Adam has said exactly what i was going to say!

My second fave is the Eccleston to Tennant though, because I adore Eccleston in that last scene, it's beautifully acted and very poignant, and Nine has, for me, the best final words of any Doctor to date.

My Favorite is Tom Baker to Peter Davidson, which I thought was very good regeneration of all the regenerations so far in Dcotor Who.

I thought so too! It was a twist seeing the 'Watcher' enter his body and become Peter Davison.
{ PS: the worst one IMO was Jon Pertwee into Tom Baker - a simple phase into a new face }.

Tennant To Smith is powerful, but it's sort of a let down that you don't really see the morph happen properly.

Maybe they got the camera angles off when they did the seperate shooting, and had to botch it in the edit.

I agree, I thought The Ecclestone/Tennnant changeover was far better effects-wise whilst the Tennant/Smith was more akin to the Regenerations of the classic series with a bit of extra yellow stuff thrown in. The only let down from that regeneration I think.

Yeah I agree there, it doesn't quite work somehow, it lacks a smoothness somehow....

I love Matt's first scene however, it was really great to have some light relief after a very angsty couple of episodes...

I've got to go for the regeneration from the Fifth to the Sixth Doctor. You got to not only watch the regeneration, but to see how the Doctor himself experienced it.

The Sixth Doctor era turned out to be largely not very good, but that doesn't obscure the brilliance of the regeneration.

It's a vexed question as to how to reckon the "longest serving" but if it was the number of episodes, my reckoning is that William Hartnell had 130 episodes to Jon Pertwee's 128, making Pertwee (by a narrow margin) only the 3rd longest-serving. But that's a close margin and my reckoning could be slightly out.

To me that's ruined by the cheesy "so the watcher was The Doctor all along!" bit of exposition that clumsily blabs over what is trying to be a poignant moment.

They really should've got all that watcher confusion cleared up BEFORE The Doctor fell, not halfway through his regeneration!

I'm pretty sure the fire in the background prevented them doing an extended morph otherwise your eye would be drawn to a flame acting oddly and not the change in Doctors.

I was a bit dissapointed that the birthing scream didn't stick with The Master.
It seems a bit un-doctorish to scream when you are regenerating, unlike The Master for whom the manic scream worked perfectly!

Actually I disagree with you about the McGann movie.

The Doctor has been shot by a 'gang' before, although that proved to be a false ending - remember The Caves Of Androzani Part 1? Yeah, I know it was a firing squad, but the similarity is there. And yes it was very Doctor Who in the TVM.

The movie may not have been the best Doctor Who but it certainly wasn't the worst - remember The Trial Of A Timelord? I loved the bit when the Doctor and Grace speed through two moving lorries. Well I love that kind of chase which we haven't had in Doctor Who before. It really moved along.

There is no way you are ever going to please everyone, in fact I think some Doctor Who fans are beyond pleasing - there's always something wrong somewhere.

But my favourite regeneration was definitely DT to MS - the stirring orchestra, the moving moment when he 'died' alone and 'reborn' - definitely Doctor Who's finest hour.

No, the star of the show being shot by an LA street gang may belong to an American cop series but definitely not to Doctor Who.

Peter to Colin's the best.

Davison to Colin Baker was a triumph - sadly not lived up to in the subsequent writing/stories. The regeneration itself and then Colin's appearance and performance in a few short seconds. the very polar opposite of Davison's warm, gentle characterisation. massive dramatic impact, especially after the trauma of Androzani when you would expect to be comforted by some cozy doctor love. fantastic.

Tough call really.

Jon to Tom was quite upsetting-I was quite young.Jon was like a older family member. Good through and through.

Tom to Peter was momentous. We knew it was the end of era (in fact it was the begining of the end really)

Chris to David was very impressive.

David to Matt was quite moving (although I was ready for David to go-'I dont want to go'-'no, please do, no second chances')-but my eye's did well up.

Oh yes it does. Because you can do absolutely anything you like with Doctor Who and it would still be Doctor Who. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree here.

Peter to Colin remains my firm favourite.

Regards,

Cypher

Jon to Tom is a bit lacklustre. They both have an enormous Whooter, and I just find myself focussing on the nostrils.

David to Matt? Mrs Chuff and I were cheering! I almost became the Master at the end of Androzani: "No Tennant! You must die! Die Tennant! Die!" ... once the smug one had gone, Matt's chirpiness immediately won us over.

5th to 6th Doctor (but I may be biased as the Caves of Androzani is one of my favourite stories).

Baker to Davison, was the best imo - the watcher twist was a genuine surprise and added to the moment, Baker was and still is my fav Dr so it was also really sad, even though i knew he was leaving.

I think I like the epicness of the Tom Baker to Peter Davison regeneration best. The Watcher stalking the Doctor throughout the whole morbid story Logopolis, then at the end the Doctor falling to his death from the radio tower, with clips of his enemies wanting him dead and then of his companions calling his name, then the Watcher finally joining with the Doctor's body. It always gives me the shivers.

Muchas agreement!

For me it's a tossup between CE to DT because of the way the Doctor talked to Rose, or TB to PD, just because!

I totally agree-that scene is great, because it's just so unexpected.

Thank you tingramretro!