And the best Dr Who is...

[beagle]

There *might* be a special prize of immortality, courtesy of Rassilon, for the first correct answer.

Justifications expected, little credit is given for incomplete answers.
If you can remember all of them you're probably a Time Lord too.

[Swatopluk]

Why again is Peter Cushing left out?

[beagle]

That's the spirit. We can have lots of discussions about which are canonical and not.

I've added him, but there are loads more possibilities if you include spin-off films, books, magazines and audio tapes.

[Griffin NoName]

Like these:

Edmund Warwick  Television The Chase Episodes 4 (Journey into Terror) and 5 (The Death of Doctor Who) June 12, 1965 and June 19, 1965 Robot First Doctor [1]
Trevor Martin Stage Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday December 16, 1974 to January 1975 The Fourth Doctor (shown on stage to be regenerated from the Jon Pertwee Third Doctor)
Adrian Gibbs Television Logopolis February 28, 1981 to March 21, 1981 The Watcher (said to be a manifestation of the Doctor bridging his fourth and fifth incarnations; he merges with the Fourth Doctor as he regenerates into the Fifth Doctor)
Richard Hurndall  Television The Five Doctors November 23, 1983 The First Doctor (standing in for the late William Hartnell)
Michael Jayston  Television The Trial of a Time Lord September 6 to December 6, 1986 The Valeyard (said to be a evil version of the Doctor, existing somewhere between his twelfth and final incarnations) Audio He Jests at Scars... September 2003 The Valeyard
David Banks  Stage Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure April 29, 1989 The Doctor (understudy for Jon Pertwee; performed as the Doctor for two performances when Pertwee fell ill)
Rowan Atkinson  Television Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death March 12, 1999 The Ninth Doctor (spoof version... modelled on the style of the then-current Paul McGann's Doctor)
Richard E. Grant  Television Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death March 12, 1999 The Tenth Doctor (spoof version)   Webcast Scream of the Shalka November 13 to December 18, 2003 The unofficial Ninth Doctor
Jim Broadbent  Television Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death March 12, 1999 The Eleventh Doctor (spoof version) [2]
Hugh Grant  Television Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death March 12, 1999 The Twelfth Doctor (spoof version)
Joanna Lumley  Television Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death March 12, 1999 The Thirteenth Doctor (spoof version)
Mark Gatiss  Television The Web of Caves November 13, 1999 The Doctor (spoof version)
Geoffrey Bayldon  Audio Auld Mortality May 2003 Alternative Doctor (possibly first)
  Audio A Storm of Angels January 2005 Alternative Doctor (possibly first)
David Warner  Audio Sympathy for the Devil June 2003 Alternative Doctor (possibly third)
  Audio The Dark Palace 2006 Alternative Doctor (possibly third)
David Collings  Audio Full Fathom Five August 2003 Alternative Doctor
Ian Brooker  Audio Full Fathom Five August 2003 Alternative Doctor (uncredited)
Derek Jacobi Audio Deadline September 2003 A possibly delusional writer who believes he is the Doctor
Nicholas Briggs  Audio Exile September 2003 The previous incarnation of Arabella Weir's Doctor (possibly second) [3]
Arabella Weir  Audio Exile September 2003 Alternative Doctor (possibly third)
Jon Culshaw  Audio The Kingmaker April 2006 The Fourth Doctor [4]

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Rowan Atkinson? I'd love to see that!

[beagle]

Only been going a few hours and already Griffin is established as a leading contender for the prestigious "Anorak d'Or" award for detailed knowledge of Dr. Who trivia.

[Griffin NoName]

should be in the citizens test

[anthrobabe]

Griffin-- I am humbled at your knowledge of Dr Who


I'm currently working through Tom Bakker via NetFlix-- he is the Dr.Who moat familiar to me so I voted for him.

I know- I can hear the hisssessss--- many do not like him at all, like I said I am most familiar with him so when I think Dr.Who, his is the face that pops in first.

Each of them-- and I admit- I haven't seen all yet( possibly all at least once or twice)--- anyway each of then naturally brings something unique to their interpretation of the Doctor, so as time goes on I am still looking forward to finding a new favorite episode and new favorite "doctor".

Now here is one--- who is your favorite Dr.Who sidekick?
Mine is and will always be K-9(John Leeson and one other fellow I can't remember)
I've liked some of the human/alien(as in not from earth ie: Romana etc) sidekicks-- but K-9 is my favorite.

[beagle]

should be in the citizens test

Use of wikipedia? 

Troughton was my favourite, I liked the way he used to wind up the brigadier; followed by Davison, Pertwee, Tennant, Baker,.

K9 is one of my favourite side-kicks too. Jo Grant was another favourite from when the assistants were still in the pre-feminist dizzy rather than feisty blonde stage. She was fun (as evidenced by that famous picture with a dalek).  Teagan and Rose/Martha were/are good too, IMHO.

Bonus question, which assistant actually died (screen, not real life).

[Griffin NoName]

should be in the citizens test

Use of wikipedia? 

That too

I used to be a great fan of K9 until our three year old adopted him as an imaginary friend - we spent a year having him accompany us everywhere and forever having to wait for him to catch up with us - panics when lift doors closed before he'd followed us out etc. 27 years later and I can still feel the intense irritation K9 could produce when loaded down with heavy shopping and people everywhere and standing desperately talking to blank air telling it to get a move on.

[anthrobabe]

Oh the joys of parenting these little Homo sapiens
(did yours ever have a ______ so filthy that you felt it was a biological hazard but didn't dare take it away?)
My youngest did- a tiny bear-- she eventually traded it in-- on the current boyfriend- I'm just kidding- he's a good kid and I'm happy with him so far.

exterminate online here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/games/

I think the very first Dr.Who I ever saw was the Genesis of the Daleks ones

[Griffin NoName]

(did yours ever have a ______ so filthy that you felt it was a biological hazard but didn't dare take it away?)

No! That was me. Would take me months getting it smelling just right, then she'd wash it. Never did learn she'd always win. Explains a lot about my adult? behaviour.

[anthrobabe]

Me too.
it does explain some things

[Sibling Lambicus the Toluous]

My personal favourite is Tom Baker, but that may be because he was the first Doctor I watched as a kid.  I think I still watch the show with the mindset that he's the "real" Doctor and the rest are "replacements".

[Sibling Chatty]

::hangs head::

Never watched Dr. Who. Never had control of TV when it was shown, never HAD a TV when not living with someone else.

Forgive my ignorance, please.

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.