Dr Who
Some of my friends' children have never heard of David Tennant, let alone Christopher Eccleston. Matt Smith IS the Doctor to them, the ONLY Doctor. Hartnell-McGann? Forget it.

They'll be in for a shock when he regenerates in 2014, but by then they will have found out about previous Doctors, so perhaps not a great a shock as I experienced when Jon Pertwee changed into Tom Baker.

At least I'm not old enough to have seen the very first episode... anyone here who is?
(Dr Skagra glorious glargzhem, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 0:29, 14 replies)

actually the doctor is on his twelvth regenaration which means if he dies then he dies he cannot regenerate. The only reason i know that is because my son loves doctor who
(ASSASIN killed someone Yonks ago, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 0:37, closed)

I was a huge fan as a kid*
In the episode 'The Brain of Morbius', the Doctor and Morbius do some kind of mind-meld challenge which depicts multiple previous regenerations for both of them, which, if considered 'official', means the current Doctor is well past 12 regenerations.

(*still am, honestly, though Tennant never won me over.)
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Sat 9 Jun 2012, 0:00, closed)

For me...
I found Jon Pertwee a bit like a try-hard David Niven, pretty cravat but no substance. And too much like a disciplinarion heamaster. (exact thoughts of a then 8 year old)

Tom Baker will always be Dr. Who for me. Quirky, created a trend of long scarves at my school, and he always had some cute chick sidekick in tow, with no yucky romance bits.

Then when Tristan from All Creatures Great and Small came along with his foppish hair, plummy accent and Etonesque overtones, I sort of drifted away from Dr. Who as I knew it would never be the same.
( Ken Oath, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 4:51, closed)

Sylvester McCoy is "my" Doctor Who,
as that was the point at which it became something I watched, rather than something my dad watched that I also watched.

Well, that and my huge, teenage crush on Sophie Aldred.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 10:57, closed)

I can remember when Dorctor Whos were cast on acting ability
and not good cheekbones.
(ubergeekian, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 8:13, closed)

or similarities to Easter Island statues

( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 10:22, closed)

I saw it...
...thanks for rubbing it in - twat!

;-)

p.s. I thought Patrick Troughton was a very fine Doctor; while Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Silvester McCoy were completely un-fucking-watchable.
(minimalist ..., Fri 8 Jun 2012, 10:59, closed)

Congratulations on being genuinely old.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 11:18, closed)

Technically yes, but I was three months old
I remember Troughton, though
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 13:00, closed)

I am.
Well, not as it was broadcast. But I have seen it, I think.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 14:01, closed)

I saw the first
episode and remember that the Doctor travelled back to the Stone Age where there lived English speaking cavemen and women, most of them familiar faces from sit-coms and comedies.
(bellend Olde Phart, Fri 8 Jun 2012, 18:29, closed)

Yes, I saw the first Dr Who
As I recall it was filmed in a gravel pit.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Fri 8 Jun 2012, 21:44, closed)

Tom Baker
Was my Doctor.
I carried on watching till Bonnie Langford joined the cast at which point i gave it up.
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Tue 12 Jun 2012, 11:25, closed)

Oh no!
I'm now officially ancient. The doctor for me was Patrick Troughton. I vividly recall hiding in terror behind the sofa when he was battling the Ice Warriors and the Abominable Snowmen. I just about remember William Hartnell in the role but he never made the impression on me that the second Doctor did. I just turned 52 so I'm now officially playing with the full deck of cards. It's all jokers from here on in though.
(ianisme, Wed 13 Jun 2012, 4:55, closed)