That reminds me, I have to watch the most recent Special, I only caught the tail end of it because I had to go to the Bathroom.
Regarding Jodie Whittaker, I have mixed feelings about her first Season. While I like Jodie Whittaker and the main cast, there's something about the show that kind of doesn't land with me.
The most clear example I can cite (and the only one that actively stuck out to me) was the cartoonishly over-the-top "*******" nature of the American Hotel Manager (whose name I don't care to remember or look up) in the Spider episode, That's not even getting into the fact that the writer of that episode apparently thinks a slow, painful death from asphyxiation is a preferable way to go out than a mercy kill.
I guess that's true. Tom Baker
is the one that everyone remembers, though he
did have the longest tenure by far. Peter Davison had a tough act to follow, some (like David Tennant
) would say he did so quite well.
Speaking of other Doctors that you didn't list; among older fans, Colin Baker is considered the worst Doctor of the original set; of course, that's mostly because of the writing. The Sixth Doctor has apparently become one of the most popular among the people who read/listen to the Expanded Universe (i.e. the Novels and Audio Books), when actually given good stories, it turns out he fares quite well, funny that...
There's also the matter of what went on behind the scenes with Colin Baker, the show-runner apparently didn't like him, and was also
sleeping with his wife. It's no wonder he didn't come back for the regeneration scene into Sylvester McCoy (it was after a hiatus).
Sylvester McCoy is another unpopular one (my Dad doesn't like him much, he always, and I mean
always, talks about him in a negative light when reminiscing about old Doctor Who), from what I've heard, his run got increasingly dark (and well written) as the series progressed, but by the end of his seasons, it was too little, too late, and the show was cancelled.
...Of course, it probably would have gotten cancelled regardless, Michael Grade, the Controller of the BBC at the time, absolutely hated the show.
Finally; apparently, Paul McGann is apparently a pretty popular Doctor, his Novels/Audio Books being the main (if not sole) reason for said popularity (almost exactly like Colin Baker's Doctor), the short that he got during the 50th Anniversary actually gave a shout-out to his companions from those stories.