I love all the actors who have played the character, it the writers and the production teams that have been the cause of any hiccups.

Thanks to Big Finish the least popular Doctors and their companions have been given their chance to shine (who would think Bonnie Langford could act?).

The Kingmaker and Spare Parts really give Peter the chance to stretch himself.

Colin (possibly the best audio Doctor) and Sylvester have really grown and we can see (or rather hear) how good Paul could have been.

I love Tom (he was my Doctor) but he could go too far sometimes (it was the role he was born to play).

Pertwee injected dramatic heroism into the role and it's hard to remember how associated he was before with zany comedy until he got the part.

The problem with Troughton is that most of his best stories are lost.

Hartnell is great when he was allowed to go to extremes of lightness (The Romans is a real hoot) or darkness (he is really creepy in The Pilot, something they should have kept up).

Tennant has been asked to do some really stupid scenes and the whole Rose love angle was a big mistake but in something like Midnight or Human Nature he has shown he could really pull out the stops without resorting to the usual push button mockney exuberance.

It would have been nice to see more of Eccleston but he did seem to be hitting one note most of the time (once again down to the often silly material he has to work with).