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Matt Smith is the new doctor — the eleventh.

Quick, name the other ten! (William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, and David Tennant).

He’ll need to be good to live up to the lineage. Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker are often quoted as the classic doctors (and they’re certainly the ones I grew up watching) but I actually thing David Tennant is my favorite. He’s been an excellent doctor.