'huge, queer and tawdry' but 'much admired by the public'

I can see why the general public didn't really get into him; he came after Tom Baker, who'd got progressively more larger-than-life as his reign went on, and in comparison Davison's subtler, more uncertain Doctor must have seemed a little wet, especially given he spent much of his first story being carried around in a box. I like him - but then, I like both Die Hard and Metropolitan, while acknowledging that if you segue from one straight into the other, you are likely to alienate a lot of viewers and not necessarily pick up the new ones you want.