Oh, you can jolly well believe that I voted. For Dr. Who of course (in his Tom Baker incarnation I hope).
Marty Mcfly indeed. Pffft.
I didn’t see Leela anywhere though, it was Romana.
[sub]And you are aware that she was, of course, the best of his many sidekicks, right?[/sub]
Which, Leela or Romana? (And by Romana I assume you mean the second one.)
Interesting question. Marty was more street-smart than actually smart - all he had to do was follow Doc Brown’s instructions. And the good Doctor was a terrible student, as the first Romana never tired of reminding him.
Well, I was (and am) delighted to vote, but I wonder how seriously we should really take any poll in which we’re being asked to vote for “Doctor Who” instead of “The Doctor.” Clearly, the folks who put that thing together are total boobs who need to get a life.
That entire grudge match is bogus. I like the Doctor just fine, I’m a big fan of the Back to the Future movies, and any anthropomorphic bespectacled dog is a-ok in my book, but none of these people are particularly good time travellers. Sure, they can drop in on any historic/future event they care to participate in, but once there, they all fall victim to lazy linear thinking. None of them have any real grasp of how to move freely in the fourth dimension. Surrounded by Daleks? Instead of running around like a bushy-headed ninny, merely activate that sonic dislocator you hid in the steam vents next/last week, before/after you got trapped by the evil pepper mills. Better yet, go back to when the ship was being designed and have them install more staircases.
Or, say you need to go back and help the colonists win the American revolution, but they’re having trouble because the Redcoats are wearing sunglasses and the rebels can’t see the whites of their eyes. Instead of some cockamanie plan to get around that, just grab Washington and a couple of other generals, drop 'em off at West Point circa 2000 AD, and give 'em a good education in modern tactics and a complete run-down of every troop movement, ambush, tacitcal preparation, and supply route the British plan to use for the next twenty years. Tell 'em to keep an eye on the damned Hessians, while their at it, and watch out for when they start calling themselves “Germans.”
I’m not even going to get started on Marty MacFly. He’s not a time traveller, he’s just some high school kid who took a wrong turn at the half-century and almost scored with his mom. Forget him, he’s not a professional like these other guys.
No, the true Masters of Time and Space, the Supreme Chronomancers, the Most Excellent Time Travelling Dudes, are none other than Bill and Ted. These guys could think loops around the other three contenders. Plus, they ended war, famine, poverty, and all forms of human misery and un-coolness. Beat that, Doctor Who.