Doctor Who: 10 Reasons Christopher Eccleston Is The Best Doctor
While the endless story possibilities of travelling through time and space are what gives Doctor Who its universal appeal, it's the Doctor's ability of regeneration that has given the show its historical longevity. Other shows can replace characters or shift focus, but only Doctor Who can keep the same character going for fifty years through the eleven actors who played him and each brought a different side to the character. There are certain truths that ring out through Doctor Who fandom. Yes, Tom Baker may be the definitive Doctor. Yes, you will always hold the first person you watch it in high regard (Peter Davison for me), but when it comes down to the nitty gritty, wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff and the greatest Doctor of them all must be chosen, one man stands tall amongst all others. That man is Christopher Eccleston and this is why...