Yo! Here's the songs I used with their corresponding timestamps! 0:00- Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Paul Dukas) 0:44- Weatherscan Track 3 1:52- Love & Peace (Kemmel Adachi, Gran Turismo 5 OST) 3:39- Apotos, Windmill Isle, Night (Sonic Unleashed OST) 6:21- Gorgeous Days, Private Suite (Monster Hunter World OST) 8:01- Salon (Pokemon Sun/Moon)
actually he hadn't died yet when the first doctor regenerated he was simply diagnosed with what at the time was a death sentence and it was actually Hartnell's idea but it
William Hartnell, the 1st Doctor, lived for a few years after he left his role in Doctor Who. The BBC didn’t replace the actor because he died. They replaced him because he was ill and couldn’t perform the role well any more. He had tremendous difficulty remembering his lines which you can definitely see in the later episodes. The show was popular, so they came up with the regeneration idea to replace Hartnell with another actor. Worked out well for all us fans and a key piece of the Who lore was born.❤
A good way to learn is to watch An Adventure in Space and Time. I can't say if it's 100% accurate but I haven't heard anyone say that the events are totally wrong.
Actually it was not age he just had a very early case of something messed him up and they didn't even know they planned on having a regenerate and come back and there was nothing they knew they just knew who was messing up it was hard to confirm why back then
Capaldi is my fav, and his time on the show is VERY dedicated towards exploration of the character of The Doctor. A lot of the choices made about Matt Smith's doctor not focusing character driven moments are (probably not intentional, but) integral to his arc regarding the time war. Eccleston was angry, fresh out of the fight and Tennant was the sadness left over once 9's rage was had burned out. 11's time on the show being less focused on character becomes an important stylistic choice because it signifies how the Doctor plans to use his last regeneration, NOT focused on himself. Helping people, doing the last bits of good he can before what he thinks is a guaranteed death. When he gains that secondary set of regenerations, Capaldi's first actions all become about asking himself who he is, what it means to be The Doctor after every bit of joy and pain he's gone through. The four Doctors all culminate into a very impressive piece of longform narrative with that in mind. It's extra neat considering there's no chance they planned it that way lol
@@KnightlyReviews I think that sweet spot from 2005-2017 is one of the best pieces of longform character writing I’ve seen from ANY TV show. Obviously not every piece of it was intentional, but the throughline is there from start to finish about overcoming a cosmic degree of grief and shame and the way it culminates at the end is beautiful. For me personally, that arc is what makes the show worth watching. When you finish watching Capaldi’s seasons I hope it all clicks!
OH and to follow up on the idea behind this video specifically: Viewing each doctor isolated, the favorite doctor often becomes Tennant because A) the show was peak popularity back then and B) his Doctor needs the most emotional support out of any, while still retaining traits that make him “The Doctor.” I firmly believe Smith realistically could’ve achieved similar heights if Seasons 6 & 7 didn’t struggle as much in the writing department. And Eccleston could’ve too if he wasn’t cut short, but him being cut short was for the best IMO because without that his finale would have no stakes. Meanwhile, if you view every doctor as ONE character, and ONE narrative, the favorite often becomes Capaldi. We’ve seen him rage and struggle and ignore his problems as staple features of his past regenerations, so watching 12 tackle them head on means all the emotional support 10 got has payoff. Seasons 8-10 explore the character and wrap up the continued plot lines from prior seasons really efficiently.
Hartnell wasn’t that old actually. He did have a heart condition which resulted in his death years after he left the role.😢 He was only 55 when he was cast as Doctor Who - about the same age as Capaldi when he took on the role. Difference was Hartnell became extremely ill while playing the Doctor.
Eccleston is my favorite doctor. He's just so good! He can be very intimidating, but throughout s1 we as the audience realize that he's actually such a softie. I love his relationship with Rose and later on with Jack. I love how much he grows and his arc.
Chris Ecclestone was more convincing than Peter Capaldi. On paper, they had the same arc but Capaldi simply wasn't as good an actor as Ecclestone was. On paper 13 (yes THIRTEEN, not twelve) should have been the best Doctor. In practice, 10 was the best. John Hurt was almost wasted as 9 and should have swapped places with Peter Capaldi.
@@KnightlyReviews I could not agree more with the commenter. Even more so, I would say that Capaldi's interpretation of the Doctor not only makes a bridge between styles and tempos of Old-school DW and modern Who every now and then, but also brings back the elements of storytelling characteristic to Tennant's era, which you discussed in the video. Still the differences between the first four and the next six seasons of the show can be explained by the change in seat of the showrunner (duh, obviously, sry) Thanks for the video btw, *It was perfect. Perfect.* Good luck finishing the series, hope you'll love it enough to keep watching, when the Chibnall's decisions will hit the fan, haha. I wish you well man, keep doing whacha doin' ;)
@@KnightlyReviews the season 10 finale is honestly some of the best doctor who ever written in my opinion. season 10 has a different vibe to seasons 8 and 9 because the dynamic twelve and bill have is very different to the dynamic twelve and clara have but it really works and its a genuinely good season. even the duds are not that bad and the good episodes are fantastic. nine and ten and then eleven were my initial instant favorites and it really took me a while to warm up to twelve but he's absolutely my favourite doctor now. capaldi just really gets the character. he's bringing his a game even when he has sub par scripts. and when the scripts are good it's so perfect i can't even describe it.
THANK YOU. Coming to the series late as I did, ✨✨expecting to love David Tennant because he’s everyone’s favorite Doctor✨✨ (and also because I already loved David Tennant) Chris stole the show in a way I completely did NOT expect.
It's so refreshing to hear someone actually defend Matt Smith's run. People hate on it so much I just assume that's the normal reaction. He's my favourite doctor
@@KnightlyReviews Hearing someone hate on Matt Smiths run, to me is crazy, I feel he had the best connection to their companions! whilst i love Tenant and Donna, I think the Rory, Amy and Doctor stories really showed where the doctor got it wrong, and I think thats important, is the doctor always right? obviously not, so why not call them out on it. For me, the hardest run is Jodie, not because of her, but because of story lines that were too on the nose of the world we currently live in. Not that they were incorrect though.......but also, you adopt the doctor you were raised with!
I started watching during early Smith era, and he has always been my favorite (and it helps I usually enjoy the seasonal storyline in shows that moffet prefers). But after watching the show from the (new who) start, tennant does get a lot of the best individual episodes. And Donna. So I get why people love that part of the show.
in the fandom the only era that gets any real hate these days is chibnalls and rtd2, even 12s which was hated at the time is beloved now it's kinda mad tbh
My favourite is kinda split between david tennants and matt smiths - while i did prefer the intro for tennants series, matt smiths was more comedy focussed i think (I've only watched those two so maybe i'll prefer capaldi idk)
Season 10 was the worst garbage the show had been until that point, and arguably worse than Chibnall Who(aggressively stupid vs bland, dunno which is worse) Bill seemed like the season was written to have changing companion each episode, but they decided that casting different actors was too bothersome, so they just used the same character for all of them. You had literal "it was all a dream" episode, Missy was acting like really stupid fanfiction version of the character, and scifi-concepts utilized were so poorly thought out and carelessly executed, each episode felt more like a half-finished first draft where actors had to improv the rest. Take Oxygen for example
After S10 ended, I vowed never to watch the show anymore unless they do something crazy like make the Doctor a woman. So unfortunately I suffered through S11 too. I did consider continuing the show if they do something crazy like bring RTD or Tennant back. But perhaps its time to let a dead show finally rest.
@@gJonii Series 10 has the best finale of any season ever, and Capaldi's Doctor learned to overcome his obsession with Clara and become a teacher to others. He taught Bill about the universe and he taught Missy about kindness.
Hartnell didn't actually die, not until 9 years after he left the show least way, he was just getting very sick and very tired so acting was beginning to not be a possibility for him anymore.
Incredibly valid points, I never realized how the Van Gogh episode was structured similarly to Tennant's seasons, just another reason to love that episode! Honestly, everything you said was great, especially the final bit about Eccleston (UNDERRATED) - also someone already said this but you're going to love Capaldi's last season. I've given up on having a set ranking for the 9th thru 12th doctors, they're all so special in their own ways. Absolutely fantastic.
I love Matt Smith and I think your right. It's because his run was told like a big movie. I love the big surprises, twists and turns and convoluted plot points and that's why I loved 11
My favourite is 10, you're right! I love his boundless, "bouncing off the walls" energy; how he gets excited by new places and people, his companions get excited and so I get excited! His episodes feel optimistic but without going into fairy tale territory that I feel Moffat likes to do. I also find Tennant's and Eccleston's quiet moments a lot more relatable than doctors after that, I mean 11 all but confesses he gets bored if he stays still for 5 minutes. But in the end, I'm just happy my favourite show keeps going, and I'm glad The Doctor is still around!
That's partly due to 10's lack of bitter rage and self-loathing that 9 had from the war. 9 had begun to heal and form a strong bond with Rose prior to the regeneration into 10. In doing so, 9 tried to hold onto all the survivors' guilt from the War Doctor's actions to let his new incarnation grow from there. Though unsuccessful in holding onto all of it, 9 did project a wish to become someone who could at least grow into a more positive person for Rose. 10 had his moments of unbridled rage and sorrowful reflections on his past lives. But was able to grow from there until he lost Rose seemingly forever. The new loss compounded upon his existing problems. As such, he grew more distant from others, always keeping them at arms length. Until he lost Donna and lost Rose again, this time for good. With his only solace being the metacrisis half human copy of him going with her. He became insufferably arrogant. No one had the right to question or challenge his decisions after that. I hated the later era of 10's run, only for it to be topped off with his uncharacteristic (For the Doctor) angry rant at Wilf for getting trapped in the chamber. Less as Wilf himself and more at the fact that 10 was willing to let the random guy die, but couldn't let Donna's grandad die. Angry that he was guaranteed to regenerate into what he believed to be his last incarnation. I hated the long goodbye send tour of him visiting his previous companions and the "I don't want to go" line at the end. It felt disrespectful to whoever would come next, that 10 would be able to have this special long-winded goodbye tour on top of his angry rant at the situation with Wilf and the final line. It was just too much, at the end after that last stretch of the timelord victorious and carried through arrogance there after. 11 was great for being the manic obsessive attempting to do as much good as possible before he died. As he believed it to be his last incarnation, he felt an obligation to go hard and fast at every issue that he found. Only to have the resignation of his ultimate demise, all but confirmed to him in the alternate timeline when travelling to his own Tomb of the Tardis with Clara. He felt as though Clara had done more than enough by leaping into his time stream, but she came back at the end of his cenuries long defence of Chrismas on Trenzalore. Her appeal to the timelords being granted and the Doctor being granted an unspecified amount of new regenerations. 12 was great in that he was trying to find himself, both literally initially and figuratively throughout his run. Always questioning why THIS face? What was he trying to tell himself with that? Why is Clara still important after the Impossible Girl event had already taken place? All of them have had great moments and bad through their incarnations up to 12, but only 10 had what I personally view as a period of being unbearable and uncharacteristic to who the Doctor is or ought to be at his core.
Of New Who, Eccleston stands out as the best. His hardened post-war characterisation and eventual softening towards Rose were great in execution. Eccleston also voluntarily received less for his time as the Doctor to help ensure it's funding was not stretched on his account. He loved being the Doctor, a childhood dream come true, and it shows. Both of which are bonuses in his favour, as he did it for the love of the series and character rather than the money. He had his happy and silly moments, which never seemed out of place for his contrasting, internalised suffering. The latter of which would surface less and less, the more time he spent with Rose. Great overall era that was done perfectly.
@@soulsurvivor8293 That's a great write up about the doctors! Personally I don't dislike Tennant's specials that come after Donna. His Doctor was always the most human one, and I understand that some view it as a flaw but personally I enjoyed that take on the character!
It is very human to be afraid of death, and view regeneration like we, the human audience do - he dies, and someone new and different comes along. You're right, he is arrogant. He was told he was going to die after he hears 4 knocks, then he defeats the Master who he thought was gonna be responsible for his own demise. That's it, right? He just defeated the prophecy, the death itself, he's unstoppable! But it all comes crashing down because apparently it was Wilf all along who'd knock. Wouldn't you feel bitter and betrayed? Not necessarily by Wilf but by circumstance itself, by - I dunno, universe? Everyone? That's how I see it - although much like you, I didn't enjoy the goodbye tour, now that was definitely taking it too far. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as I did. Have you seen his return to the role? What did you think of that?
Have you watched 12? There are quiet moments and reflective conversations in nearly every episode of that era, in intentional contrast to 11, because the Doctor has grown old and frustrated with his own tendency for running away, despite the fact that he's still always looking for a distraction, he does better at withholding himself from that behavior.
Your co worker told you a lot of blatantly wrong information: 1.William Hartnell did not pass away that’s not why regeneration was invented it was because of his poor health. He even re appeared in the show for its 10th anniversary alongside the other 2 doctors. 2.Matt Smith’s seasons are beloved and he’s probably people’s second favourite Doctor and Capaldi is probably the 3rd. People just hate on it when there is a new Doctor and that guy is from that generation. I’d go as far as 2 say if you watch most lists you will either see series 4 or 5 at the top of peoples favourite lists.
Yeah he definitely lied lmao but a lot of the conversations I've seen online were downplaying Smith pretty hard (maybe my feed was zoomed in on it though🤷🏽)
Series 4 was Tennant's best because it wasn't bogged down by stupid romance and cockyness. It felt like Doctor Who. Trouble is RTD completely ruined that by having the Master turn into a parody of himself
@@KnightlyReviewsSmith is in a weird position where he's very few people's favourite doctor, people are more likely to swing to tennant or capaldi leaving smith having less devoted fans
Tennant is my favorite and I completely agree. During his era of the show, the writing was much more character focused, so like, even if I think an episodes plot is bad, I still get to enjoy the character development and chemistry between the companions and the doctor. But starting with Smith's run, the writing starts focusing more on plot, so when plot falls apart, and it often does, there isn't anything to really fall back on. Not to say there is no characterization or character development from Smith onward, just that it takes a backseat.
11 mabey I can't really remember but 12 that is just wrong he's hole first season was about him not knowing if he was a good man or not ane slowly went from a grumpy old man to the best doctor ever
@@Pat12379 Like I said, I'm not suggesting that there is no character development in Moffat's run, just that there aren't really many moments of the characters just hanging out. Yes, 12 develops a lot as a character, but we never really see him and Clara in any context outside of mortal danger.
Capaldi’s my favorite, but I’ve never understood the Smith hate. I think your analysis was really well thought out, and provides some interesting insight into the character.
My issue with Matt Smith’s portrayal of the Doctor is that he completely fails to capture the “old man in young person’s body” feel of the character. That, and when the Doctor is supposed to be infuriated, he comes across as a child having a tantrum, rather than expressing “the fury of a Time Lord”. Also, compare the “I’m the Doctor” moments, that each character playing the Doctor has, or should have. His are the weakest. And, finally, monologuing. Here Capaldi is king, with Tennant a close second, and Eccleston a closer third. Whitaker doesn’t really get a decent “Doctor” moment, or a decent monologue, due to the less than stellar writing she had to work with. Capaldi’s “War” speech in the Zygon story is a masterclass in monologuing, and he has many other great moments. Tenant’s “I’m the Doctor” speech from the Christmas special with the Titanic is stellar, and is one of many. Eccleston has a handful of great speeches, which is remarkable, given he only has thirteen episodes to work with. But Matt Smith? People always say his “Come On” speech is fantastic, but it doesn’t move me at all. His “Let someone else try first” speech leaves me cold. And so on. All IMO, of course. OP, once you have finished NuWho, and NewerWho, on Disney+, do yourself a favour, and find a way to watch the Classic show, starting with Hartnell. There are missing episodes for the first few seasons, with Hartnell and Troughton, but you can watch everything else (and even watch productions by “Loose Cannon”, on the Internet Archive, for the missing episodes. These are mostly just audio of the missing episodes, with stills of what is going on, but also some decent cgi to keep your interest). It is a different show, with a shoestring budget, and each season is a product of its time, but the stories are still top notch. Every Doctor has a handful of stories that are classics. “Our” Doctor really doesn’t begin to surface until the events of “The Dales”, and “The Daley Invasion of Earth”, during the Hartnell era. Up to that point, he is more of a scientist and traveller, and kind of selfish. But he starts his long journey as a protector, once he realises how dangerous the Daleks are to everything else, and determines they need to be stopped. Apologies for the long rant… 😊
I have a lot of nostalgic love for Tom Baker: the scarf; the crazy uncle energy; the jelly babies. But I think it might be Eccelston for me; his characterisation is amazing and what I gravitate towards with my own writing.
I think I like eccleston most because when people were describing the doctor to me (before I saw the show of course) I imagined him to be written like eccleston, I don't know if any doctor is beating that lmao
@@KnightlyReviews this might be too dark for a TH-cam comment section, the thing that moves me the most about Eccelston's performance is that beneath the gruff, no nonsense exterior is a self confessed coward. I think he's depressed and guilt stricken enough to snuff-snuff himself, but he's too much of a coward worrying about where he'll end up if he went through with it. A very dark place to be, indeed 😬
6:52 matt smiths era: fish fingers in custard, fez's are cool, bowties are cool , Geronimo, oooo doctor you sonic'd her david tennant era: barefoot on the moon, alonzo y alonzo, I'm Burning Up A Sun Just To Say Goodbye, Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey... Stuff
Christopher Eccelston is so underrated as the Doctor. He will always be my favourite. Dark, charming, hilarious and nasty, he feels the most fully realised Doctor, despite the limited episode run.
Capaldi is the second best actor to play the role - second only to Troughton. Sure, Tom Baker embodied Doctor Who - but he just had to turn up and be himself. Capaldi (and Troughton) created a character.
Been thinking about the same thing lately what with RTD returning as showrunner and you've put it into words better than I ever could! Tennant IS my favourite doctor for exactly all those reasons lmao I used to have a friend that was a huge Matt Smith fan and we'd argue about which era was better incessantly, wish I'd thought of it like this back then
As someone who has been watching Doctor Who since Jon Pertwee (the 3rd Doctor) in the 70’s, all the Doctors have good points. ( Even though I didn’t care much for the Sixth Doctor’s era, Colin Baker is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met) David Tennant and Peter Capaldi were genuine fans of the classic show and I think that love is reflected in their performances. David Tennant loved Doctor Who so much he even married the doctor’s daughter in more ways than one. His wife, Georgia Moffat, both played the Doctor’s daughter in the series and is Peter Davison’s (the fifth Doctor ) daughter in real life. I didn’t even mind Jodie Whitaker, though I think she was given poor direction and the writing was abysmal. Each Doctor is different by design, and it’s only natural that people being different, have different favorites.
This is just a hop skip and a jump away from being titled, "You like Smith. You just don't like Moffit." Hey, I like Moffit, but the breakdown was spot on.
I really enjoy Matt Smith's Doctor. I have been rewatching the series recently and while Eccleston and Tennant are great, something about Smith's charisma always gets me excited for his episodes.
I'll say before I even watch the video, He's the main doctor I grew up with and watched with my family, when we'd all gather downstairs to sit and watch it with some popcorn together. So Tennant just holds a special place in my heart. Whenever I see him in anything, it makes me happy. Matt Smith was enjoyable too, but I haven't really watched Doctor Who since.
This idea that the RTD era focused more on the characters and the Moffat era focused more on plot is completely incorrect and I have absolutely no idea why people continually parrot it as if its the truth. The Moffat era is entirely built on character, all of the plot that everyone goes on about is just about the characters. The Alliance trap the Doctor in the Pandorica because they're scared of him and the things he could do, like with the Time Lord Victorious. The cracks in time are a metaphor for Amy's traumatic childhood, which is why when its fixed in the finale its framed as giving her parents back, fixing her trauma. The Silence try to assassinate the Doctor because they're scared of him too, again because of things like the Time Lord Victorious. They kidnap Amy's kid to try and turn her into a Time Lord weapon because they're scared of him and what he can do. The entire era is about the effect the Doctor has on the people around him and the universe in general and how he needs to learn to be more careful about his actions. This is all character work, the entire thing is built around the characters and their relationships. To reduce it down to just "focusing way more on the plots" is to miss everything that's happening in that era. Whereas the RTD era is just random shit happening. Its so much more focused on the plot than the characters. Because seriously, what on earth does Davros wanting to blow up the universe have to do with the Doctor or Donna? What does Cybermen invading through Torchwood tower have to do with Rose and 10 and their relationship? The RTD era is the plot focused one! Its all about big epic random alien plots happening that have nothing to do with our main characters. The series 4 finale is the biggest example imo. Donna is in the background for most of it, all but forgotten since we're focusing on everyone else returning. Then she gets basically put in a trance and lured towards the Doctors hand. Then turned into the Doctor Donna without any knowledge of what's going on. Then forcefully mindwiped. Donna had absolutely no agency or choice or anything that was going on with her in that story, she literally just becomes a plot device. How can people argue that this was the character focused era? When there are character moments in the RTD era they're not really related to the plot thats happening. There are character moments and then separately there is a big plot like Daleks attacking or something. In the Moffat era its much more common for them to be the same. It is full of character moments, and then the plot is usually just about more character moments. What I really think it is is just that many people prefer the soap opera style characterization of the RTD era and then when Moffat does character work differently, even though its arguably more character focused, people just act like there isn't any character work because its not RTD style character work. Which is really annoying. There's so much character work in the Moffat era.
7:54 - You, my friend, are a man of taste and culture. (Eccleston is my favorite Doctor. He also was my first, but where TEnnent grew into the role over 2-3 episodes and became at least as good, Eccleston was THE DOCTOR from the moment he said "Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for you life!" ...admittedly, those are actually separated by a bit, but he captured it both times, and basically was the Doctor from the instant he had his first line. And that's saying something, considering that that is how I knew it was Doctor Who, and I _literally didn't know it was Doctor Who_ until minutes later confirmed it as the comercials came on with a little tag-blurb thing in the corner of the screen. It's just, "Huh, something about this says 'Doctor Who' to me, and I don't think I've ever seen any Doctor Who.," from the moment of Eccleston's first line.
Wait what? That makes no sense. Do you mean you watched Eccleston's Doctor Who and said this seems like Doctor Who without never actually watching DW before? Then how would you know?
@CollinGerberding That's fair enough... They're aware of a character but not how that character is portrayed etc.. my point is that how would anyone know a person feels like a character they've never actually seen?? I'm not disputing that Eccleston was fantastic. He had the perfect blend of alien and human and trauma.... But that's because I know the character, that's his I can make that inference
@@altinaykor364 My kind? What's that supposed to mean? It's not nonsense, it's fact. The 10th Doctor is egotistical. Look at the Waters of Mars. Not to mention space jesus in series 3. The Christmas Invasion is really not a great episode at all. It has some good parts, like the end credits but apart from that it's drab, much like the rest of that era honestly. RTD turned Doctor Who into a soap opera it was no longer about The Doctor and more about the companions lives. I'm sorry to say it but it's true. Eccleston was almost perfect, probably because he only had one series.
Davies wrote like he wanted to make his own version of Buffy, a drama aimed toward younger audiences and casual viewers, with an emphasis on character development and relationships, and a firm footing in everyday Earth. Moffat wrote and ran the show like it was a cult sci-fi show intended for a dedicated group that would be watching everything, with major emphasis on plot, and a shift away from contemporary Earth.
Donna Noble is the best companion, and her season has the best episodes. Just two best friends the shenanigans they get up to which is extremely refreshing compared to the two seasons before it. Matt smith isn’t bad it’s just that you can tell the writers were running out of ideas when the writing became “and then.” Peter Capaldi's doctor is probably the best doctor in the worst writing at the time. Michelle Gomez as Missy or The Master during these seasons was also my favorite. While John Simm plays a great vindictive and sometimes Psychopathic Master. Michelle Gomez was more sociopathic and selfish allowing for a more relatable a fun version of the Master than before. Peter Capaldi got screwed by the BBC with his contract due to them requiring permanent availability. Even when nothing is getting done not allowing him to work on other project. You can see by the end of the second season, he was sick of the nonsense. He came in bright happy and overjoyed to play the part he always dreamed of having only for media bureaucracy to kill any love he had for it.
I didn't know that they were locked into exclusive contracts like that, that's actually really lame (and I think I prefer Simm's performance as the master personally but missy is so much fucking fun lol)
@@KnightlyReviews Less of an exclusive contract and more they take to long to shoot and write as such the 12 episdoes each took 12 months to shoot. the stories of the aboslute @#$% show the shoots for the shows are, well known. it's why some seasons take 2+ years.
personally season 10 and 11 I think are really strong seasons and while idk the source of your information, from what I know of the actor he never hated the role and he was a die hard fan of the show for decades before
@@Twenteen2 I never said he hated the role he loved it. He hated the bureaucracy and how much it took up his life. He left after the last season he was in because it took 2 years to shoot it.
Capaldi was forced out by the BBC and Chibnall, who wanted to start fresh with a new Doctor. That doesn't mean he didn't absolutely love being the Doctor. It was his dream role and he was the very best at it.
11 is my favorite they really humanize the Doctor but he still sticks out as the weird one in the room and the smartest and I love it series 5 is one of my favorite seasons of television ever
It's really interesting to see an analysis of Doctor Who from the perspective of a new fan. I think you might be right about the increased focus on story arcs affecting people's perception of the show. I loved Matt Smith's first season, but after that the show started to lose its sense of fun because the story arcs became much darker and more serious. It was actually the Jodie Whittaker era that restored some of that sense of fun for me, so I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on her seasons once you've seen them. Another thing to take into consideration is the change in showrunners between seasons. Now that Russell T Davies has returned to write for Ncuti Gatwa the show is feeling a bit more like the Tennant era again, with a greater focus on the characters and their emotions. Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall are great writers too but their scripts tend to be more plot-driven.
Matt Smith isn't my favorite, but he was my introduction to doctor who. I loved him as the doctor, he brought so much energy to the roll playing a man who was ready to die after helping as many people as possible. His doctor had finally healed from all the trauma of the time war, and his wacky personality exemplifies someone who just wants to live happily. Amazing writing. My favorites in order are Tom Baker, David tennant, Christopher Eccleston, and Matt Smith.
I like every doctor because of each of their unique qualities. but if I had to choose a favorite it has to be Tennant. ( but just like the doctor himself it changes.)
"You can't see me can you? You look at me and you can't see me. Do you have any idea what's that like? I'm not on the phone, I'm right here... standing in front of you... please just .... just see me" Peter Capaldi - Deep Breath
That line was incredibly hypocritical, desperate and pathetic. Clara knows EXACTLY what it's like to not be seen, but we never heard her whining about it. Her echoes experienced it for millions of years and the most she ever said about it was a playful "frankly, that was offensive". Capaldi's audacity, self-pity and lack of self-awareness was infuriating.
David Tennant has always felt like the 'most doctory' doctor for me. He is the baseline at which I judge all other actors of the doctor. He is not my favourite doctor, but I believe he does the best job fulfilling the role in an honest and appropriate manner. That's because I don't have an all-round favourite doctor. Each actor has their own strengths and weaknesses. - David Tennant felt the most honest. He was the most humbling. Especially when his glasses were on, it felt like he was talking *to* you, not just *at* you, as other doctors tend to do. - Christopher Eccleston felt like the most 'prepared' doctor. If I had freshly encountered him, I would trust him the most to get me out of a dangerous situation, I feel like he's the best at coming across as the most capable of dealing with the things the doctor deals with. - Matt Smith was easily the most fun doctor to watch. He had a lot of energy to bring to the role, and a sense of childhood whimsy that fit his stories very well. After the two more serious actors of Tennant and Eccleston, Smith brought back the passion and the wonder for the show, for me. - Peter Capaldi without a doubt took the role the most seriously. I don't think it makes him better than the other actors, nor worse. But you could definitely feel an intensity there. He could switch faces in an instant, entirely disguising his intentions from everyone around him. - Jodie Whittaker unfortunately suffered from bad writers leading her phase. But, she was a refreshing return to whimsical energy after Capaldi's run. She was more fearful than the other doctors, I think. A reminder appropriate to her stories that the worlds beyond our world can be scary and dangerous, and there's so much more we don't truly understand. - Ncuti Gatwa hasn't finished his run yet, but so far I'm happy with his performance. He so far has been reminding us that The Doctor is still a person. He still wants to live a life of his own, he does things for his own sake. He explores for himself, he sings for himself, he dances for himself. And he seeks companionship, for himself. He's endearing, and portrays the desire to not be alone very well.
As someone who grew up watching doctor who with my dad, all of these stories - these episodes and seasons and regenerations - have shaped who I am as a person. I like to think they’ve made me a good person, even. Doctor Who has a special place in my heart. (And also Eccleston, he was definitely my favorite 😏)
part of the problem with the long arc style ids you often have to go back and rewatch them after release to see the hidden details that get missed in the moment but they are still good overall and i think you hit the nail on the head, its just a different style but that doesn't make it good or bad per se
Every once in a while I rewatch Eccleston and Tennant seasons of Dr. Who and every time I feel sad when Eccleston regenerates, but then I fall in love with Tennant all over again. These two are my favorite doctors and it's really a shame Eccleston didn't stay for at least another season, he was AMAZING in the role and is probably one of the most underrated doctors.
10 used to be my favourite (it was my first doctor too), didn't like 12 that much at first, but he grew on me so much over the years, 12 all the way, he's my favourite by far.
Hey great video dude. I wanna just talk about a few things on why dr who has different fans prefering different eras/doctors. 1. Regeneration came about because the actor was to sick to carry on and he was basically replaced nicely. Nowadays its more because the show is really hard to make for any one actor to keep the role for a long time. 2. Dr who doesn't just chage actors it changes showrunners, Tennant to Smith was also the change of RTD to Moffat (he wrote the weeping angels episode). 3. The seasons change and the character focus does too. If you look at 9 and 10 they are guilty doctors with a lot of self loathing. But 11 and 12 are much forgetfful and often run away from their mistakes instead. There is a lot more to it than that (particularly with the ecclsston and Capaldi doctors but that is the basic appearabce of it that can mess people up.) You probably already knew at least one of these things but i love talking about this show too much and you seem to be really perceptive of the deeper character moments for a first time watcher for me to resist.
I think that the doctor's character focus changing is what makes the character honestly. Could you imagine if we had several seasons of just Eccleston's characterization? (*I* want seven seasons of Eccleston's characterization but you get my point)
ECCLESTON!!! 💝💝💝 I squealed. Well, I squealed in my heart. Yeah, I love the badassery. The childlike impishness. THE GRAVITAS. Chris took it serious 👌 and there’ll never be another one like him.
so glad to find someone else who has Christopher Eccleston as their favourite doctor! I'd love to hear your reasons why, and your favourite episode of his run
My favourite is a tie Tennant and Capaldi. I think Smith and Eccleston are brilliant and did a great job, and Jodi was also amazing, she just suffered from bad writing
9th doctor is my second favourite Doctor. Father's Day is in my top 5 Doctor Who episodes of all time. As for my favorite, i gotta go with 12th. He's a perfect Doctor. Old, wise man who's sassy and gruff but can be kind and compassionate too. I just wish his character change between series 8 and 9 would be shown on screen instead of writer's doing the "Yeah, that happened somewhere along the way, trust me".
Great vid! I do have to say that Ecclestone and Capaldi are some of my favorite right next to Tennant, but it’s hard because I do truly like all of them during different moments, even Whittaker’s Doctor because she’s one of the better written pieces in her stories
This is a really nuanced and insightful take! I definitely felt like something was off during Smith's run & it was difficult for me to explain concisely what the difference was. I think you nailed it. I've always had a strong preference for character-centric writing so it only makes sense the change would throw me off. I was quite harsh towards the Smith era at the time, but I feel like I will find new things to appreciate in a re-watch. I have found myself disagreeing with some of my own prior Tennant worship when re-watching his era. I think you'll really like Capaldi. I feel like the show goes back to more character-centric writing with him, and uses his character's history much more effectively than Smith's run did. I also wonder how much of the Tennant worship just comes from the fact that many people didn't actually keep watching past Smith's era. I'm sure a significant number of people saw Eccleston and Tennant, and quit watching altogether during or after Smith. Capaldi isn't even on their radar.
Awesome video! I’ve always loved both these eras (moffat era more though) but i’ve never thought about it this way. You’re so right, especially in the last section with the fav moments! Also re regeneration origins: show was going well but william hartnell (first doctor actor) was in poor health and couldn’t really continue filming bc he kept messing up lines due to that, which is why they made the decision to invent regeneration. they never stated the doctor’s species and what he could do, after all! (source: trust me i’m british)
William Hartnel did not in fact die at the end of his run as first Doctor, and would actually reprise his role during Jon Pertwee's run. Your coworker gave you a line of Bollocks.
10>11=9=12 for me… 10 was the doctor that introduced me to the series (I saw an episode as a kid and that put it on my radar- I started watching from 9 though cuz I’m normal) and I’m just a huge simp for tennant so 10 naturally holds a special place in my heart. 11 also holds a special place in my heart for similar reasons and honestly I didn’t know people disliked 11’s run until this episode lol! 9 is just iconic and I really wish he came back- surely the production team changed enough for them to make up no? 12 is even more iconic but I personally didn’t enjoy billie’s run with him as much so his run wasn’t my fav overall.
Literally the best take I have seen in a dw video I really enjoyed this! I especially like how you don’t shit on 11, I never understood why people didn’t like him as much as I for one had the time of my life trying to unwind the plot as it was progressing but this video brought attention to the subconscious realisation I had about the style change and put it into words 10 is my favourite doctor if normal people ask, but since none of us are I can say it is 8, bestie got the worlds shittest 1996 tv movie and a 2 min special for the 50th anniversary but then the most fucking INCREDIBLE audio dramas, being a fan of him is weird because there’s SO MUCH content for him but so little of it is mainstream so nobody knows what you’re in about when you talk about him, Charley and C’rizz I’m also so happy to find a fellow family of blood enjoyer, when people talk about it it’s usually about the way Martha was mistreated which is entirely true and she should not have been forced into a period that was considerably more racist, but i fucking loved the doctor in the episode itself and the plot device of the fobwatch and ESPECIALLY the way it ended Also based opinion on the girl who waited that bitch did NOT wait she gave up on everyone immediately and is THE episode I use when ranting about Amy I could go so fucking deep down into this but this is a YT comment so I’d always wondered why I liked her in the Van Gogh ep so much and you’re so right they did roseify her that episode literally made me cry You’re going to LOVE 12 and Bill, real grandad and his lesbian daughter vibes it’s amazing And sadly 13 is as bad as they say, but 14s specials are very fun! My favourite being Wild Blue Yonder :] I also very much enjoyed 15! It definitely finds its feet with Boom and is generally a very good series! (Look out for Rogue, it’s a fan favourite)
This is an incredible video, and you’ve raised a lot of questions in the way I think about these seasons! But Steven moffat to me wrote Amy as a sexy doctor but as a companion, and the change of view from (women) companions to (male) doctor just felt like i wasn’t the target audience anymore. Especially when I was younger, dr who was a ‘boy show’ and it felt like it had been taken from me in someway. There used to be a show about Sarah Jane, which I LOVED because it opened the door to the sci-fi genre (and also seriously scarred me 🙃)
I find it strange when people say “oh the show fell off during Matt Smiths run.” No, it’s a change in head writer and production, they’re allowed to do their own thing with the show. Moffat for all his faults is still my favourite era of the show for having a more experimental approach with multi season arcs. Changing up the episode structure and formula. Even the Chibnall era I’ll defend because while I didn’t like some of it, it kept going forward and tried new stuff. For example I like Segun Akinola’s music and Flux was incredibly fun and janky. Even with the newest series, we’ve already seen RTD being a bit more experimental with his stories. Gods and monsters, companions who have Moffatisms and a new episode structure. What I’m trying to say is embrace the change. Have fun with it. Doctor Who can be nearly anything. :)
I'm really excited to get caught up! Seeing all the cool stuff they come up with is my favorite part of the show so as long as there's a good episode here and again that's all I really need
@@Donnagata1409 Yes it is, but I sometimes get the impression with some fans that Doctor Who has to be a particular shape and form and if it doesn't comform to it, they don't like it.
But, in the sense of telling a character driven story, it did fall off. Both eras have areas they lack, and areas they're strong in. But Moffat's era does fall off in multiple ways, just by nature of changing the show's focus. To me, that kind of storytelling is far less impactful and enjoyable, and makes it worse. It's kind of like the difference between the Christopher Nolan Batman movies and The Batman. Personally, character-driven story will always be superior and will have more meaning, and plot-driven stories that sacrifice character will always feel bland and forgettable. Not everyone will feel that way, of course, and that's fine, we're all different.
This definitely makes sense as a matter of genre preference, Tennant and Smith are both well beloved by different audiences in my experience. I enjoy theme centered storytelling, and the character of The Doctor was a great vector for those kinds of stories. I enjoy it a lot more than a creative plot or sci-fi tropes, and I'm not really interested in movies much so it makes sense that Tennant is my favorite. I also enjoyed Eccleston a lot too, you have good taste
@@Corlwow i'm not a big fan of this "disney era" to be honest 🤷♀ but i dunno it will never be what it was so we just gotta take what we get and if anyones gonna try fix it its gonna be Russell if he fails no one can do it 😅🥲
@@BaileyMagikz i think in recent interviews RTD showed that he may be susceptible to some hubris (we all are). i think anyone can step up to the plate if they are talented and hard working enough.
I love Capaldi! (Ithink that return to a more mature doctor was so perfect right after smiths finale and every episode has only reaffirmed it for me so far)
10 is my favourite, because he had a full arc with his characterisation. In his very first episode we saw a glimpse of his darker side (Harriet Jones' downfall), and this gradually ramped up until Waters of Mars. On a surface level he seems fun abd excitable but he's actually quite ruthless and cold. More than the other doctors, he absolutely needs companions to keep him from losing it
You were, in fact, right. My favourite Doctor is Tennant. Which makes me, in the eyes of the fandom, a normie. That being said, I enjoyed Eccleston, Tennant, Smith AND Cappaldi. They all feel different. You're right in that, but to me that ties into them being different personalities, different regenrations. Eccleston was wrath. He was chasing people off his lawn (earth) he only held on to kindness due to Rose being so incredibly human, as you correctly pointed out. Tennant was Guilt and deep sadness but also fresh out of mercy. He was goofy, to cover up. His story came in bits and pieces cause he himself tried to obfuscate it. He also easily was shown banishing people into fates worse than death. Smith was young rashness and silliness but also never giving up in the face of tragedy. It didn't always work out. He learned harsh lessons during this time. Smith had a short fuse. He's a bad liar, quickly overwhelmed by emotion, easily distracted and had a temper that could flare up suddenly. And Cappaldi is telling the story of a Doctor that is physically old as a reflection of his mental state. He wad questioning himself, his reason for doing things, for exisiting. Debating letting the saga of the doctor end due to the tremendous guilt he feels that only grows each and every day. He blames himself not only for the deaths he causes, but also for the deaths he fails to avoid. As he says, he is not a good man. But his journey is one of discovering that at his core, no matter what guilt he feels, no matter the circumstances. And even just that will always motivate him to help where he can. Even if the face of temptation or inrumountable odds. He believes in not one, but two Cybermen. He believes in love. He comes to save his worst enemy, Davros, simply because he called for help. All of this is extremely valuable and they all act it out greatly imo. Sure, I have favourites. Who doesn't? But I wouldn't do without any of them. Not to mention that throughout each season, each regeneration and even ovearcing all the Doctors, there is a story of an ancient, impossible, kind, brave man and all the things and people connected to him. It all adds up and it all is wonderful.
My favorite Doctor is Tennant' both times he was the Doctor. My second favorite is the current Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa. He has a similar energy to Tennant. I was not keen on Eccleston, but he's still better, in my opinion, than Capaldi and Whittaker.
I've loved Doctor Who ever since I was real little. My dad showed me Classic Who first with the 4th Doctor Tom Baker quickly becoming my favorite (City of Death, and Pyramids of Mars being the two I'd watch on VHS all the time) but once the reboot started to make it to the US (I did miss a lot of Eccleston but I do rewatch his episodes from time to time) David Tennant's Doctor was instantly MY Doctor. So much so to the point my eleven year-old brain was so mad at Matt Smith when David eventually had to regenerate. I love the series, still a loyal watcher despite it's ups and downs, and I'm still so excited to see where the series goes!
0:18 How did you get this so fundimentally wrong? The infomation surrounding why William Hartnell left the show is so common knowlege there's a movie length drama about it called An Adventure In Space And Time. I feel it's really disrepectful to say this too as Hartnell passed away 7 years after leaving Doctor Who in 1975. I don't want to watch the rest of this video because if you can't fact check something that has it's own section on it's dedicated wikipedia page than I don't trust you as a narrator
Hey, so you should probably watch the rest of the joke here, but I literally said that my coworker told me all of this "and that I can't vet it because I'm not british". I (personally) thought it was a pretty decent opening bit, but I understand if it rubbed you the wrong way. I honestly didn't mean any disrespect by it.
I like the arguments and evidence you provide in this video. I think it encapsulates a lot of people’s feelings great, but I have a counteroffer. David tenant is my favorite, and I think his series was the best, but not because of the change of style but because of two or three major factors: 1. The David Tennant series felt grounded in an endearing way, but still explored the stars effortlessly and showed us so many sides to humanity and the worlds beyond our scope of time. After the first or second Matt Smith series, the writing felt so different in both world building and style of the enemies and characters outside the Doctor’s core (companions and extended companions like the doctor Sontaran). Everything that came back had to be refurbished and upgraded to be bigger and badder (looking at the million changes to cybermen and daleks), and every returning storyline had to completely obliterate the previously established cannon to make everything new the most impactful thing ever, but then the Doctor just handles it easily anyway. It really felt like the show lost heart. 2. Along the lines of everything needing to explode the established canon: every couple of episodes and especially every single arc they introduced after David Tennant did something that had to retcon every single piece of history for the last 50 years of doctor who. Clara is the single most egregious example of this. Them having her like what spliced into the entire time stream of the Doctor’s history, essentially making her the single most important character of Doctor Who history and changing the entire history of the Doctor going back to episode one of the original series? No. Absolutely not screw that. Changing the Doctor’s most important modern character trait and decision of ending the time way having to sacrifice his entire planet and the entirety of the Dalek fleet, committing double genocide and having to live with that for the rest of his long life? That was so disgusting that they would completely retcon that with some random bs to make it so hey at least the time lords all magically lived. It’s complete crap. Let’s bring back Sutech, put an insane power amp on him and give him the most hype ever seen, call him the ultimate most powerful god that can exist in this universe and then we’ll just tie him up with a rope and drag him through a time vortex and okay wooosh he’s gone. The writing is so god awful now and nothing feels important. There are no levels to anything and everything can be changed and retconned on a whim because who cares. With David Tennant and Ecchleston’s series, everything mattered and everything foreshadowed had great payoffs requiring sacrifice and intelligence. After that, it just became cringe and unrewarding. 3. Clara is the worst thing to happen to the show. Words cannot describe how much I hate Clara. Everything around her is awful. Her character is trash, she makes awful, nonsensical choices sometimes that make me wonder if she could even be an actual human being with a brain. I think the actress is fine but the writing is so bad with her that it made me quit halfway through Capaldi’s run because I couldn’t stand her anymore. The writers had the balls to make her the most important character ever in Doctor who? Absolutely not.
I think there is a lot that goes into the sauce of who your favorite Doctor is. It could be personality, the quality of the episodes, the age you were when you saw them. For me, 8 will always be my favorite. He was my introduction into this crazy madcap world and he blew it out of the water on Day freaking One! I think the main thing though for me is that he is more or a chill doctor, which is more my energy level, so it resonates with me deeply.
Smith is my favorite - and the one scene I always think of first, is his farewell to sleeping Amelia at the end. Yeah, being clever with planting seeds of the rhyme, but it is truly beautiful, especially the crushing end of it "Live well. Love Rory. Bye bye, Pond."
@@KnightlyReviews I ain't shitting on them, I love all the doctors lol. Its just that theres a strange expectation that if you grew up with nuwho that your fave doctor has to be from nuwho
@@lbricks7631I agree. Especially if you don't like Tennant. I've seen the worst of the fandom and the best of it. Unfortunately there's A LOT of toxicity that still exists. RTD isn't doing anything to help either
I have started watching Doctor Who recently too and I mostly agree with all you say. It's hard for me to decide which Doctor is my favorite. Eccleston is amazing, and his relationship with Rose is my favorite, and I love Tennant because it's basically the same but with a sort of charismatic twist. But in terms of character development, I'd say my favorite is Capaldi! Meanwhile, some of my favorite episodes are during Smith's arc. It's really hard to choose!
The opening two-parter was the best use of Davros since his introduction with Tom Baker. I never felt like Davies understood the character, but Moffat absolutely did.
Doctor who fans don't agree on anything, this is what I love about them. I personally don't like the 10th doctor and I know fans (classic and modern) who HATE him. He's only the most popular because he's the most watched, ask classic fans and he's not nearly as popular. Matt Smith isn't nearly as hated as you think, again some fans hate him (mostly Tennant purists) but he's widely loved now.
I never realised what I liked more about Matt Smith's seasons other than the characters, but now it all makes sense thanks to this video 😅. I feel the same way about other shows as well, like Supernatural. They also started out with a "monster of the week" format and moved over to more interconnected episodes, which I enjoyed even more. But for rewatching purposes the earlier episodes are easier to get into. Btw my favorite doctor is Matt and favorite companion is Clara (it broke my little tween heart when so many people were hating on her personality 😢).
i know it’s so basic but tenant was the first doctor i ever watched, and I used to watch it with my brother growing up and i love all of his seasons. I could rewatch all of his seasons and probably never get tired. I also think tenant is so obviously a perfect fit for the role, he always gives 110% and UGH i don’t care if it’s basic he IS my favorite
Yo! Here's the songs I used with their corresponding timestamps!
0:00- Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Paul Dukas)
0:44- Weatherscan Track 3
1:52- Love & Peace (Kemmel Adachi, Gran Turismo 5 OST)
3:39- Apotos, Windmill Isle, Night (Sonic Unleashed OST)
6:21- Gorgeous Days, Private Suite (Monster Hunter World OST)
8:01- Salon (Pokemon Sun/Moon)
I knew I recognised the mh one, great choice of music
@@ultraslayer9255dude I'm actually obsessed with that ost
@@KnightlyReviews mhw has some great osts my personal favourite has to be arch tempered nergigante
@@ultraslayer9255i like the nergigante chase quite a bit
actually he hadn't died yet when the first doctor regenerated he was simply diagnosed with what at the time was a death sentence and it was actually Hartnell's idea but it
William Hartnell, the 1st Doctor, lived for a few years after he left his role in Doctor Who. The BBC didn’t replace the actor because he died. They replaced him because he was ill and couldn’t perform the role well any more. He had tremendous difficulty remembering his lines which you can definitely see in the later episodes. The show was popular, so they came up with the regeneration idea to replace Hartnell with another actor. Worked out well for all us fans and a key piece of the Who lore was born.❤
He also returned in the Three Doctors storyline (even if it was just a small role due to his health)
A good way to learn is to watch An Adventure in Space and Time. I can't say if it's 100% accurate but I haven't heard anyone say that the events are totally wrong.
@@DogMutilator The only thing that was moreso wrong was the dramatization of JFK's assassination interfering with the show.
They also didn't call it regeneration till much later. Initially it was called renewal.
timeline is a little off but all the story beats are there
"But once Smith's season starts, they kinda take this and kick it up to eleven."
I see what you did there.
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Your coworker did, in fact, give you blatant misinformation.
THAT MOTHER FUCKER (It's funny enough I'm not changing this video)
@@KnightlyReviews you can watch the episode there the first doctor regenerates. How could they do that if he was dead? Lol
@@Haunted_Wizard_Skull respectfully I'm not classic who anytime soon lmao
@@Haunted_Wizard_SkullHe wasn't dead but he was very ill due to his age
Actually it was not age he just had a very early case of something messed him up and they didn't even know they planned on having a regenerate and come back and there was nothing they knew they just knew who was messing up it was hard to confirm why back then
Capaldi is my fav, and his time on the show is VERY dedicated towards exploration of the character of The Doctor. A lot of the choices made about Matt Smith's doctor not focusing character driven moments are (probably not intentional, but) integral to his arc regarding the time war. Eccleston was angry, fresh out of the fight and Tennant was the sadness left over once 9's rage was had burned out. 11's time on the show being less focused on character becomes an important stylistic choice because it signifies how the Doctor plans to use his last regeneration, NOT focused on himself. Helping people, doing the last bits of good he can before what he thinks is a guaranteed death. When he gains that secondary set of regenerations, Capaldi's first actions all become about asking himself who he is, what it means to be The Doctor after every bit of joy and pain he's gone through. The four Doctors all culminate into a very impressive piece of longform narrative with that in mind. It's extra neat considering there's no chance they planned it that way lol
i think that's a really great way to look at 11's characterization, and when i eventually rewatch it i'll try to keep that in mind :)
@@KnightlyReviews I think that sweet spot from 2005-2017 is one of the best pieces of longform character writing I’ve seen from ANY TV show. Obviously not every piece of it was intentional, but the throughline is there from start to finish about overcoming a cosmic degree of grief and shame and the way it culminates at the end is beautiful. For me personally, that arc is what makes the show worth watching. When you finish watching Capaldi’s seasons I hope it all clicks!
OH and to follow up on the idea behind this video specifically:
Viewing each doctor isolated, the favorite doctor often becomes Tennant because A) the show was peak popularity back then and B) his Doctor needs the most emotional support out of any, while still retaining traits that make him “The Doctor.” I firmly believe Smith realistically could’ve achieved similar heights if Seasons 6 & 7 didn’t struggle as much in the writing department. And Eccleston could’ve too if he wasn’t cut short, but him being cut short was for the best IMO because without that his finale would have no stakes.
Meanwhile, if you view every doctor as ONE character, and ONE narrative, the favorite often becomes Capaldi. We’ve seen him rage and struggle and ignore his problems as staple features of his past regenerations, so watching 12 tackle them head on means all the emotional support 10 got has payoff. Seasons 8-10 explore the character and wrap up the continued plot lines from prior seasons really efficiently.
Hartnell wasn’t that old actually. He did have a heart condition which resulted in his death years after he left the role.😢 He was only 55 when he was cast as Doctor Who - about the same age as Capaldi when he took on the role. Difference was Hartnell became extremely ill while playing the Doctor.
12 will always be my favorite too!
Eccleston is my favorite doctor. He's just so good! He can be very intimidating, but throughout s1 we as the audience realize that he's actually such a softie. I love his relationship with Rose and later on with Jack. I love how much he grows and his arc.
Chris Ecclestone was more convincing than Peter Capaldi. On paper, they had the same arc but Capaldi simply wasn't as good an actor as Ecclestone was.
On paper 13 (yes THIRTEEN, not twelve) should have been the best Doctor. In practice, 10 was the best. John Hurt was almost wasted as 9 and should have swapped places with Peter Capaldi.
12 will always feel like THE DOCTOR. He combines classic who and new whk flawlessly
I need to see how he wraps up but he's definitely my number two as of now!
@@KnightlyReviews I could not agree more with the commenter. Even more so, I would say that Capaldi's interpretation of the Doctor not only makes a bridge between styles and tempos of Old-school DW and modern Who every now and then, but also brings back the elements of storytelling characteristic to Tennant's era, which you discussed in the video. Still the differences between the first four and the next six seasons of the show can be explained by the change in seat of the showrunner (duh, obviously, sry)
Thanks for the video btw, *It was perfect. Perfect.* Good luck finishing the series, hope you'll love it enough to keep watching, when the Chibnall's decisions will hit the fan, haha. I wish you well man, keep doing whacha doin' ;)
@@KnightlyReviews the season 10 finale is honestly some of the best doctor who ever written in my opinion. season 10 has a different vibe to seasons 8 and 9 because the dynamic twelve and bill have is very different to the dynamic twelve and clara have but it really works and its a genuinely good season. even the duds are not that bad and the good episodes are fantastic.
nine and ten and then eleven were my initial instant favorites and it really took me a while to warm up to twelve but he's absolutely my favourite doctor now. capaldi just really gets the character. he's bringing his a game even when he has sub par scripts. and when the scripts are good it's so perfect i can't even describe it.
💯 I just wish Moffet and RTD were around in his era. His companions aren't great but some episodes are absolute bangers
@@shaghayeghtehrani6285The 12 Era is literally Moffart’s era
10 is my favorite, but 9 is criminally underrated
I'll fight for eccleston until I'm dead
Valid
@@KnightlyReviews SAME
THANK YOU. Coming to the series late as I did, ✨✨expecting to love David Tennant because he’s everyone’s favorite Doctor✨✨ (and also because I already loved David Tennant) Chris stole the show in a way I completely did NOT expect.
9 is my favourite.
It's so refreshing to hear someone actually defend Matt Smith's run. People hate on it so much I just assume that's the normal reaction. He's my favourite doctor
Dude he's so good! He's definitely hated on way too hard imo
@@KnightlyReviews Hearing someone hate on Matt Smiths run, to me is crazy, I feel he had the best connection to their companions! whilst i love Tenant and Donna, I think the Rory, Amy and Doctor stories really showed where the doctor got it wrong, and I think thats important, is the doctor always right? obviously not, so why not call them out on it. For me, the hardest run is Jodie, not because of her, but because of story lines that were too on the nose of the world we currently live in. Not that they were incorrect though.......but also, you adopt the doctor you were raised with!
I started watching during early Smith era, and he has always been my favorite (and it helps I usually enjoy the seasonal storyline in shows that moffet prefers).
But after watching the show from the (new who) start, tennant does get a lot of the best individual episodes. And Donna. So I get why people love that part of the show.
in the fandom the only era that gets any real hate these days is chibnalls and rtd2, even 12s which was hated at the time is beloved now it's kinda mad tbh
My favourite is kinda split between david tennants and matt smiths - while i did prefer the intro for tennants series, matt smiths was more comedy focussed i think (I've only watched those two so maybe i'll prefer capaldi idk)
You are going to love Capaldi's last season
Season 10 was the worst garbage the show had been until that point, and arguably worse than Chibnall Who(aggressively stupid vs bland, dunno which is worse)
Bill seemed like the season was written to have changing companion each episode, but they decided that casting different actors was too bothersome, so they just used the same character for all of them. You had literal "it was all a dream" episode, Missy was acting like really stupid fanfiction version of the character, and scifi-concepts utilized were so poorly thought out and carelessly executed, each episode felt more like a half-finished first draft where actors had to improv the rest. Take Oxygen for example
After S10 ended, I vowed never to watch the show anymore unless they do something crazy like make the Doctor a woman.
So unfortunately I suffered through S11 too.
I did consider continuing the show if they do something crazy like bring RTD or Tennant back. But perhaps its time to let a dead show finally rest.
@@gJoniithey did bring back RTD and tennant but you’re wrong about season 10
@@gJoniiBro been living under a rock 💀
@@gJonii Series 10 has the best finale of any season ever, and Capaldi's Doctor learned to overcome his obsession with Clara and become a teacher to others. He taught Bill about the universe and he taught Missy about kindness.
Hartnell didn't actually die, not until 9 years after he left the show least way, he was just getting very sick and very tired so acting was beginning to not be a possibility for him anymore.
Yeah I'm definitely telling my coworker he's a dingus next shift
@KnightlyReviews Dawg, you couldn't have just Googled it?
Incredibly valid points, I never realized how the Van Gogh episode was structured similarly to Tennant's seasons, just another reason to love that episode! Honestly, everything you said was great, especially the final bit about Eccleston (UNDERRATED) - also someone already said this but you're going to love Capaldi's last season. I've given up on having a set ranking for the 9th thru 12th doctors, they're all so special in their own ways. Absolutely fantastic.
I'm so excited for Capaldi's last season! And I think you're right, having a favorite doctor is cool but a set ranking feels impossible sometimes lol
I think this video will blow up in 4 or 5 months and then everyone will get it recommended again in like 7 years
I mean I wouldn't complain personally (I am very biased)
and here I am, 4 months
I love Matt Smith and I think your right. It's because his run was told like a big movie. I love the big surprises, twists and turns and convoluted plot points and that's why I loved 11
My favourite is 10, you're right! I love his boundless, "bouncing off the walls" energy; how he gets excited by new places and people, his companions get excited and so I get excited! His episodes feel optimistic but without going into fairy tale territory that I feel Moffat likes to do.
I also find Tennant's and Eccleston's quiet moments a lot more relatable than doctors after that, I mean 11 all but confesses he gets bored if he stays still for 5 minutes. But in the end, I'm just happy my favourite show keeps going, and I'm glad The Doctor is still around!
That's partly due to 10's lack of bitter rage and self-loathing that 9 had from the war.
9 had begun to heal and form a strong bond with Rose prior to the regeneration into 10.
In doing so, 9 tried to hold onto all the survivors' guilt from the War Doctor's actions to let his new incarnation grow from there.
Though unsuccessful in holding onto all of it, 9 did project a wish to become someone who could at least grow into a more positive person for Rose.
10 had his moments of unbridled rage and sorrowful reflections on his past lives. But was able to grow from there until he lost Rose seemingly forever.
The new loss compounded upon his existing problems. As such, he grew more distant from others, always keeping them at arms length. Until he lost Donna and lost Rose again, this time for good. With his only solace being the metacrisis half human copy of him going with her.
He became insufferably arrogant. No one had the right to question or challenge his decisions after that.
I hated the later era of 10's run, only for it to be topped off with his uncharacteristic (For the Doctor) angry rant at Wilf for getting trapped in the chamber.
Less as Wilf himself and more at the fact that 10 was willing to let the random guy die, but couldn't let Donna's grandad die. Angry that he was guaranteed to regenerate into what he believed to be his last incarnation.
I hated the long goodbye send tour of him visiting his previous companions and the "I don't want to go" line at the end.
It felt disrespectful to whoever would come next, that 10 would be able to have this special long-winded goodbye tour on top of his angry rant at the situation with Wilf and the final line.
It was just too much, at the end after that last stretch of the timelord victorious and carried through arrogance there after.
11 was great for being the manic obsessive attempting to do as much good as possible before he died. As he believed it to be his last incarnation, he felt an obligation to go hard and fast at every issue that he found.
Only to have the resignation of his ultimate demise, all but confirmed to him in the alternate timeline when travelling to his own Tomb of the Tardis with Clara.
He felt as though Clara had done more than enough by leaping into his time stream, but she came back at the end of his cenuries long defence of Chrismas on Trenzalore.
Her appeal to the timelords being granted and the Doctor being granted an unspecified amount of new regenerations.
12 was great in that he was trying to find himself, both literally initially and figuratively throughout his run.
Always questioning why THIS face? What was he trying to tell himself with that?
Why is Clara still important after the Impossible Girl event had already taken place?
All of them have had great moments and bad through their incarnations up to 12, but only 10 had what I personally view as a period of being unbearable and uncharacteristic to who the Doctor is or ought to be at his core.
Of New Who, Eccleston stands out as the best. His hardened post-war characterisation and eventual softening towards Rose were great in execution.
Eccleston also voluntarily received less for his time as the Doctor to help ensure it's funding was not stretched on his account.
He loved being the Doctor, a childhood dream come true, and it shows.
Both of which are bonuses in his favour, as he did it for the love of the series and character rather than the money.
He had his happy and silly moments, which never seemed out of place for his contrasting, internalised suffering.
The latter of which would surface less and less, the more time he spent with Rose.
Great overall era that was done perfectly.
@@soulsurvivor8293 That's a great write up about the doctors! Personally I don't dislike Tennant's specials that come after Donna. His Doctor was always the most human one, and I understand that some view it as a flaw but personally I enjoyed that take on the character!
It is very human to be afraid of death, and view regeneration like we, the human audience do - he dies, and someone new and different comes along.
You're right, he is arrogant. He was told he was going to die after he hears 4 knocks, then he defeats the Master who he thought was gonna be responsible for his own demise. That's it, right? He just defeated the prophecy, the death itself, he's unstoppable! But it all comes crashing down because apparently it was Wilf all along who'd knock. Wouldn't you feel bitter and betrayed? Not necessarily by Wilf but by circumstance itself, by - I dunno, universe? Everyone?
That's how I see it - although much like you, I didn't enjoy the goodbye tour, now that was definitely taking it too far. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as I did. Have you seen his return to the role? What did you think of that?
Have you watched 12? There are quiet moments and reflective conversations in nearly every episode of that era, in intentional contrast to 11, because the Doctor has grown old and frustrated with his own tendency for running away, despite the fact that he's still always looking for a distraction, he does better at withholding himself from that behavior.
Your co worker told you a lot of blatantly wrong information:
1.William Hartnell did not pass away that’s not why regeneration was invented it was because of his poor health.
He even re appeared in the show for its 10th anniversary alongside the other 2 doctors.
2.Matt Smith’s seasons are beloved and he’s probably people’s second favourite Doctor and Capaldi is probably the 3rd.
People just hate on it when there is a new Doctor and that guy is from that generation.
I’d go as far as 2 say if you watch most lists you will either see series 4 or 5 at the top of peoples favourite lists.
Yeah he definitely lied lmao but a lot of the conversations I've seen online were downplaying Smith pretty hard (maybe my feed was zoomed in on it though🤷🏽)
Series 4 was Tennant's best because it wasn't bogged down by stupid romance and cockyness. It felt like Doctor Who. Trouble is RTD completely ruined that by having the Master turn into a parody of himself
@@KnightlyReviews yeh maybe I guess phone listed to you. I don’t see him getting hate online much but I’m sure if he happened
@@KnightlyReviewsSmith is in a weird position where he's very few people's favourite doctor, people are more likely to swing to tennant or capaldi leaving smith having less devoted fans
Tennant is my favorite and I completely agree. During his era of the show, the writing was much more character focused, so like, even if I think an episodes plot is bad, I still get to enjoy the character development and chemistry between the companions and the doctor. But starting with Smith's run, the writing starts focusing more on plot, so when plot falls apart, and it often does, there isn't anything to really fall back on. Not to say there is no characterization or character development from Smith onward, just that it takes a backseat.
This is such a good way to describe it and you’re so right
11 mabey I can't really remember but 12 that is just wrong he's hole first season was about him not knowing if he was a good man or not ane slowly went from a grumpy old man to the best doctor ever
@@Pat12379 Like I said, I'm not suggesting that there is no character development in Moffat's run, just that there aren't really many moments of the characters just hanging out. Yes, 12 develops a lot as a character, but we never really see him and Clara in any context outside of mortal danger.
@coolerthanice21 we do but I made another comment saying that I agree with you just not about 12 but the WiFi went off so it didn't go threw
Capaldi’s my favorite, but I’ve never understood the Smith hate. I think your analysis was really well thought out, and provides some interesting insight into the character.
My issue with Matt Smith’s portrayal of the Doctor is that he completely fails to capture the “old man in young person’s body” feel of the character. That, and when the Doctor is supposed to be infuriated, he comes across as a child having a tantrum, rather than expressing “the fury of a Time Lord”. Also, compare the “I’m the Doctor” moments, that each character playing the Doctor has, or should have. His are the weakest. And, finally, monologuing. Here Capaldi is king, with Tennant a close second, and Eccleston a closer third. Whitaker doesn’t really get a decent “Doctor” moment, or a decent monologue, due to the less than stellar writing she had to work with.
Capaldi’s “War” speech in the Zygon story is a masterclass in monologuing, and he has many other great moments. Tenant’s “I’m the Doctor” speech from the Christmas special with the Titanic is stellar, and is one of many. Eccleston has a handful of great speeches, which is remarkable, given he only has thirteen episodes to work with. But Matt Smith? People always say his “Come On” speech is fantastic, but it doesn’t move me at all. His “Let someone else try first” speech leaves me cold. And so on.
All IMO, of course.
OP, once you have finished NuWho, and NewerWho, on Disney+, do yourself a favour, and find a way to watch the Classic show, starting with Hartnell. There are missing episodes for the first few seasons, with Hartnell and Troughton, but you can watch everything else (and even watch productions by “Loose Cannon”, on the Internet Archive, for the missing episodes. These are mostly just audio of the missing episodes, with stills of what is going on, but also some decent cgi to keep your interest).
It is a different show, with a shoestring budget, and each season is a product of its time, but the stories are still top notch. Every Doctor has a handful of stories that are classics. “Our” Doctor really doesn’t begin to surface until the events of “The Dales”, and “The Daley Invasion of Earth”, during the Hartnell era. Up to that point, he is more of a scientist and traveller, and kind of selfish. But he starts his long journey as a protector, once he realises how dangerous the Daleks are to everything else, and determines they need to be stopped.
Apologies for the long rant… 😊
I have a lot of nostalgic love for Tom Baker: the scarf; the crazy uncle energy; the jelly babies. But I think it might be Eccelston for me; his characterisation is amazing and what I gravitate towards with my own writing.
I think I like eccleston most because when people were describing the doctor to me (before I saw the show of course) I imagined him to be written like eccleston, I don't know if any doctor is beating that lmao
@@KnightlyReviews this might be too dark for a TH-cam comment section, the thing that moves me the most about Eccelston's performance is that beneath the gruff, no nonsense exterior is a self confessed coward. I think he's depressed and guilt stricken enough to snuff-snuff himself, but he's too much of a coward worrying about where he'll end up if he went through with it. A very dark place to be, indeed 😬
My favourite is Eccleston but I fully understand a big reason for that is because I watched his series as it aired when I was 4.
I watched The Empty Child in a hotel as a kid on vacation. I didn’t see part 2 until a roommate in college got me watching the show. It was memorable.
Amazing video, also just wanna say the Rose positivity was an instant follow.
6:52 matt smiths era: fish fingers in custard, fez's are cool, bowties are cool , Geronimo, oooo doctor you sonic'd her
david tennant era: barefoot on the moon, alonzo y alonzo, I'm Burning Up A Sun Just To Say Goodbye, Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey... Stuff
Eccleston's: "do you mind not farting while I'm saving the world?"
A big issue I've always felt the Smith run has is that it sets up so many mysteries and twists and never pays any of them off.
Christopher Eccelston is so underrated as the Doctor. He will always be my favourite. Dark, charming, hilarious and nasty, he feels the most fully realised Doctor, despite the limited episode run.
So fucking real dude
I’ve been saying it for a decade and I’ll probably be saying it for at least another decade: Capaldi is KING.
Capaldi is the second best actor to play the role - second only to Troughton. Sure, Tom Baker embodied Doctor Who - but he just had to turn up and be himself. Capaldi (and Troughton) created a character.
Been thinking about the same thing lately what with RTD returning as showrunner and you've put it into words better than I ever could! Tennant IS my favourite doctor for exactly all those reasons lmao
I used to have a friend that was a huge Matt Smith fan and we'd argue about which era was better incessantly, wish I'd thought of it like this back then
As someone who has been watching Doctor Who since Jon Pertwee (the 3rd Doctor) in the 70’s, all the Doctors have good points. ( Even though I didn’t care much for the Sixth Doctor’s era, Colin Baker is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met) David Tennant and Peter Capaldi were genuine fans of the classic show and I think that love is reflected in their performances. David Tennant loved Doctor Who so much he even married the doctor’s daughter in more ways than one. His wife, Georgia Moffat, both played the Doctor’s daughter in the series and is Peter Davison’s (the fifth Doctor ) daughter in real life. I didn’t even mind Jodie Whitaker, though I think she was given poor direction and the writing was abysmal. Each Doctor is different by design, and it’s only natural that people being different, have different favorites.
This is just a hop skip and a jump away from being titled, "You like Smith. You just don't like Moffit." Hey, I like Moffit, but the breakdown was spot on.
I really enjoy Matt Smith's Doctor. I have been rewatching the series recently and while Eccleston and Tennant are great, something about Smith's charisma always gets me excited for his episodes.
I'll say before I even watch the video, He's the main doctor I grew up with and watched with my family, when we'd all gather downstairs to sit and watch it with some popcorn together. So Tennant just holds a special place in my heart. Whenever I see him in anything, it makes me happy. Matt Smith was enjoyable too, but I haven't really watched Doctor Who since.
This idea that the RTD era focused more on the characters and the Moffat era focused more on plot is completely incorrect and I have absolutely no idea why people continually parrot it as if its the truth.
The Moffat era is entirely built on character, all of the plot that everyone goes on about is just about the characters. The Alliance trap the Doctor in the Pandorica because they're scared of him and the things he could do, like with the Time Lord Victorious. The cracks in time are a metaphor for Amy's traumatic childhood, which is why when its fixed in the finale its framed as giving her parents back, fixing her trauma. The Silence try to assassinate the Doctor because they're scared of him too, again because of things like the Time Lord Victorious. They kidnap Amy's kid to try and turn her into a Time Lord weapon because they're scared of him and what he can do. The entire era is about the effect the Doctor has on the people around him and the universe in general and how he needs to learn to be more careful about his actions. This is all character work, the entire thing is built around the characters and their relationships. To reduce it down to just "focusing way more on the plots" is to miss everything that's happening in that era.
Whereas the RTD era is just random shit happening. Its so much more focused on the plot than the characters. Because seriously, what on earth does Davros wanting to blow up the universe have to do with the Doctor or Donna? What does Cybermen invading through Torchwood tower have to do with Rose and 10 and their relationship? The RTD era is the plot focused one! Its all about big epic random alien plots happening that have nothing to do with our main characters. The series 4 finale is the biggest example imo. Donna is in the background for most of it, all but forgotten since we're focusing on everyone else returning. Then she gets basically put in a trance and lured towards the Doctors hand. Then turned into the Doctor Donna without any knowledge of what's going on. Then forcefully mindwiped. Donna had absolutely no agency or choice or anything that was going on with her in that story, she literally just becomes a plot device. How can people argue that this was the character focused era?
When there are character moments in the RTD era they're not really related to the plot thats happening. There are character moments and then separately there is a big plot like Daleks attacking or something. In the Moffat era its much more common for them to be the same. It is full of character moments, and then the plot is usually just about more character moments.
What I really think it is is just that many people prefer the soap opera style characterization of the RTD era and then when Moffat does character work differently, even though its arguably more character focused, people just act like there isn't any character work because its not RTD style character work. Which is really annoying. There's so much character work in the Moffat era.
7:54 - You, my friend, are a man of taste and culture. (Eccleston is my favorite Doctor. He also was my first, but where TEnnent grew into the role over 2-3 episodes and became at least as good, Eccleston was THE DOCTOR from the moment he said "Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for you life!" ...admittedly, those are actually separated by a bit, but he captured it both times, and basically was the Doctor from the instant he had his first line. And that's saying something, considering that that is how I knew it was Doctor Who, and I _literally didn't know it was Doctor Who_ until minutes later confirmed it as the comercials came on with a little tag-blurb thing in the corner of the screen. It's just, "Huh, something about this says 'Doctor Who' to me, and I don't think I've ever seen any Doctor Who.," from the moment of Eccleston's first line.
Wait what? That makes no sense. Do you mean you watched Eccleston's Doctor Who and said this seems like Doctor Who without never actually watching DW before?
Then how would you know?
@@BigEvil02Because he feels like the doctor, simple as that
@@doctorcreeps2169 but how did you know he felt like The Doctor if you'd never seen Doctor who before?
@CollinGerberding That's fair enough... They're aware of a character but not how that character is portrayed etc.. my point is that how would anyone know a person feels like a character they've never actually seen??
I'm not disputing that Eccleston was fantastic. He had the perfect blend of alien and human and trauma.... But that's because I know the character, that's his I can make that inference
@@altinaykor364 My kind? What's that supposed to mean?
It's not nonsense, it's fact. The 10th Doctor is egotistical. Look at the Waters of Mars. Not to mention space jesus in series 3.
The Christmas Invasion is really not a great episode at all. It has some good parts, like the end credits but apart from that it's drab, much like the rest of that era honestly. RTD turned Doctor Who into a soap opera it was no longer about The Doctor and more about the companions lives.
I'm sorry to say it but it's true. Eccleston was almost perfect, probably because he only had one series.
"We love Rose Tyler in this household" - Good household!
Davies wrote like he wanted to make his own version of Buffy, a drama aimed toward younger audiences and casual viewers, with an emphasis on character development and relationships, and a firm footing in everyday Earth. Moffat wrote and ran the show like it was a cult sci-fi show intended for a dedicated group that would be watching everything, with major emphasis on plot, and a shift away from contemporary Earth.
So true that it feels way less Earth-centered, didn't realised that
Yes, which meant that Moffat’s version naturally couldn’t reach the same breadth of fans because it wasn’t targeted to them.
Donna Noble is the best companion, and her season has the best episodes. Just two best friends the shenanigans they get up to which is extremely refreshing compared to the two seasons before it. Matt smith isn’t bad it’s just that you can tell the writers were running out of ideas when the writing became “and then.” Peter Capaldi's doctor is probably the best doctor in the worst writing at the time. Michelle Gomez as Missy or The Master during these seasons was also my favorite. While John Simm plays a great vindictive and sometimes Psychopathic Master. Michelle Gomez was more sociopathic and selfish allowing for a more relatable a fun version of the Master than before.
Peter Capaldi got screwed by the BBC with his contract due to them requiring permanent availability. Even when nothing is getting done not allowing him to work on other project. You can see by the end of the second season, he was sick of the nonsense. He came in bright happy and overjoyed to play the part he always dreamed of having only for media bureaucracy to kill any love he had for it.
I didn't know that they were locked into exclusive contracts like that, that's actually really lame (and I think I prefer Simm's performance as the master personally but missy is so much fucking fun lol)
@@KnightlyReviews Less of an exclusive contract and more they take to long to shoot and write as such the 12 episdoes each took 12 months to shoot. the stories of the aboslute @#$% show the shoots for the shows are, well known. it's why some seasons take 2+ years.
personally season 10 and 11 I think are really strong seasons and while idk the source of your information, from what I know of the actor he never hated the role and he was a die hard fan of the show for decades before
@@Twenteen2 I never said he hated the role he loved it. He hated the bureaucracy and how much it took up his life. He left after the last season he was in because it took 2 years to shoot it.
Capaldi was forced out by the BBC and Chibnall, who wanted to start fresh with a new Doctor. That doesn't mean he didn't absolutely love being the Doctor. It was his dream role and he was the very best at it.
11 is my favorite they really humanize the Doctor but he still sticks out as the weird one in the room and the smartest and I love it series 5 is one of my favorite seasons of television ever
Hell yeah dude Season Five was fantastic
@@KnightlyReviews Definitely
It's really interesting to see an analysis of Doctor Who from the perspective of a new fan. I think you might be right about the increased focus on story arcs affecting people's perception of the show. I loved Matt Smith's first season, but after that the show started to lose its sense of fun because the story arcs became much darker and more serious. It was actually the Jodie Whittaker era that restored some of that sense of fun for me, so I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on her seasons once you've seen them.
Another thing to take into consideration is the change in showrunners between seasons. Now that Russell T Davies has returned to write for Ncuti Gatwa the show is feeling a bit more like the Tennant era again, with a greater focus on the characters and their emotions. Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall are great writers too but their scripts tend to be more plot-driven.
Matt Smith isn't my favorite, but he was my introduction to doctor who. I loved him as the doctor, he brought so much energy to the roll playing a man who was ready to die after helping as many people as possible. His doctor had finally healed from all the trauma of the time war, and his wacky personality exemplifies someone who just wants to live happily. Amazing writing. My favorites in order are Tom Baker, David tennant, Christopher Eccleston, and Matt Smith.
I like every doctor because of each of their unique qualities. but if I had to choose a favorite it has to be Tennant. ( but just like the doctor himself it changes.)
"You can't see me can you? You look at me and you can't see me. Do you have any idea what's that like? I'm not on the phone, I'm right here... standing in front of you... please just .... just see me"
Peter Capaldi - Deep Breath
That line was incredibly hypocritical, desperate and pathetic. Clara knows EXACTLY what it's like to not be seen, but we never heard her whining about it. Her echoes experienced it for millions of years and the most she ever said about it was a playful "frankly, that was offensive". Capaldi's audacity, self-pity and lack of self-awareness was infuriating.
I was really expecting the eccleston at the end to be "Here's an order, SUBSCRIBE"
David Tennant has always felt like the 'most doctory' doctor for me.
He is the baseline at which I judge all other actors of the doctor.
He is not my favourite doctor, but I believe he does the best job fulfilling the role in an honest and appropriate manner.
That's because I don't have an all-round favourite doctor.
Each actor has their own strengths and weaknesses.
- David Tennant felt the most honest. He was the most humbling. Especially when his glasses were on, it felt like he was talking *to* you, not just *at* you, as other doctors tend to do.
- Christopher Eccleston felt like the most 'prepared' doctor. If I had freshly encountered him, I would trust him the most to get me out of a dangerous situation, I feel like he's the best at coming across as the most capable of dealing with the things the doctor deals with.
- Matt Smith was easily the most fun doctor to watch. He had a lot of energy to bring to the role, and a sense of childhood whimsy that fit his stories very well. After the two more serious actors of Tennant and Eccleston, Smith brought back the passion and the wonder for the show, for me.
- Peter Capaldi without a doubt took the role the most seriously. I don't think it makes him better than the other actors, nor worse. But you could definitely feel an intensity there. He could switch faces in an instant, entirely disguising his intentions from everyone around him.
- Jodie Whittaker unfortunately suffered from bad writers leading her phase. But, she was a refreshing return to whimsical energy after Capaldi's run. She was more fearful than the other doctors, I think. A reminder appropriate to her stories that the worlds beyond our world can be scary and dangerous, and there's so much more we don't truly understand.
- Ncuti Gatwa hasn't finished his run yet, but so far I'm happy with his performance. He so far has been reminding us that The Doctor is still a person. He still wants to live a life of his own, he does things for his own sake. He explores for himself, he sings for himself, he dances for himself. And he seeks companionship, for himself. He's endearing, and portrays the desire to not be alone very well.
Beautifully put, I couldn't agree more!
As someone who grew up watching doctor who with my dad, all of these stories - these episodes and seasons and regenerations - have shaped who I am as a person. I like to think they’ve made me a good person, even. Doctor Who has a special place in my heart. (And also Eccleston, he was definitely my favorite 😏)
part of the problem with the long arc style ids you often have to go back and rewatch them after release to see the hidden details that get missed in the moment
but they are still good overall and i think you hit the nail on the head, its just a different style but that doesn't make it good or bad per se
a video about the 10th that ends on your love for the 9th. It has a duration of 9:10
Funny how that works out, I'm honestly surprised I didn't notice lol
Every once in a while I rewatch Eccleston and Tennant seasons of Dr. Who and every time I feel sad when Eccleston regenerates, but then I fall in love with Tennant all over again. These two are my favorite doctors and it's really a shame Eccleston didn't stay for at least another season, he was AMAZING in the role and is probably one of the most underrated doctors.
Dude I feel like you cracked the code! Now I can recommend specific seasons of Doctor Who based on what narrative structures that person likes.
10 used to be my favourite (it was my first doctor too), didn't like 12 that much at first, but he grew on me so much over the years, 12 all the way, he's my favourite by far.
He WAS my favourite until he was brought back recently and absolutely made a mockery of.
9 is my beloved no matter what, I don’t think could change my mind.
10 sure, he’s iconic but he’s not MY Doctor
Eccleston really just dropped the best performance of the show and bounced
@@KnightlyReviewsHe really did
Eccleston was fantastic.
Matt Smith is my favorite. He's hilarious and incredibly relatable imo.
Hey great video dude.
I wanna just talk about a few things on why dr who has different fans prefering different eras/doctors.
1. Regeneration came about because the actor was to sick to carry on and he was basically replaced nicely. Nowadays its more because the show is really hard to make for any one actor to keep the role for a long time.
2. Dr who doesn't just chage actors it changes showrunners, Tennant to Smith was also the change of RTD to Moffat (he wrote the weeping angels episode).
3. The seasons change and the character focus does too. If you look at 9 and 10 they are guilty doctors with a lot of self loathing. But 11 and 12 are much forgetfful and often run away from their mistakes instead. There is a lot more to it than that (particularly with the ecclsston and Capaldi doctors but that is the basic appearabce of it that can mess people up.)
You probably already knew at least one of these things but i love talking about this show too much and you seem to be really perceptive of the deeper character moments for a first time watcher for me to resist.
I think that the doctor's character focus changing is what makes the character honestly. Could you imagine if we had several seasons of just Eccleston's characterization? (*I* want seven seasons of Eccleston's characterization but you get my point)
ECCLESTON!!! 💝💝💝
I squealed. Well, I squealed in my heart.
Yeah, I love the badassery. The childlike impishness. THE GRAVITAS.
Chris took it serious 👌 and there’ll never be another one like him.
so glad to find someone else who has Christopher Eccleston as their favourite doctor! I'd love to hear your reasons why, and your favourite episode of his run
My favourite is a tie Tennant and Capaldi. I think Smith and Eccleston are brilliant and did a great job, and Jodi was also amazing, she just suffered from bad writing
You hate to see it, and I'm glad that's the general take but that shit is AWFUL to get through (at least for me)
Love your backgrounds btw
9th doctor is my second favourite Doctor. Father's Day is in my top 5 Doctor Who episodes of all time. As for my favorite, i gotta go with 12th. He's a perfect Doctor. Old, wise man who's sassy and gruff but can be kind and compassionate too. I just wish his character change between series 8 and 9 would be shown on screen instead of writer's doing the "Yeah, that happened somewhere along the way, trust me".
I’m sat for the video after you’ve finished Capaldi’s run 👏🏼👏🏼
I don't have a problem with Steven moffat attempting a series long story arc, what's bad about it is that it just wasn't done very well
Great vid! I do have to say that Ecclestone and Capaldi are some of my favorite right next to Tennant, but it’s hard because I do truly like all of them during different moments, even Whittaker’s Doctor because she’s one of the better written pieces in her stories
The 1st doctor, William Hartnell, didn't die before regenerating, but he was in declining health. I think he had a condition affecting his blood
This is a really nuanced and insightful take!
I definitely felt like something was off during Smith's run & it was difficult for me to explain concisely what the difference was. I think you nailed it.
I've always had a strong preference for character-centric writing so it only makes sense the change would throw me off.
I was quite harsh towards the Smith era at the time, but I feel like I will find new things to appreciate in a re-watch. I have found myself disagreeing with some of my own prior Tennant worship when re-watching his era.
I think you'll really like Capaldi. I feel like the show goes back to more character-centric writing with him, and uses his character's history much more effectively than Smith's run did.
I also wonder how much of the Tennant worship just comes from the fact that many people didn't actually keep watching past Smith's era. I'm sure a significant number of people saw Eccleston and Tennant, and quit watching altogether during or after Smith. Capaldi isn't even on their radar.
My favorite Doctors are David Tennant and Matt Smith
Awesome video! I’ve always loved both these eras (moffat era more though) but i’ve never thought about it this way. You’re so right, especially in the last section with the fav moments!
Also re regeneration origins: show was going well but william hartnell (first doctor actor) was in poor health and couldn’t really continue filming bc he kept messing up lines due to that, which is why they made the decision to invent regeneration. they never stated the doctor’s species and what he could do, after all! (source: trust me i’m british)
yeah i'll trust you (you're british)
William Hartnel did not in fact die at the end of his run as first Doctor, and would actually reprise his role during Jon Pertwee's run. Your coworker gave you a line of Bollocks.
10>11=9=12 for me… 10 was the doctor that introduced me to the series (I saw an episode as a kid and that put it on my radar- I started watching from 9 though cuz I’m normal) and I’m just a huge simp for tennant so 10 naturally holds a special place in my heart. 11 also holds a special place in my heart for similar reasons and honestly I didn’t know people disliked 11’s run until this episode lol! 9 is just iconic and I really wish he came back- surely the production team changed enough for them to make up no? 12 is even more iconic but I personally didn’t enjoy billie’s run with him as much so his run wasn’t my fav overall.
Your favorite Doctor is Eccleston? Extremely based
This was a nice watch :]
Eccleston fuck yeah
Literally the best take I have seen in a dw video I really enjoyed this! I especially like how you don’t shit on 11, I never understood why people didn’t like him as much as I for one had the time of my life trying to unwind the plot as it was progressing but this video brought attention to the subconscious realisation I had about the style change and put it into words
10 is my favourite doctor if normal people ask, but since none of us are I can say it is 8, bestie got the worlds shittest 1996 tv movie and a 2 min special for the 50th anniversary but then the most fucking INCREDIBLE audio dramas, being a fan of him is weird because there’s SO MUCH content for him but so little of it is mainstream so nobody knows what you’re in about when you talk about him, Charley and C’rizz
I’m also so happy to find a fellow family of blood enjoyer, when people talk about it it’s usually about the way Martha was mistreated which is entirely true and she should not have been forced into a period that was considerably more racist, but i fucking loved the doctor in the episode itself and the plot device of the fobwatch and ESPECIALLY the way it ended
Also based opinion on the girl who waited that bitch did NOT wait she gave up on everyone immediately and is THE episode I use when ranting about Amy I could go so fucking deep down into this but this is a YT comment so
I’d always wondered why I liked her in the Van Gogh ep so much and you’re so right they did roseify her that episode literally made me cry
You’re going to LOVE 12 and Bill, real grandad and his lesbian daughter vibes it’s amazing
And sadly 13 is as bad as they say, but 14s specials are very fun! My favourite being Wild Blue Yonder :]
I also very much enjoyed 15! It definitely finds its feet with Boom and is generally a very good series! (Look out for Rogue, it’s a fan favourite)
“tenth doctor is probably your favorite”
*checks comments*
capaldi sweep (he is also my favorite)
Nah fr man it's wild
"I can't really vet this," as he's sitting in front of two monitors
I'm not British man I don't know what to tell you (plus it would've sucked the fun out of the bit lol)
3:12 Disagree, Donna or Rory are the best companions
This is an incredible video, and you’ve raised a lot of questions in the way I think about these seasons! But Steven moffat to me wrote Amy as a sexy doctor but as a companion, and the change of view from (women) companions to (male) doctor just felt like i wasn’t the target audience anymore. Especially when I was younger, dr who was a ‘boy show’ and it felt like it had been taken from me in someway.
There used to be a show about Sarah Jane, which I LOVED because it opened the door to the sci-fi genre (and also seriously scarred me 🙃)
I find it strange when people say “oh the show fell off during Matt Smiths run.”
No, it’s a change in head writer and production, they’re allowed to do their own thing with the show. Moffat for all his faults is still my favourite era of the show for having a more experimental approach with multi season arcs. Changing up the episode structure and formula.
Even the Chibnall era I’ll defend because while I didn’t like some of it, it kept going forward and tried new stuff. For example I like Segun Akinola’s music and Flux was incredibly fun and janky.
Even with the newest series, we’ve already seen RTD being a bit more experimental with his stories. Gods and monsters, companions who have Moffatisms and a new episode structure.
What I’m trying to say is embrace the change. Have fun with it. Doctor Who can be nearly anything. :)
I'm really excited to get caught up! Seeing all the cool stuff they come up with is my favorite part of the show so as long as there's a good episode here and again that's all I really need
Change is the point of Doctor Who.
@@Donnagata1409 Yes it is, but I sometimes get the impression with some fans that Doctor Who has to be a particular shape and form and if it doesn't comform to it, they don't like it.
But, in the sense of telling a character driven story, it did fall off. Both eras have areas they lack, and areas they're strong in. But Moffat's era does fall off in multiple ways, just by nature of changing the show's focus. To me, that kind of storytelling is far less impactful and enjoyable, and makes it worse. It's kind of like the difference between the Christopher Nolan Batman movies and The Batman. Personally, character-driven story will always be superior and will have more meaning, and plot-driven stories that sacrifice character will always feel bland and forgettable. Not everyone will feel that way, of course, and that's fine, we're all different.
This definitely makes sense as a matter of genre preference, Tennant and Smith are both well beloved by different audiences in my experience. I enjoy theme centered storytelling, and the character of The Doctor was a great vector for those kinds of stories. I enjoy it a lot more than a creative plot or sci-fi tropes, and I'm not really interested in movies much so it makes sense that Tennant is my favorite. I also enjoyed Eccleston a lot too, you have good taste
anyone: bailey who's your fav doctor? | me: Russell T Davies
anyone: he's not a doctor.... | me: 🤫Shhhh.... Russell... T... Davies...
Until the recent season minus a couple of episodes
@@Corlwow i'm not a big fan of this "disney era" to be honest 🤷♀ but i dunno it will never be what it was so we just gotta take what we get and if anyones gonna try fix it its gonna be Russell if he fails no one can do it 😅🥲
@@BaileyMagikz i think in recent interviews RTD showed that he may be susceptible to some hubris (we all are). i think anyone can step up to the plate if they are talented and hard working enough.
“Comment your favorite doctor, is it tenet?”
Me:…maybe
i think peters doctor was the best it was a more serious doctor
I love Capaldi! (Ithink that return to a more mature doctor was so perfect right after smiths finale and every episode has only reaffirmed it for me so far)
10 is my favourite, because he had a full arc with his characterisation. In his very first episode we saw a glimpse of his darker side (Harriet Jones' downfall), and this gradually ramped up until Waters of Mars. On a surface level he seems fun abd excitable but he's actually quite ruthless and cold. More than the other doctors, he absolutely needs companions to keep him from losing it
You were, in fact, right. My favourite Doctor is Tennant. Which makes me, in the eyes of the fandom, a normie.
That being said, I enjoyed Eccleston, Tennant, Smith AND Cappaldi. They all feel different. You're right in that, but to me that ties into them being different personalities, different regenrations. Eccleston was wrath. He was chasing people off his lawn (earth) he only held on to kindness due to Rose being so incredibly human, as you correctly pointed out.
Tennant was Guilt and deep sadness but also fresh out of mercy. He was goofy, to cover up. His story came in bits and pieces cause he himself tried to obfuscate it. He also easily was shown banishing people into fates worse than death.
Smith was young rashness and silliness but also never giving up in the face of tragedy. It didn't always work out. He learned harsh lessons during this time. Smith had a short fuse. He's a bad liar, quickly overwhelmed by emotion, easily distracted and had a temper that could flare up suddenly.
And Cappaldi is telling the story of a Doctor that is physically old as a reflection of his mental state. He wad questioning himself, his reason for doing things, for exisiting. Debating letting the saga of the doctor end due to the tremendous guilt he feels that only grows each and every day. He blames himself not only for the deaths he causes, but also for the deaths he fails to avoid. As he says, he is not a good man. But his journey is one of discovering that at his core, no matter what guilt he feels, no matter the circumstances. And even just that will always motivate him to help where he can. Even if the face of temptation or inrumountable odds. He believes in not one, but two Cybermen. He believes in love. He comes to save his worst enemy, Davros, simply because he called for help.
All of this is extremely valuable and they all act it out greatly imo. Sure, I have favourites. Who doesn't? But I wouldn't do without any of them. Not to mention that throughout each season, each regeneration and even ovearcing all the Doctors, there is a story of an ancient, impossible, kind, brave man and all the things and people connected to him. It all adds up and it all is wonderful.
Beautiful take my friend, I don't have anything to add here (I'm really amped to see how Capaldi wraps up though!)
My favorite Doctor is Tennant' both times he was the Doctor. My second favorite is the current Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa. He has a similar energy to Tennant. I was not keen on Eccleston, but he's still better, in my opinion, than Capaldi and Whittaker.
William Hartnell did not die before he regenerated he got ill
Yeah I definitely got played (but refusing to Google for the sanctity of the joke was totally worth it)
I've loved Doctor Who ever since I was real little. My dad showed me Classic Who first with the 4th Doctor Tom Baker quickly becoming my favorite (City of Death, and Pyramids of Mars being the two I'd watch on VHS all the time) but once the reboot started to make it to the US (I did miss a lot of Eccleston but I do rewatch his episodes from time to time) David Tennant's Doctor was instantly MY Doctor. So much so to the point my eleven year-old brain was so mad at Matt Smith when David eventually had to regenerate. I love the series, still a loyal watcher despite it's ups and downs, and I'm still so excited to see where the series goes!
0:18 How did you get this so fundimentally wrong? The infomation surrounding why William Hartnell left the show is so common knowlege there's a movie length drama about it called An Adventure In Space And Time. I feel it's really disrepectful to say this too as Hartnell passed away 7 years after leaving Doctor Who in 1975. I don't want to watch the rest of this video because if you can't fact check something that has it's own section on it's dedicated wikipedia page than I don't trust you as a narrator
Hey, so you should probably watch the rest of the joke here, but I literally said that my coworker told me all of this "and that I can't vet it because I'm not british". I (personally) thought it was a pretty decent opening bit, but I understand if it rubbed you the wrong way. I honestly didn't mean any disrespect by it.
I like the arguments and evidence you provide in this video. I think it encapsulates a lot of people’s feelings great, but I have a counteroffer.
David tenant is my favorite, and I think his series was the best, but not because of the change of style but because of two or three major factors:
1. The David Tennant series felt grounded in an endearing way, but still explored the stars effortlessly and showed us so many sides to humanity and the worlds beyond our scope of time. After the first or second Matt Smith series, the writing felt so different in both world building and style of the enemies and characters outside the Doctor’s core (companions and extended companions like the doctor Sontaran). Everything that came back had to be refurbished and upgraded to be bigger and badder (looking at the million changes to cybermen and daleks), and every returning storyline had to completely obliterate the previously established cannon to make everything new the most impactful thing ever, but then the Doctor just handles it easily anyway. It really felt like the show lost heart.
2. Along the lines of everything needing to explode the established canon: every couple of episodes and especially every single arc they introduced after David Tennant did something that had to retcon every single piece of history for the last 50 years of doctor who. Clara is the single most egregious example of this. Them having her like what spliced into the entire time stream of the Doctor’s history, essentially making her the single most important character of Doctor Who history and changing the entire history of the Doctor going back to episode one of the original series? No. Absolutely not screw that. Changing the Doctor’s most important modern character trait and decision of ending the time way having to sacrifice his entire planet and the entirety of the Dalek fleet, committing double genocide and having to live with that for the rest of his long life? That was so disgusting that they would completely retcon that with some random bs to make it so hey at least the time lords all magically lived. It’s complete crap. Let’s bring back Sutech, put an insane power amp on him and give him the most hype ever seen, call him the ultimate most powerful god that can exist in this universe and then we’ll just tie him up with a rope and drag him through a time vortex and okay wooosh he’s gone. The writing is so god awful now and nothing feels important. There are no levels to anything and everything can be changed and retconned on a whim because who cares. With David Tennant and Ecchleston’s series, everything mattered and everything foreshadowed had great payoffs requiring sacrifice and intelligence. After that, it just became cringe and unrewarding.
3. Clara is the worst thing to happen to the show. Words cannot describe how much I hate Clara. Everything around her is awful. Her character is trash, she makes awful, nonsensical choices sometimes that make me wonder if she could even be an actual human being with a brain. I think the actress is fine but the writing is so bad with her that it made me quit halfway through Capaldi’s run because I couldn’t stand her anymore. The writers had the balls to make her the most important character ever in Doctor who? Absolutely not.
12th is my favorite, 9th is my runner up and 8th takes the bronze because I love him in ridiculous tv movie and beyond dammit.
I think there is a lot that goes into the sauce of who your favorite Doctor is. It could be personality, the quality of the episodes, the age you were when you saw them.
For me, 8 will always be my favorite. He was my introduction into this crazy madcap world and he blew it out of the water on Day freaking One! I think the main thing though for me is that he is more or a chill doctor, which is more my energy level, so it resonates with me deeply.
Capaldi is the best.
Smith is my favorite - and the one scene I always think of first, is his farewell to sleeping Amelia at the end. Yeah, being clever with planting seeds of the rhyme, but it is truly beautiful, especially the crushing end of it "Live well. Love Rory. Bye bye, Pond."
12th Doctor (Capaldi) is absolutely my favourite!! He's so awesome
I'm loving him so far!
I was born in the mid 2000's and Tom Baker is the best and its not even close.
Wow a comment section full of people who have only watched 40% of Doctor Who how predictable
Cool that he's your favorite but shitting on people who haven't watched classic who is pretty lame dude
@@KnightlyReviews I ain't shitting on them, I love all the doctors lol. Its just that theres a strange expectation that if you grew up with nuwho that your fave doctor has to be from nuwho
@@KnightlyReviews Doctor Who fandom is weird.
@@lbricks7631I agree. Especially if you don't like Tennant. I've seen the worst of the fandom and the best of it. Unfortunately there's A LOT of toxicity that still exists. RTD isn't doing anything to help either
I have started watching Doctor Who recently too and I mostly agree with all you say. It's hard for me to decide which Doctor is my favorite. Eccleston is amazing, and his relationship with Rose is my favorite, and I love Tennant because it's basically the same but with a sort of charismatic twist. But in terms of character development, I'd say my favorite is Capaldi! Meanwhile, some of my favorite episodes are during Smith's arc. It's really hard to choose!
12 is amazing, if you are into darker more adult themes.
Season 9 i think is my favourite
The opening two-parter was the best use of Davros since his introduction with Tom Baker. I never felt like Davies understood the character, but Moffat absolutely did.
Thank god, someone else finally gets it!!! I feel like 9, 10, 11, AND 12 all have beautiful runs, but they're beautiful because they're all different.
Doctor who fans don't agree on anything, this is what I love about them. I personally don't like the 10th doctor and I know fans (classic and modern) who HATE him. He's only the most popular because he's the most watched, ask classic fans and he's not nearly as popular. Matt Smith isn't nearly as hated as you think, again some fans hate him (mostly Tennant purists) but he's widely loved now.
@@altinaykor364 I disagree
I never realised what I liked more about Matt Smith's seasons other than the characters, but now it all makes sense thanks to this video 😅. I feel the same way about other shows as well, like Supernatural. They also started out with a "monster of the week" format and moved over to more interconnected episodes, which I enjoyed even more. But for rewatching purposes the earlier episodes are easier to get into.
Btw my favorite doctor is Matt and favorite companion is Clara (it broke my little tween heart when so many people were hating on her personality 😢).
12th Doctor is the best as he has the best character development and also the right balance between human and alien. You’ll love 12s era
I'm like smack dab in the middle of his run and he's my second favorite so far, I'm really excited to see if he sticks the landing
@@KnightlyReviews He does indeed stick the landing. The series 10 finale is the best Doctor Who has ever had.
i know it’s so basic but tenant was the first doctor i ever watched, and I used to watch it with my brother growing up and i love all of his seasons. I could rewatch all of his seasons and probably never get tired. I also think tenant is so obviously a perfect fit for the role, he always gives 110% and UGH i don’t care if it’s basic he IS my favorite
There's nothing wrong with having a "basic" favorite bro, like what you like!
Best DOCTOR is Capaldi imo, best WRITING is Smith, best PERFORMANCE is Tennant, best CHARACTER WRITING is Eccleston