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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-07-17 06:31 pm

[ SECRET POST #2753 ]


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(Anonymous) 2014-07-18 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know if 'universally' is correct: he just held the role consecutively far longer than anyone else, so a lot of the classic Who fans tend to think of him as THE Doctor, by which they mean their first Doctor.

A lot -most?- Who fans admit that their Doctor is the very first actor they saw in the role (I admit it's my case, for instance). As the longest Who tenure, he therefore tends to be very highly rated, but I don't think it's an objective rating.

I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that his stories were any better or the actor necessarily better or more suited to the role which resulted in greater love from the fans. I think it's just that he incarnated the Doctor for so long - during years where Doctor Who was an active show I mean.

To illustrate further: 9 is MY Doctor and not just because Eccleston is a great actor, but also because he was the Doctor in the first episodes I watched. It's a bias I have grown aware of. But how many fans who did not see him first agree with me? None that I know of, though it would make an interesting statistical study, IMO.