doctor, Hartnell's portrayal stands alone as breakthrough acting and characterisation.
As for my favourite companion, it is a toss up between Dodo and Romana II.  Dodo is so appealing because she is so much like an everyday person and not some created entity trying to impress the viewers.  Sure she had horrid teeth, a whingy voice and the looks of  some forgotten relative, but then she brought the whole companion experience to a realistic level.  Romana II had that magic with the 4th Doctor and that quick banter and snappy dialogue is priceless.
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P.S. am I the only person that actualy likes Mark of the Rani ? 
No, your not alone. I like Mark of the Rani too. :-)
Regards,
Ben Hills.
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No, your not alone. I like Mark of the Rani too. :-)
I quite liked it when I saw it a couple of years ago too
Brax
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I thought bits of it were okay, but other bits were bad. :)
Travis
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Sorry I forgot to put down my favourite companions.
Romana 1 & 2
Jo
Adric
Liz
Barbara
Ian 
Susan
Zoey
Ace
Sorry it's hard to pick just one! Angie
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I think my favorite companion is Leela of the Savateem
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