{"id":38253,"date":"2013-07-15T07:38:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T13:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/15\/force-ranking-the-doctors.html"},"modified":"2013-07-16T09:24:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T15:24:48","slug":"force-ranking-the-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/15\/force-ranking-the-doctors.html","title":{"rendered":"Force-Ranking the Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"
The problem with any list of this sort is that it is either highly personal and idiosyncratic (as in this case), or else a popularity contest (in which case more recent Doctors will always win, with Tom Baker being a strong runner-up). \u00a0The other two significant problems are that most people haven't actually seen most of the Doctors, and the variations in literary and production values across the last fifty years make it hardly an apples-to-apples comparison.<\/p>\n

I can only, myself, rate Three, Four, Eight, Nine, Ten, and Eleven (I've seem bits and bobs of the others, but not enough for a fair comparison). \u00a0I'd be hard-pressed to force-rank them (a technique I generally dislike), but I'd probably put Three, Four, Nine, and Ten toward the top, Eight and Eleven further down (after three series, Smith remains too much of a zany for my taste, though a huge part of that is the writing as well). \u00a0I'd (if forced) tentatively\u00a0put Tennant at the top of the list, largely on the strength of a broad array of dramatic situations\u00a0and seized-upon acting opportunities, but all of the top four have had their moments. \u00a0As have the others, for that matter.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Doctor Who – the top ten best Doctors – Telegraph<\/a>
\n Our resident Doctor Who expert Gavin Fuller gives his rundown of the best-ever Doctors.\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The problem with any list of this sort is that it is either highly personal and idiosyncratic (as in this case), or else a popularity contest (in which case more recent Doctors will always win, with Tom Baker being a strong runner-up). \u00a0The other two significant problems are that most people haven't actually seen most … Continue reading “Force-Ranking the Doctors”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-tv-doctor-who"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32279,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/22\/the-eleven-doctors-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":38253,"position":0},"title":"The Eleven Doctors","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 22-Jan-13 2:25pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the first time I've been a Doctor-follower when they did a \"The X Doctors\" show. \u00a0Fantastic.'As of today Steven Moffat has confirmed that he is completing a script that will feature the current Doctor, Matt Smith, facing a foe so great that he will need assistance from all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26431,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/the-eleven-doctors.html","url_meta":{"origin":38253,"position":1},"title":"The Eleven Doctors","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Feb-12 7:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The Doctors are interesting. 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