Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith

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  • View Poll Results: Best doctor?
    William Hartnell
    1 0.48%
    Patrick Troughton
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    Jon Pertwee
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    Tom Baker
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    Peter Davison
    0 0%
    Colin Baker
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    Sylvester McCoy
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    Christopher Eccleston
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    David Tennant
    142 68.27%
    Matt Smith
    34 16.35%

  1. Ambry's Avatar
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    (Original post by Cephalus)
    I absolutely love Torchwood

    Jack Harkness just makes the whole show
    Torchwood fans *cries*

    Torchwood was my freeking life a few years ago, I love it. A shame Children of Earth was so terrible.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    (Original post by Ambry)
    Torchwood fans *cries*

    Torchwood was my freeking life a few years ago, I love it. A shame Children of Earth was so terrible.
    I know right, Children of Earth wasn't great. But I enjoyed Miracle Day
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
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    I know right, Children of Earth wasn't great. But I enjoyed Miracle Day
    I think I am slightly biased towards disliking Children of Earth because they killed Ianto *cries* I have never got over that XD
    We should really have a Torchwood thread.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    Preferred David Tennant.

    The Matt Smith era contains the only episode that's made me change channel - Amy's Choice. Only Midnight came close to that in the RTD/Tennant era.
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    I prefer David tennant but Matt smith has grown on me!

    I just love doctor who


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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    (Original post by Ambry)
    I think I am slightly biased towards disliking Children of Earth because they killed Ianto *cries* I have never got over that XD
    We should really have a Torchwood thread.
    I cried for hours when Ianto died! I never expected it!

    I thought Children of Earth had a really good story line, Miracle Day was too long and I didn't like half of the new characters!

    You should make a Torchwood thread!! <<< I made one about the Characters!
    Last edited by AJCSShp; 03-08-2012 at 14:38.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    I think Tennant will be regarded as the quintessential Doctor for many years to come. Suit and trainers guys, come on
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    Matt Smith is a better Doctor. However, the writing was better when Tennant was Doctor, making the episodes better, in my opinion.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    I feel bad for Matt Smith so I voted for him. :cry2: To be honest, I couldn't call it between the two of them, they're too different.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    (Original post by The Hedonist)
    Matt Smith is a better Doctor. However, the writing was better when Tennant was Doctor, making the episodes better, in my opinion.
    Ooh, you've just clarified my own opinion on the matter, and it's the direct opposite of yours! I think Tennant's Doctor was a slightly stronger and better developed character (maybe just because he did it for such a long time), but the writing and plotlines of the last few series have been the best ever.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
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    I think Tennant will be regarded as the quintessential Doctor for many years to come. Suit and trainers guys, come on
    Suit and trainers together are cool.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
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    Suit and trainers together are cool.
    Absolutely. One day I'm gonna do the same thing just to shock the established order of things :cool:
  13. Prince94's Avatar
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    I honestly preferred Tennant. Him and Billie Piper made for good TV back in the good ol' days
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    (Original post by A Mysterious Lord)
    Preferred David Tennant.

    The Matt Smith era contains the only episode that's made me change channel - Amy's Choice. Only Midnight came close to that in the RTD/Tennant era.
    I may be misunderstanding what you said here, but do you mean Midnight was one of your least favourite episodes? If so, I must strongly disagree. I'm currently re-watching from the start of Eccleston's series, and Midnight has probably been the best episode of the first four series.



    Matt Smith is my favourite of the three newest Doctors, although none have been bad. While Tennant was amazing in the role (and I now prefer him to Eccleston), he feels like a person who happens to be a genius and really good at solving problems, whereas Smith actually seems like an alien who has come to Earth and tried to adapt certain customs.

    It probably helps that I like long and ambitious storylines, which Moffatt has provided, whereas RTD's series were basically just collections of episodes.
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    11 is amazing, quirky, clumsy, brilliant with children and like everyone's best friend. I love him.

    But 10 will ALWAYS be My Doctor. Tennant was superb and I miss his era dearly.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    Maybe part of what's going on here is that most TSRians are around the age where Tennant is the iconic Doctor from the right time in their childhood. Because all the children who are young enough to have started watching Doctor Who when it was Matt Smith would see him as 'their' Doctor. I reckon even if they later watched Tennant episodes they wouldn't be able to shake off the feeling of Smith being theirs, just like we can't shake off the idea of Tennant being 'ours'.
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    David Tennant and Matt Smith are both good doctors; David got the best storylines though. The last series with Matt Smith was too...emotional. I wanted monsters - DALEKS, CYBERMEN, ALIENS!
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    (Original post by Cerdog)
    I may be misunderstanding what you said here, but do you mean Midnight was one of your least favourite episodes? If so, I must strongly disagree. I'm currently re-watching from the start of Eccleston's series, and Midnight has probably been the best episode of the first four series.
    That's exactly what I'm saying. I HATED Midnight, it took me ages to appreciate Blink and I never did warm to Love and Monsters. I know that's highly controversial, especially given one of my favourite episodes of the Matt Smith era is Victory of the Daleks, which had pretty bad reviews.
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    Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
    (Original post by A Mysterious Lord)
    That's exactly what I'm saying. I HATED Midnight, it took me ages to appreciate Blink and I never did warm to Love and Monsters. I know that's highly controversial, especially given one of my favourite episodes of the Matt Smith era is Victory of the Daleks, which had pretty bad reviews.
    To be fair, Love and Monsters was arguably the worst-received episode of New Who.

    Out of curiosity, what do you look for in an episode of Doctor Who? Alternatively, what are other episodes you strongly like or dislike? I ask this because I don't think I've ever spoken to anyone else who disliked Midnight or (especially) Blink, and I'm interested in why you feel differently.
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    By far David remnant I no longer or very early watch doctor who.
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