The TVM was pretty bad but no worse than Rose (the episode not the character).
The Eighth Doctor was just as good as the the Ninth (you just have to listen to any of his Big Finish stories to get how a better story could have carried that persona a fair distance) with the added benefit of being played by an actor who had already been through the fan thing and would be so prickly as to avoid a major anniversary episode because the show is a bit silly but take on a minor role in a comic book movie.
He could have worn his current new look garb :
and have done all the same survivor guilt stuff the Eccethump did and not be the George Lazenby of Who.