Totally disagree about Tom Baker. Best. Doctor. Ever. (For me, at any rate.) I loved how alien he was, and how strange. The Philip Hinchcliffe era was masterful - a golden era as far as I'm concerned. Pyramids of Mars, The Talons of Weng Chiang, Genesis of the Daleks, The Deadly Assassin, The Seeds of Doom, Terror of the Zygons, The Robots of Death, The Brain of Morbius... So many classics. Plus Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Wonderful.

My second favourite Doctor would be Jon Pertwee. Some amazing stories there too: Spearhead from Space, Inferno, The Daemons, The Green Death, etc.

I don't have a problem with the Doctor being young. I think Matt Smith is like an old man in a young man's body. As for the Doctor and romance, well... It works in limited and unusual circumstances. I think the Rose thing worked (even if the tear-jerking finale was essentially a variation on the ending of His Dark Materials). And the story when he became human was amazing. River Song? I'm more agnostic on that one. But on the whole, it is better for any romance to be between companions, not the Doctor (eg Rory and Amy).

I do love Peter Capaldi too. ("She cares, so I don't have to" is what my wife tells me I am like in relation to her. Hahahaha!) Female Doctor? It could work, but it certainly didn't work last time.