Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt Smith
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View Poll Results: Best doctor?
William Hartnell 1 0.48% Patrick Troughton 1 0.48% Jon Pertwee 2 0.96% Tom Baker 9 4.33% Peter Davison 0 0% Colin Baker 0 0% Sylvester McCoy 3 1.44% Christopher Eccleston 16 7.69% David Tennant 142 68.27% Matt Smith 34 16.35%
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Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithI know right, Children of Earth wasn't great. But I enjoyed Miracle Day(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. -
Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithI think I am slightly biased towards disliking Children of Earth because they killed Ianto *cries* I have never got over that XD(Original post by Cephalus)
I know right, Children of Earth wasn't great. But I enjoyed Miracle Day
We should really have a Torchwood thread. -
Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithI cried for hours when Ianto died! I never expected it!(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 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!
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Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithOoh, 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.(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. -
Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithSuit and trainers together are cool.(Original post by Flibble22)
I think Tennant will be regarded as the quintessential Doctor for many years to come. Suit and trainers guys, come on -
Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithAbsolutely. One day I'm gonna do the same thing just to shock the established order of things(Original post by Norton1)
Suit and trainers together are cool.
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Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithI 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.(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.
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. -
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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Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithThat'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.(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. -
Re: Doctor Who: David Tennant vs Matt SmithTo be fair, Love and Monsters was arguably the worst-received episode of New Who.(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.
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.


To be honest, I couldn't call it between the two of them, they're too different.