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Davison is a good actor, but the Doctor is not one of his better roles. That wasn't his fault. The producer of the series in those days had a strange vision of Doctor Who thta was often at odds with the true nature of the series. He did much to improve the production values and the background music, but his legacy was a string of companions that few people liked, and a "more vulnerable" Doctor. It was a disastrous experiment in many ways.

The 5th Doctor appealed mostly to the younger, newer fans. The 6th Doctor went in an even different direction that many fans rejected. Again, this wasn't Colin Baker's fault. This was the fault of a producer who wanted very much to remake Doctor Who in his own image, and during the 7th Doctor years, a sizable portion of the audience vanished. Again, not Sylvester McCoy's fault.

All three of these Doctors were reflections of different facets of the Doctor's overall personality, as long-standing fans would recognize, and all of them had their strengths as well as weaknesses. But Peter Davison himself said he figured it was best to get out while the getting was good, and he was the only one I know of who ever said in public that he thought the Doctors from this era (Doctors 5, 6, 7 and part of 4) looked contrived and silly with their question marks and cute, gimmicky costumes.

You will note that the 7th Doctor no longer had question marks on his clothes when he regenerated, and Doctor 8 never had them at all.

JNT definitely made some odd choices during his tenure as producer. The question marks on the Doctor's costume being one (the costume designer mentions on the Leisure Hive DVD that she wasn't overly thrilled about the idea when JNT asked for the ? marks on the 4th Doctor's new outfit). I probably would have liked the Colin Baker era better if he hadn't been wearing that disasterous coat.

To a lesser extent, I have the same feeling about RTD's turn at the helm. While I like what he's done with the show overall, I wish they'd reduce the emphasis on the relationship between the Doctor and Rose, and focus a bit more on telling science fiction stories. And I could definitely do without silly stuff like belching garbage bins and farting aliens... neutral

peter... moffet? xD I thought it was Davison...

I go with the 5th, and the 1st. the 9th is the first I saw, but I don't like him too much. o: I would vote for the 10th, but all I've seen of him are clips online. ;_; The first doctor is pretty cool. I like their very first episodes, very interesting plots. But the 5th one is definetely the best!! He was young, spontaneos, and vulnerable, and I think that's what made him unique. x3

... heh... celery. <3

The others were all good, each in his own way, but Tom Baker was certainly the best and will probably always be the best for me.

So far Christopher Eccleston is my favourite Doctor. His incarnation of teh Doc was the first one that I was familiar with.

I really need to purchase some of the older episodes on DVD, so I can see what the previous Doctors were like.

I do like David Tennant's Doctor, but he's more than a little self-obsessed, and shouts far too much.

Jon Pertwee has always been my favorite. And no matter how sext David Tennant is, he is still only my second favorite |D

I actually found McGann's Doctor rather irritating. I'm not entirely certain why but something about him just bugged me.