Apparently, I am Tom Baker. I had guessed I’d be David Tennant, but thinking on it carefully, Baker’s a closer fit to who I am; Tennant (at least up until the last episode, feh) was who — I mean, Who — I wanted to be.
Which Doctor Who are you?
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January 24th, 2010 at 11:05 am
I’m David Tennant.
Whee!
It’s cool to know you also like Doctor Who.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Whoa! I’m the 9th doctor; aka Christopher Eccleston, which I find rather comforting for some reason.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Hey, turns out I’m Eccleston also, which works for me…
January 24th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Funny; I thought I’d be Tom Baker but I turned out to be David Tennant.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Haw! I too am a Tom Baker.
Cool!
GAry 7
January 24th, 2010 at 11:23 am
I am, apparently, Tom Baker as well. I like Baker, but I’d rather be Christopher Eccleston.
Ah, but I can just take the test several times until I get the results I want– just like science! *SMACK*
January 24th, 2010 at 11:24 am
I am delighted that I am Eccleston. I don’t know exactly why, though.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:25 am
You are the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)
Personally I thought I would have come up as Peter Davison. Probably based on his character from All Creatures Great and Small rather than his Doctor Who role, which I have never seen.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Apparently I’m Sylvester McCoy. Well, Red Kangs are best, so that does make a kind of sense.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:34 am
I’m the 5th Doctor (Peter Davison). Not the least bit surprised by that.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:44 am
I think I’m growing into William Hartnell — crusty, obdurate and a curmudgeon.
However, I think I’d most like to be Patrick Troughton, who was edgy, sometimes whimsical but brilliant.
However, as far as the doctor with the best sidekick, that has to be Tom Baker — I had a major crush on Leela back in the time (damn that Dawkins guy!!)
January 24th, 2010 at 11:45 am
I took that test ages ago on Facebook (also the 4th doctor). I was hoping to get a tip of the sonic screwdriver for that, instead Ivan hogs the attention… It’s that restraining order, isn’t it?
January 24th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Sylvester McCoy
I’m only really familiar with Tom Baker
January 24th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
I’m apparently Eccleston as well. I think that fits, actually.
January 24th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
number 9… number 9… number 9… number 9…
January 24th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Eccleston here as well.
January 24th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Woot! I am Tom Baker too. I do rather like sweets and long scarves so I guess I’m not surprised!
January 24th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I’m David Tennant. I could have sworn I was Tom Baker.
January 24th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Tom Baker for me. Baker’s the first Who I saw and has been my favorite, although Tennant gave him a run.
I recall a truism floating around that said the first Dr. Who you see is usually the one you like best. Something similar to your first word processor (back when you had a lot more choices in UIs). My small sample experience (~10 people) is that it’s mostly true.
January 24th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
(I am) the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison)
A largely serious person, you have your fair share of doubts and insecurities, but you’re an extremely loyal and selfless friend.
I’m cool with that… but Jon Perwee’s who — again, Who — I’d want to be.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
I’m Tom Baker also. I’m not surprised, as he is my favorite Doctor.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Tom Baker was likely the best of all the Dr. Who’s…that’s not something to snuff at. I am too the 4th doctor…
…now I wonder which Doctor would be most into odd and funky electronic music, anime and World of Warcraft.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
It looks like I’m the third commenter here who is the seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy).
January 24th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Also the tenth Doctor (David Tennant).
I agree with druid labs @19, your favourite is usually the one you see first.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
You are the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)
Your sharp, irreverent humour both amuses and exasperates people. You’ve got a roving eye and keen mind – you’re definitely going places…
Irreverent humour!?!?! ME?!?!?! Nooooooooooooooooo.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I’m Tom Baker too. He’s always been my favorite Who.
Here’s an example of how I corrupted my children’s minds. When my son was eight, he found my longish scarf and put it on then came to me and said “Look dad. I’m Doctor Who!”
January 24th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I don’t know about any of you, but I was subconsciously answering the questions so as NOT to end up Colin Baker. I could have handled the coat, but Mel as a companion? Just. No.
I was Nine, which, as someone said earlier, was comforting somehow. I do have a fondness for Five and would have been quite happy with that as well.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I was wondering if I could be my First Doctor (John Pertwee), but:
You are the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)
Your sharp, irreverent humour both amuses and exasperates people. You’ve got a roving eye and keen mind – you’re definitely going places…
You are the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)
Your sharp, irreverent humour both amuses and exasperates people. You’ve got a roving eye and keen mind – you’re definitely going places…
I think it was the ‘dressing casual’ that blew the Pertwee for me….
J/P=?
(Oh, wow… what if I were Matt Smith?!)
January 24th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I also got the Tenth Doctor, who interestingly enough I know nothing about. I’m well versed enough in 8 of the other 9 (I’m still not convinced that Paul McGann is canon), but I wind up with the unknown. I think I’d have liked to be 5 or 7, although 4 is my favorite.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
@11: You’re thinking of Romana II, not Leela.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
The website believes I’m the 10th doctor. Fooled it, didn’t I.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
You are the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston)
I’d have much preferred to be Jon Pertwee – I’ve never watched the newer series. As others mentioned it was probably the dressing casual part ..
January 24th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
You are the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)
Your sharp, irreverent humour both amuses and exasperates people. You’ve got a roving eye and keen mind – you’re definitely going places…
Awesome!
January 24th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I’m the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), who admittedly is my favourite doctor so far.
Going to be interesting to see where they go with Matt Smith – I might have to take the test again in a season or so…
January 24th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Matched #7, Sylvestor McCoy.
You’re a dark horse aren’t you? Highly intelligent, you love to cook up a scheme and you’re not inclined to keep your friends in the loop – you’re a bit of a loner.
Sounds about right.
Tom Baker was the first doctor I saw and the one I enjoyed the most
January 24th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I’m the 9th Doctor. Seems like a few on here are too.
January 24th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison. And that’s precisely who I thought I was, as he is one of my favourite actors as well as one of my favourite Doctors.
January 24th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
You never forget your first Doctor: John Pertwee, classy, smart, and professorial in certain circumstances.
Romana is one of my favourite companions though.
January 24th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Tennant, although I am slowly starting to look more and more like the first Doctor (who was also the first I saw). Grrrrrrrr
January 24th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I’m the first Doctor, hmm.
“That is the dematerialising control, and that over yonder is the horizontal hold; up there is the scanner, those are the doors, and that is a chair with a panda on it. Sheer poetry, dear boy. Now please stop bothering me.”
January 24th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Gah, and I had just managed to stop saying “Allons-y” in public. *sigh* Now if only I can find an Alonso. Marry him I will!
January 24th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
apparently im Sylvester McCoy i was at first dissapointed i wanted to be tom baker but then i realized i got this answer based (loosely im not treating it scientifically) on my personality and i like my personality so mr baker your my fav no more
ill have to root out Sylvester McCoy’s series as ive never seen them
January 24th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Ditto, also a Sylvester McCoy, who’s never seem those episodes. Sounds cool, tho – they had Daleks again. Ace looks pretty interesting, too!
January 24th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Cute, I am apparently Christopher Eccleston, still a “Chris.”
Though on the question of who I would want as a traveling companion, as a woman I was not so keen on bringing along another woman. Also, since I have red hair, I don’t see that as a criteria for traveling either. It reminded me of my attempt to get a Navy ROTC scholarship in the 1970s during my last year of high school (being a military brat I was heavily encouraged*, and the military academies were still all male). I had to take a personality exam, and on it were a series of questions of types of people I like. I actually said I really like lifeguards, athletic men, and other attractive hunky men. I think that was a way for them to filter out guys who liked guys… except I am a raving heterosexual woman. I did not get the scholarship. Out of the over 10000 NROTC scholarships given that year, only 15 were to women — can we wonder why? It is obvious women were mostly classified as gay men!
I apparently am Christopher Eccleston because I use humor when I am in trouble.
Now an aside: my daughter is presently finishing up a major 10th grade Language Arts project. It is about Shakespeare’s influence on the English language, with references to cultural influence. She has included a reference to the Dr. Who episode where Dr. Who and Martha Jones run into him at the Globe Theatre ( and also Disney’s “Lion King” because it is based “Hamlet”).
* I actually looked at the various ROTC programs when I was in college. They wanted me to take extra credits, but were evasive about the chances of getting a scholarship. Most of my brother’s education was paid by an ROTC scholarship. After a Christmas dinner I had a retired Army Colonel (my grandfather), a retired Army Lt. Colonel (my dad) and an active Army Captain (my brother) grill me on why I had decided not to continue to pursue a military career! During my last year of college I took a tour of the AWACS plane, and went to multiple pizza parties all paid for by the Air Force because now they wanted me (they need engineer officers). I said no.
January 24th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Eccleston.
But just like Davison was Tenant’s favourite, Tom Baker was mine. So I can still *like* Baker while *Being* Eccleston.
I think.
January 24th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
I am Fred Jones the 16th Doctor. Damn things really got weird on the show when he was the doctor.
Have I ever mentioned that I am still mad even after all these years that Felicia Day was not the first female Doctor?
January 24th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
I surprisingly got the 10th Doctor…I know there were a couple of questions I answered that I thought would skew it towards some of the others.
January 24th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
I am the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) with a nice leather jacket.
January 24th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
I’m Christopher Eccleston, my favourite’s Tom Baker and, just to belie the truism, the first Doctor Who I saw was the first Doctor Who. Yes I’m that old; and I had nephews & nieces who used to hide behind the couch when the Daleks were on!
January 24th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
and here i thought i would be Eccleston, i turn out to be Tennet
January 24th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Well, I’m apparently the 7th Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. That’s a bit surprising to me, as the first Doctor I ever started watching was Tom Baker (#4), and then Peter Davidson. After the Peter Davidson era, I stopped really paying attention to Doctor Who, and so I am not as familiar with any of the late-middle-generation Doctors, until the series reboot with Christopher Ecclestone (#9).
On another note, it would be interesting to see if anybody gets the 8th Doctor, Paul McGann. He was only the Doctor for 1 episode, not enough time to get a real read on his personality, I guess.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Apparently I’m Chris Eccleston. The unstated subtext is that I also only stick at something for a year for fear of being typecast, which frankly is also rather accurate.
January 24th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Fifth Doctor here. I would have guessed 7th, would love to be the 10th, but it was the 5th.
January 25th, 2010 at 12:03 am
I thought I’d be Tom Baker but I turned out to be David Tennant.
January 25th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Looking for Doctor Who advice, and I’m guessing I came to the right place.
The family and I are working our way through the episodes starting with Eccleston. We’re up to Tenant traveling around with Donna Noble (season 4, according to Netflix). We don’t get BBC America, so I’ve been trying to avoid the spoilers for episodes we won’t get to see until I can get my hands on a TARDIS.
I noticed that Netflix has a sprinkling of the older shows. Should we try to watch all of those, and if so, can anyone steer me to a list of the order in which we should get them?
January 25th, 2010 at 1:00 am
You are the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston)
You use humour to cover up your true feelings – you’ve been hurt in the past. You are a caring person and bring out the best in people.
I guess that sorta describes me. I was hoping for David Tennant though.
January 25th, 2010 at 1:03 am
I’m David Tennant (which I didn’t expect).
January 25th, 2010 at 1:04 am
For Brian Robinson at #11, correction time; Richard Dawkins married Lalla Ward, who played the second, blonde-haired regeneration of Romana, and who was breifly married to Tom Baker. Leela, the knife-weilding, sometimes-psychic “savage”, was played by Louise Jameson.
Oh, and I’m the Ninth doctor, apparently. FANTASTIC!
January 25th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Apparently, I am the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy)
A dark horse aren’t you? Highly intelligent, I love to cook up a scheme and I’m not inclined to keep my friends in the loop – I am a bit of a loner.
January 25th, 2010 at 1:21 am
What happened in the last episode to change your mind?
January 25th, 2010 at 2:49 am
David Tennant I be….. whoop!!!!
“Your sharp, irreverent humour both amuses and exasperates people. You’ve got a roving eye and keen mind – you’re definitely going places…”
January 25th, 2010 at 4:10 am
Also,
CHECK THIS OUT!
January 25th, 2010 at 5:06 am
The site said I am the Master?! I must have done it wrong.
January 25th, 2010 at 5:52 am
I’m whichever doctor I want to be. That’s the beauty of being a Time Lord.
January 25th, 2010 at 6:18 am
I am David Tennant… YES!
I think Tennant’s the best Doctor up to now. I had loved Tom Baker and Sylvester McCoy previously, but Tennant’s performance has been exceptional.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:01 am
The quiz doesn’t appear for me on that site… (Using Safari)
January 25th, 2010 at 8:07 am
64: Me neither, for either Firefox or IE. Bummer!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I don’t know WHO I’d hope to be- I hope not Colin Baker.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Darn it, ain’t working for me either!
Hate it when that happens.
January 25th, 2010 at 9:00 am
A google search reveals other tests.
Taking various ones, I’ve ranked as either the 1rst Doctor or the 3rd Doctor.
January 25th, 2010 at 9:36 am
67: Same here. I’ll just say Eccleston anyway.
January 25th, 2010 at 9:46 am
It just had to be… I’m Patrick Troughton, Doctor number 2. I knew it…
January 25th, 2010 at 10:50 am
David Tennant, which is unsurprising for some reason.
January 25th, 2010 at 11:10 am
OK. It works now. (On IE) I’m not completely surprised that I’m The Seventh Doctor. (I liked Ace. “Pfessa!”)
January 25th, 2010 at 11:11 am
@30 — Dan, no I do mean Leela.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leela_%28Doctor_Who%29
January 25th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Apparently, I am Tom Baker, whom I’ve never seen. (So far I’ve only seen the most recent series with Eccleston-Tennant.)
January 25th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Considering that I don’t actually follow Doctor Who (though I’ve been meaning too- primarily because Phil seems to think it’s teh awesome) I’m actually pretty sure my results are accurate and untainted by any desire to push myself into one direction or another.
I’m apparently Sylvester McCoy.
I do hope that when I do get around to watching it (I like to start from the very beginning and follow through to the end when it comes to TV-series) , he’ll be one of the more awesome ones, I sense David Tennant is the popular one, though.
January 26th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Chemist, Sylvester McCoy was really good, and he is one of my favorites. But, after having watched episodes with all 10 Doctors, I really think Tennant’s Doctor to be the best one.
I am so sorry to see him leave the role. I don’t know if Matt Smith can beat David Tennant, but I am hoping that he will at least be a good Doctor.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:47 am
I got Tennant. Something about which I am very happy. But I always saw myself as a bit more like McCoy.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:04 am
@76 it is currently Imposable to watch all Dr Who episodes due to a policy(in the 60′s &70′s) of the BBC to wipe or junk old shows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes
but they do keep finding missing episodes
so hope lives
edit to add i am Tom Baker
January 26th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
@58: Matt, thank you! I have been damning Dawkins all this time without need! Go Richard!!!
But it was Leela/Louise I was referring to. My apologies to Lalla/Romana.
January 27th, 2010 at 3:29 am
@79: Davros, The BBC was not the only TV station to re-write tapes; a number of stations around the world have done the same, losing various shows they had produced and broadcasted. Not just junk shows, but a lot of good ones too.