Well, you might've heard, the new Doctor Who to follow David Tennant has been announced: Matt Smith.
Yes, he's a virtual unknown, but then, so were most Doctors when they were cast, especially out here in the North American steppes. At 26, he's the youngest to ever play the Doctor, and here I thought they were going to step away from Tennant's boyishness and go for someone older. But I shouldn't be surprised, since Steven Moffatt's episodes have tended to be quite romantic and relationshipy. A more fatherly Doctor wasn't really in the cards.
I'm up for it though. Smith shares his last name with the Doctor already, and besides has an interesting face. Here's the extended interview from Doctor Who Confidential:
And with Moffatt at the helm, the writing should be especially good. I don't know what Smith brought to the audition, but it was in line with what Moffatt wants to do. I trust because I love.
Truth be told, the only thing I've ever seen Matt Smith in before is his appearance in Billie Piper's erotic comedy Secret Diary of a Call Girl and he's not really what I was looking at. Speaking of which, for some truly awful coverage of this story, check out the News of the World, who lead with "New Time Lord has already bedded Tardis babe Billie". So yeah, he's already better than Tennant if you look at it like that.
So what do you think of the 11th Doctor's potential?
Yes, he's a virtual unknown, but then, so were most Doctors when they were cast, especially out here in the North American steppes. At 26, he's the youngest to ever play the Doctor, and here I thought they were going to step away from Tennant's boyishness and go for someone older. But I shouldn't be surprised, since Steven Moffatt's episodes have tended to be quite romantic and relationshipy. A more fatherly Doctor wasn't really in the cards.I'm up for it though. Smith shares his last name with the Doctor already, and besides has an interesting face. Here's the extended interview from Doctor Who Confidential:
And with Moffatt at the helm, the writing should be especially good. I don't know what Smith brought to the audition, but it was in line with what Moffatt wants to do. I trust because I love.
Truth be told, the only thing I've ever seen Matt Smith in before is his appearance in Billie Piper's erotic comedy Secret Diary of a Call Girl and he's not really what I was looking at. Speaking of which, for some truly awful coverage of this story, check out the News of the World, who lead with "New Time Lord has already bedded Tardis babe Billie". So yeah, he's already better than Tennant if you look at it like that.
So what do you think of the 11th Doctor's potential?
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Also, I think Tennant's made us all a bit comfortable with a chummy Doctor. I hope we get a bit of oddness about the new one.
I mean really people.
But, I'm going to trust and wait. There really is no telling, is there?
Personally, I don't know Smith well enough..actually, I don't recall ever seeing him in action, so I can't say how good he will be. I'm just glad Russel T.'s leaving. Maybe we'll get a non-Rose companion that lasts for more than a season, and a season arc ending that doesn't make the Doctor into White Guardian Lite. I do give him credit for bringing Who back, but I'm not sure of the directions he went at times.
I guess it goes with the idea that every Doctor is SOMEone's Doctor, and they get very territorial about it. I'm what I would call a pure fan, that is to say that I'm a fan of the format which can - nay, MUST - feature a change of Doctors (and of production approaches) every once in a while.
My excitement at upcoming changes should thus not be seen as an indictment of the past 4 years. A story has been told, that's all, and it's now time to move on to the next.
I guess it's a symptom of our age of facelifts, paper white teeth and fake boobs.
I saw Matt Smith in a Victorian crime drama that starred ... wait for it ... Billie Piper. Seems like his ascension to Who status was somewhat pre-determined judging by the Rose factor.
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