<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Personally, I always had a soft-spot for John Pertwee. I thought in his own way, he was easily as good a Doctor as Tom Baker, his successor. IMO, of course. <br /> Posted by yevaud</DIV></p><p>He was very good -- and the second-longest-running Doctor, with five seasons under his belt.</p><p>For fun, I looked up some stats. I can go into detail on my assumptions for these numbers; a lot of them depend on how you count things. For one thing, I'm assuming Tennant still gets five more stories (the Christmas special plus four next year) because the rumors have been fairly consistent on that point. But bear that in mind when looking at these numbers, because Davies is still in charge in 2009, and like John Nathan Turner before him, he takes a certain delight in messing around with fans' minds. </p><p>Average Doctor lifespan: 3.2 seasons, 20.3 stories, 76.4 episodes</p><p>Ranking by number of seasons: Tom Baker (7), Jon Pertwee (5), David Tennant (4), William Hartnell/Patrick Troughton/Peter Davison/Sylvester McCoy (3), Colin Baker (2), Christopher Eccleston/Paul McGann (1)</p><p>Ranking by number of episodes: Tom Baker (178), William Hartnell (135), Jon Pertwee (128), Patrick Troughton (119), Peter Davison (69), David Tennant (47), Sylvester McCoy (42), Colin Baker (32), Christopher Eccleston (13), Paul McGann (1)</p><p>Ranking by number of stories: Tom Baker (42), David Tennant (33), William Hartnell (29), Jon Pertwee (24), Patrick Troughton (21), Peter Davison (20), Sylvester McCoy (12), Colin Baker (11), Christopher Eccleston (10), Paul McGann (1)</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em> -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>