Cool, baby, cool

Granted, this is from the perspective of a British audience and presented in a poll by the UK version of TV Guide (I have resisted the “Massive Heroes Spoiler!” link there), but the Radio Times says that David Tennant is the coolest man on television:

1. Doctor Who (David Tennant)
2. Jack Bauer in 24 (Kiefer Sutherland)
3. The Fonz in Happy Days (Henry Winkler)
4. Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth)
5. Cat in Red Dwarf (Danny John-Jules)
6. DCI Gene Hunt in Life On Mars (Philip Glenister)
7. Dermot O’Leary
8. Columbo (Peter Falk)
9. Dylan in The Magic Roundabout
10.Sawyer in Lost (Josh Holloway)

I do have to quibble that Cat is way cooler than The Fonz, but other than that, it’s kinda nice to see the media admit that Doctor Who is cool.

Meanwhile, when I went to look at the Radio Times site and it was down, I took a peek at the Wikipedia article on Radio Times, which led me to this nifty site with vintage Radio Times covers and a page with all of the Doctor Who covers (the show with the most RT covers ever).