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Capaldi for me, with Eccleston in a close second -- he deserves a second season.

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Tennant for me. Though, I do agree with you on Eccleston.

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I know Tennant is the obvious answer but he is my favorite. Love Eccleston too tho.

eccleston is underrated

10 followed by 12 then 13 or 11 and then 9

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10, 9, 13, 11, 12.

Pretty much sums up my feelings in the showrunners too.

Also, if we're on that Eccleston discourse - his season of Doctor Who is arguably the perfect distillation of the entire show, and it deserves a lot of credit. You learn everything you need to know about the Doctor and the universe he lives in - time travel, companions, sonic screwdriver, Daleks and regeneration. By virtue of only having the one season, the first revival series serves as a perfect introduction to the franchise, down to learning that he changes faces instead of dying.

And it's the strength of that first series that laid the groundwork for the rest of the ongoing series. So yeah, Eccleston is arguably nthe most important revival era Doctor, and his one season was a perfect Doctor Who experience. I still like Tennant a little bit better, but I'll be damned if I don't enjoy and respect Christopher Eccleston's Doctor

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Tennant

Not really shocked Tennant is winning.

MrMallard posted...

Also, if we're on that Eccleston discourse - his season of Doctor Who is arguably the perfect distillation of the entire show, and it deserves a lot of credit.

Yup, I agree. People call it nostalgia if you say the first season is one of the best, but it really is. Like you said, it compresses every good part of the show into just one season.

The only downside I can think of is that they never really went off world once (beyond that space shuttle thing they used for like 3 episodes). Would've liked to see Nine exploring an alien planet -- but that ties in to me wanting to see a second season for him in general, I guess.

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