I thought David Tennant’s debut was interesting but I wouldn’t rate it as the best ever entrance of a new Doc.
Number One: William Hartnell: An Earthly Child
A cracking opener, with The Doctor seeming mysterious. Alien and not necessarily that nice, this was a perfect pilot that really drew you in and still looks good today.
Number Two: Chris Eccleston: Rose
Ten times better than I expecting, a great reinvention of a classic series with enough joy to make the character appealing and enough hints of darkness to keep the grown ups involved.
Number Three: Jon Pertwee: Spearhead from Space
All shot on film so it looked rather better than many of the garish overly colourful VT adventures of the Pertwee era, The Brigadier really comes into his own and the Pertwee era gets off to a cracking start.
Number Four: Castrovalva: Peter Davison
This was such a change of direction from the Tom Baker era that it really was a breath of fresh air, it has some cracking lines of dialogue and even bits of the Tardis dropping off. Cool.
Number Five: David Tennant: The Christmas Invasion
CE’s Doctor didn’t do domestic but here was DT sitting down to dinner with Rose’s mum and spending most of the episode in his jim-jams.
An interesting debut but the jury’s still out as far as I’m concerned.
Number Six: Tom Baker: Robot
Baker is so barmy in the first episode that it was quite unnerving after the levelheaded Pertwee.
The Robot is just daft but the saving grace is the introduction of Harry.
Number Seven: Paul McGann: Doctor Who The Movie
A great regeneration scene but all that half human nonsense was just annoying and it just didn’t have the Britishness that makes Doctor Who what it is.
Number Eight: Time and the Rani
Kate O’Mara trying to impersonate Bonnie Langford? Even the Daleks never tried anything so despicable.
You’d think it couldn’t be worse but…
Number Nine: The Twin Dilemna: Colin Baker
It’s a shame they couldn’t have cast twins with a modicum of acting talent. The new Doctor is bombastic as to be barely watchable while Peri spends most of the time whinging. Not Good.
I’ve not seen Pat Troughton’s debut sadly. I bet it was good though.
Number One: William Hartnell: An Earthly Child
A cracking opener, with The Doctor seeming mysterious. Alien and not necessarily that nice, this was a perfect pilot that really drew you in and still looks good today.
Number Two: Chris Eccleston: Rose
Ten times better than I expecting, a great reinvention of a classic series with enough joy to make the character appealing and enough hints of darkness to keep the grown ups involved.
Number Three: Jon Pertwee: Spearhead from Space
All shot on film so it looked rather better than many of the garish overly colourful VT adventures of the Pertwee era, The Brigadier really comes into his own and the Pertwee era gets off to a cracking start.
Number Four: Castrovalva: Peter Davison
This was such a change of direction from the Tom Baker era that it really was a breath of fresh air, it has some cracking lines of dialogue and even bits of the Tardis dropping off. Cool.
Number Five: David Tennant: The Christmas Invasion
CE’s Doctor didn’t do domestic but here was DT sitting down to dinner with Rose’s mum and spending most of the episode in his jim-jams.
Spoiler
An interesting debut but the jury’s still out as far as I’m concerned.
Number Six: Tom Baker: Robot
Baker is so barmy in the first episode that it was quite unnerving after the levelheaded Pertwee.
The Robot is just daft but the saving grace is the introduction of Harry.
Number Seven: Paul McGann: Doctor Who The Movie
A great regeneration scene but all that half human nonsense was just annoying and it just didn’t have the Britishness that makes Doctor Who what it is.
Number Eight: Time and the Rani
Kate O’Mara trying to impersonate Bonnie Langford? Even the Daleks never tried anything so despicable.
You’d think it couldn’t be worse but…
Number Nine: The Twin Dilemna: Colin Baker
It’s a shame they couldn’t have cast twins with a modicum of acting talent. The new Doctor is bombastic as to be barely watchable while Peri spends most of the time whinging. Not Good.
I’ve not seen Pat Troughton’s debut sadly. I bet it was good though.
