The first three doctors are gone.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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Tom Scola - Jun 16, 2006 5:49:46 am PDT #9031 of 10001
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Betsy HP - Jun 16, 2006 5:52:15 am PDT #9032 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
And Baker's too old to look at all like the character. The first three started out looking old or at least middle-aged.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 16, 2006 6:04:43 am PDT #9033 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Davison still looks eerily close to the same age though, and McGann was recent enough to look not too advanced in age from the TV movie. (Also, I believe his Doctor went through a couple centuries of untelevised audio adventures, so there's rationale for him to look older.) McCoy's probably on the bubble age-wise. Colin Baker is in about the same shape as Tom Baker, though I don't imagine there's much clamoring for a return of his particular Doctor in any event.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 16, 2006 6:06:45 am PDT #9034 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The first three doctors are gone.
So they did "The 5 Doctors" pretty much the last time they could then.
On a tangent, poor Patrick Troughton. Because of my older sister, who introduced me to WHO during the PBS broadcasts of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Doctors, he will forever be remembered as "The Doctor who looks like Moe from the Three Stooges".
evil jimi - Jun 16, 2006 6:14:27 am PDT #9035 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
So they did "The 5 Doctors" pretty much the last time they could then.
With a lookalike standing in for Hartnell.
Kathy A - Jun 16, 2006 6:25:31 am PDT #9036 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I never watched any of Hartnell's or Troughton's episodes, but I did like Troughton in The Two Doctors, with Colin Baker. The way he turned into a glutton and took on the restaurants of Seville was delightful (although I wish that JN-T could have gotten the funding to go to New Orleans for the episode, like he originally planned).
JenP - Jun 16, 2006 7:17:06 am PDT #9037 of 10001
the depressing news that Scifi's best ratings EVER were for the wrestling that they showed this week
Euch. This is depressing. I mean, I've got nothing against people watching wrestling, but I don't want it to eat up my Sci-fi time. Even my cheesy-ass Mansquito sci-fi time. I'm selfish like that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 16, 2006 9:11:41 am PDT #9038 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
With a lookalike standing in for Hartnell.
Which was an all-time casting coup rivalling that of getting Shelly Duvall to play Olive Oyl in Popeye. Richard Hurndall was so spot-on in his imitation of Hartnell that it seriously spooked Carol Ann Ford, the actress who'd played the Doctor's granddaughter Susan.
Fiona - Jun 16, 2006 9:40:25 am PDT #9039 of 10001
And Baker's too old to look at all like the character.
Both Bakers. Colin got old and fat, Tom just got old.
Seriously, the only three Doctors still able to play the part looking roughly the right ballpark are Eight, Nine and Ten. Of course, it's genius that all the characters live on in the audio plays.
Tom Scola - Jun 16, 2006 9:47:37 am PDT #9040 of 10001
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Oddly, Sylvester McCoy is the same age as Colin Baker.