On 02/15/15, mark lewis said the following...   
       
    ml>  On Sat, 14 Feb 2015, Robert Wolfe wrote to Darryl Perry:   
    ml>    
    ml> > Does anybody know when series 9 will start?   
    ml>    
    ml>  RW> Having just started watchin the show recently, I hope that they   
    ml>  RW> find someone better than David Tennant to play the Dr.  Matt Smith,   
    ml>  RW> IMO, was the best modern Dr. to date   
    ml>    
    ml> ummm... david was the doctor before matt ;)   
    ml>    
    ml>  1. William Hartnell   
    ml>  2. Patrick Troughton   
    ml>  3. Jon Pertwee   
    ml>  4. Tom Baker   
    ml>  5. Peter Davidson   
    ml>  6. Colin Baker   
    ml>  7. Sylvester McCoy   
    ml>  8. Paul McGann   
    ml>  9. Christopher Eccleston   
    ml> 10. David Tennant   
    ml> 11. Matt Smith   
    ml> 12. Peter Capaldi   
    ml>    
    ml> i really liked Tom Baker as the doctor... i don't think any others have   
    ml> come close... having said that, though, i do want to go back to the   
    ml> beginning and see them all... i've seen a few of Jon, PeterD, and Colin   
    ml> but missed others up until Christopher and have caught all of them   
    ml> since... i'm still undecided about PeterC... i didn't like him in   
    ml> "Torchwood: Children of the Earth" but he played a good politician and   
    ml> played it how i tend to see many politicians... i just didn't like him   
    ml> in that role and i see the same or similar in his rendition of the   
    ml> doctor and i'm just not sure i like it either...   
       
   I guess I had the benefit of not ever seeing Peter Capaldi act in anything   
   notable before seeing him as The Doctor.  I really enjoy his portrayal.   
      
   I'm still trying to catch up on my Torchwood, as I'm just now into the 2nd   
   season, so I haven't seen Peter in that role yet.  But I did of course see   
   him in Fires of Pompeii.  By the time I saw that episode, it was alrady   
   announced that he would be the new Doctor.  So I watched it with a critical   
   eye.  I can't say that his role in that episode was very indicitive of his   
   overall acting ability tho.  So my exposure to Peter C is basically 99% from   
   his portrayal as The Doctor.   
      
   I guess it boils down to, how much do you like the actor and his acting   
   ability, and how much that actor made you feel for the character.  A   
      
    ml> Clara, on the other hand, like many of the past companions, is welcome   
    ml> any time her heart desires ;) O:)    
      
   Clara is certainly easy on the eyes, that's for sure.  But then so were Rose   
   and Amy.  Martha was just ho-hum, and Donna was a good friend.  I'm pulling   
   for having Shona from Last Christmas to be the next companion.   
      
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