That was a wonderful birthday present for McGann! That seven minutes was better then the whole TV Movie!

I like the fact he had to choose fighting in the Time War and it goes a long way to explain why Hurt ISN'T the Doctor, the 9th incarnation of the man usually known as the Doctor but an anomaly in his life line. Apparently there might be another story called "The Last Day" or something like that, that is starting to gain rumours of being Hurts regeneration into Eccleston.

I want to bump Paul McGann up now purely because of that.

Words can not be used to express how much I enjoyed that.

Now time for some science.

So, anyone else going to give ideas for the top 10s et all?

I think that is an over statement to be honest. Doctor Who fans got excited about it but I can't see any random person exploding with happiness. I think the general audience would prefer a Paternoster Gang spin off to a Paul McGann one. Though I wouldn't say no to a special 60 minute episode one Easter with Peter Capaldi and Paul McGann.

Certainly they possibly could, and in a way seeing some fans reacting to the CiN clip I hope they do and I hope in a way that McGann goes down in some fans opinions because some people online are being very childish about a 2 minute clip and a 7 minute minisode with a man who has been playing the Doctor (albeit in audio form) for 12 years. It is hardly "stepping back in after 1996".

I liked the minisode as much as the next person but I'm starting to think some people need a reality check.

I think its ridiculous. He didn't really "act" much in the 7 minutes he was on stage, just people projecting their opinion on something. If you like one Doctor no matter how long or short anything is it'll always tick your boxes, and even if it didn't you wouldn't let it show. Some of the pointless "this is the best Who since 1996" or "they should make a movie just of him" crap is childish, pathetic and viewing something with rose tinted glasses.

I like McGann, I am the one that didn't REALLY mind the TV Movie, but I'm not about to sit here and make out that THAT was better acted then everything Eccleston, Tennant or Smith have done since '05. Give him a whole series and he'll have hits and misses and it WON'T all be down to directors or writers, it'll be McGann like every actor having an off episode. And so bloody what?

And I'm starting to really lose my temper with the amount of people that seemingly forget the subtle little moments that Matt has had, most recently once or twice in Name of the Doctor but which starts all the way back in his first series and carried on. Yes his Christmas specials have been whacky and crazy, I like that about them though as they felt Christmassy. He off sets his serious moments with slapstick humour. I'd take that over McGann being smarmy and "dark" any day of the week. The joke about 4 minutes wasn't "dark humour" it was a line that was sneered out, Matt could have done it just as well the whole 7 minutes, in fact he has done moments like that.

And my biggest ABSOLUTE hate for that minisode was the David Tennant 101 of screaming. Over the top. Matt and Eccleston would have done that bit better (Tennant would have done the space craft bit better.)

Having said all that without the rose tinted "McGann is a special creature that can do no wrong" glasses on I ENJOYED it and think it was great and happy we got to see him regenerate and would love a two Doctors styled story with Capaldi in his second series. I don't want a special series just for McGann his time has come and gone and I don't think just because no we think he's a great actor he should get a second chance when its impossible for Colin Baker or Sylvester McCoy to get a second chance. You get one and McGann was lucky to get a bit extra that seems will make him an internet legend.

Well I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news on this site but he isn't the second coming of anything and he isn't better then the wonderful Doctor we have now, whether or not I like half the stories he's been in is another matter. Matt Smith does not deserve some of the crap he is getting from "fans" who would have praised McGann just for sitting there sneering for 7 minutes (he did it for about 4 that was bad enough.)

That is pretty much is how I feel, I don't see the whole point in people having to bemoan other Doctors or try to belittle one Doctor over the other.

I'm a big Matt fan and the whole "he can't do serious" thing annoys me BECAUSE the fact he doesn't get enough real serious and dark moments in his series annoys me so much. He is SUCH a good actor and a brilliant Doctor and he would have been AWESOME in that 7 minute minisode...... Not that he ever would have been seeing it was McGann regenerating .

I'd never wish less of any Doctor on anyone, I put up with Tennant till the bitter end knowing that others loved him, I'd give anything for every Doctor to get even 7 minutes because I'm now facing the end of one of my Doctors and he hasn't got half enough episodes to my liking. To others he has too many so there you go opinions and all that! 

Now back to discussing the minisode .