The best Doctor is, obviously, the Third Doctor, played by Jon Pertwee (who just so happened to be the voice of Spotty in Superted, if you didn’t know). His personality was refined, his outfit included an opera jacket and he was debonair whilst being tacky enough to incorporate nonsense such as the “Whomobile” into his inventory. Clearly the man was on top of his game. What’s not to love? He doesn’t take no for an answer, as well as being the first doctor with enough balls to actually physically attack his enemies, instead of fleeing or trying to reason with words. He managed to stumble upon some great enemies, too: it was the Third Doctor that originally encountered fan-favourite The Master, as well as the Autons.For most of his run, before he was killed on the planet of the spiders, he was exiled by the time lords to Earth. His grumpy resentment of his post was curiously endearing, as was watching him trading his intelligence with UNIT for materials to make repairs to the TARDIS. He often displayed a real warmth and fondness for humanity, a trait we’ve seen in all the doctors ever since. Pertwee was a pioneer, and there’s little he missed out on during his run. He’s got it all.
Martin Gaston
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