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Wow, I cannot put into words how much I disagree with this list. Troughton is easily top three; he's the originator of Sylvester McCoy's schemer. Troughton isn't the star, but that's the point. He lurks behind the scenes, making himself look like a cosmic silly imp, figuring out everything that's going on in the meantime while nobody thinks anything of him but taking down the bad guys at the end.

And Hartnell might have originated the role, but Troughton is the actual first Doctor, in the way the character of the Doctor is defined; "There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things which act against everything that we believe in. They must be fought!" Hartnell was an explorer who just wanted to look around the universe. Troughton is the first to take up the mantle of a hero.