Post your Doctor Who Bona Fides

[Bren G]

I read some great Doctor Who threads today and now I know that I have finally found like minded people to share one of my innermost secrets (ie with people that might actually care!).

It's my Doctor Who reading list I scribed when I was young. I carefully annotated with stars to describe books I really, really, loved but truly I loved them all. Flanking this is my Doctor Who technical manual (no self-respecting fan would be without it) and the Making of with the forward by Peter Davison (who I was not warm to as Tom Baker's replacement but proved to be a good Doctor in his own right.

Now, I hope this accredits me in good standing with the Doctor Who fan club.

Please post your secrets!!

Bren G

 

[Guttersnipe]

Your tendency to include "Doctor Who" in the titles is funny.

 

[BigBadBob141]

Watched the first episode the day after President Kennedy was shot, Saturday 23rd November 1963. Also hide in other room when the Daleks came on, but then I was only ten and had a very active imagination.

P.S. Loved Patrick Troughton as Doctor Who, sadly a lot of his episodes have been lost.

P.P.S. What annoyed the hell out of me was when the 50th anniversary came around there was program after program about Doctor Who on the radio, but poor President Kennedy was hardly mentioned.

 

[paranoid marvin]

I bought a hand-knitted replica Tom Baker era scarf off a lady many years ago. Unless you're 6 foot 7 it's virtually impossible to wear without mummifying yourself!

 

[P.J. Greystoke]

Peter Davison was and still is my favourite doctor. So British and so polite, even in the face of danger. Thank goodness for big finish.

 

[Vince W]

I liked Davison's Doctor, but he will always be Tristan Farnon first for me.

 

[Rodders]

Tom Baker was my Doctor Who. I did like Peter Davidson though. I stopped watching when Sylvester McCoy came on to the scene. I didn’t like him, although it was probably more to do with poor stories and the BBC cutting it’s budget More than McCoy himself.

 

[Luiglin]

Tom Baker was my Doctor Who. I did like Peter Davidson though. I stopped watching when Sylvester McCoy came on to the scene. I didn’t like him, although it was probably more to do with poor stories and the BBC cutting it’s budget More than McCoy himself.

McCoy probably performed one of the most dangerous stunts ever on Doctor Who. An timed explosion went off larger than they expected. Fair play though, no flinching, just carried on.

• McCoy explosion stunt

Edit: I started out just about with Pertwee and have loved every Doctor since, even Colin Baker (although I could have done without Bonnie Langford).

 

[BAYLOR]

Tom Baker was my Doctor Who. I did like Peter Davidson though. I stopped watching when Sylvester McCoy came on to the scene. I didn’t like him, although it was probably more to do with poor stories and the BBC cutting it’s budget More than McCoy himself.

Sylvester McCoy is a very good actor but, he was j not a good fit for the role of the Doctor.

 

[Astro Pen]

Really there is Hartnell and the rest. The secret of monochrome Hartnell was that he could be irritable and dare I say a little scary. The early scripts were good too. Including The Keys of Marinus and such historical gems as the now destroyed Marco Polo.
After him something changed for the worse. It swapped gravitas for whacky Like cutting from 2001 to Blakes Seven all philosophical thought expunged, reduced to family entertainment 'sonic screwdrivers' and 1970's fashion.
And the original Daleks were simply impossible for monster creators to follow, cybermen? Ice warriors? Nah far too humanoid. There was no need to hide behind the sofa for those costume clowns

If I had to pick a regenerated doctor it would have to be Capaldi. He brought a bit of class back to the role.

(Well you did ask! )

 

[Provincial]

I always found Jenna Coleman’s character Clara Oswald to be maddeningly smug, but I assume she was written like that - so hats off to Jenna for getting the part exactly right!

 

[farntfar]

I began at the beginning with Hartnell, but I was too young to really enjoy it until Troughton. So you would have to say he was My Doctor.

Despite that, my favourite, of the classic doctors is Tom Baker, who, of course, I hated when he began. (As with each subsequent one).

All of them had something special; even Colin Baker, (He admits grudgingly).

Of the assistants, my least fave were Mel and Turlough, although the least interesting, by far, was Adric.
The most interesting were Sarah Jane, Ace and Donna, and I had a bit of a thing for both Victoria, and Zoe.

 

[Capricorn42]

The first Doctor I remember is Jon Pertwee and yes, I was terrified by those stories set on earth, perhaps because they used locations that I knew were real. The scariest that I recall would be the Autons, literally shop window dummies that came to life and started killing people in high streets that looked uncomfortably like mine.
I would say that I enjoyed all the later Doctors, except Capaldi's and after him, not because of the actors or production, but purely and simply because the quality of the scripts nose-dived. The Weeping Angels (for instance) still stands as a classic of science fiction horror. The character of Captain Jack was a genuine turning point in British television, a fascinating character, openly bisexual, and yet a perfect fit in the Who universe and readily accepted by just about the entire audience both young and old.