It's a bit skewed for me, because growing up in the US meant that the Doctor we were seeing at any given moment wasn't necessarily the current one. When I was 12, Davison had just taken the role, but you were just as likely to see Tom Baker or Jon Pertwee episodes on North Carolina Public Television, which aired it.
For one brief shining moment, we had DW on 12 times a week. Every weekday at 5:30pm, they'd run a Hartnell/Troughton era ep, at 11pm weeknights we got a Pertwee ep, Saturday afternoon at 2pm they'd run an entire TBaker serial, and on Sunday afternoon we got an entire Davison serial. Those were the days. (They eventually pulled the 5:30p slot, after complaints from parents that it was "too scary". It's lead-in was Mister Rodger's Neighbourhood. I kid you not.)
Troughton has always been my favourite Doctor, for reasons that are difficult to explain as I've seen only a handful of his episodes, thanks to the BBC purge. He captivated me in "The Three Doctors", and I loved a lot of his stories when I read the novelizations. Matt Smith's take on the part reminds me a bit of Troughton in some very positive ways.
I actually met Patrick Troughton the day before he passed away. We sat and chatted for about a half-hour, just the two of us. He was a kind, charming man, and I was broken hearted when I heard the news the next morning.
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Date: 2010-05-25 04:47 pm (UTC)For one brief shining moment, we had DW on 12 times a week. Every weekday at 5:30pm, they'd run a Hartnell/Troughton era ep, at 11pm weeknights we got a Pertwee ep, Saturday afternoon at 2pm they'd run an entire TBaker serial, and on Sunday afternoon we got an entire Davison serial. Those were the days. (They eventually pulled the 5:30p slot, after complaints from parents that it was "too scary". It's lead-in was Mister Rodger's Neighbourhood. I kid you not.)
Troughton has always been my favourite Doctor, for reasons that are difficult to explain as I've seen only a handful of his episodes, thanks to the BBC purge. He captivated me in "The Three Doctors", and I loved a lot of his stories when I read the novelizations. Matt Smith's take on the part reminds me a bit of Troughton in some very positive ways.
I actually met Patrick Troughton the day before he passed away. We sat and chatted for about a half-hour, just the two of us. He was a kind, charming man, and I was broken hearted when I heard the news the next morning.