Doctor Who: Ranking All 13 Doctors From Worst To Best

When he brought Doctor Who back in 2005, head writer Russell T Davies had to modernise both the overall tone of the show, as well as the lead character.

To that end, Christopher Eccleston was an incredibly pally, fun, cool Doctor - an effect his leather jacket helped him achieve - the sort of guy you could imagine having a few pints with down the pub.

From his beaming smile to his frequent wisecracks, he was an absolute pleasure to watch, but due to him suffering from the fallout of the great Time War, he also carried a bubbling hot anger under the surface, which reared its head when he came face-to-face with his oldest foe, the Daleks. It was easy to imagine the Ninth Doctor as that mate you've known for a few years, but he was also an extremely daunting figure when the circumstances called for it.

The success of the 2005 revival was never a sure thing, but it was thanks to Eccleston's more realistic, down-to-earth take on the Doctor (combined with some great writing and music) that it reached as wide an audience as it did.