David Tennant Voted Best Ever Doctor (Again), Jodie Whittaker in Close Second
Reportedly, more than 50,000 people voted the Tenth Doctor actor ahead of his nearest challenger Jodie Whittaker, by just 95 votes.
The pair each received 21% of votes, with Tennant selected by 10,518 people compared to Whittaker’s 10,423.
Peter Capaldi came third in the poll with 8,897 votes (18%). Matt Smith attracted 7,637 votes (16%) placing him fourth, while Tom Baker was fifth with 3,977 (8%).
Peter Davison came bottom with just 351 votes (1%).
The full results:
- 1. David Tennant 10,518 / 21%
- 2. Jodie Whittaker 10,423 / 21%
- 3. Peter Capaldi 8,897 / 18%
- 4. Matt Smith 7,637 / 16%
- 5. Tom Baker 3,977 / 8%
- 6. William Hartnell 1,983 / 4%
- 7. Paul McGann 1,427 / 3%
- 8. Christopher Eccleston 1,144 / 2%
- 9. Jon Pertwee 1,038 / 2%
- 10. Patrick Troughton 915 / 2%
- 11. Sylvester McCoy 462 / 1%
- 12. Colin Baker 359 / 1%
- 13. Peter Davison 351 / 1%
The results will no doubt raise some eyebrows. Not for David Tennant winning (as that is never a surprise), but Jodie Whittaker coming so close to knocking him off the top. By contrast DWTV’s own best Doctor poll of 2019, which had over 100,000 votes, saw Whittaker place last.
