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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