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13. War Doctor (John Hurt)

I feel bad ranking the four lesser entries at the bottom, but with the sheer breadth of content the other twelve Doctors have, it's hard not to find SOME level of quality to their character. For what it's worth though, in his one episode, John Hurt's War Doctor does an amazing job of setting the stage for what would eventually become Christopher Eccleston's PTSD 9th Doctor. I very much enjoy the grumpy versions of the Doctor as well, so having a War Doctor--who's all grim and serious--suddenly having to put up with David Tennant and Matt Smith's shenanigans...it makes for a fun dynamic. Plus, just seeing the Doctor as a man who has to make that extremely difficult choice with the Time War...it's extremely interesting, and it makes sense that they'd cast an academy award nominee in John Hurt to do it. Honestly? The War Doctor could reasonably rank three or four spots higher than this, but I just felt like putting him here for simplicity's sake.

Hint for #12: Okay, with the chaff out of the way, it's time to start making some tough cuts, starting with an odd-numbered Doctor.