... is Matt Smith, who will take over from the current Doctor, David Tennant, in late 2009. Here is an extended interview with Matt Smith from BBC One's "Doctor Who Confidential: The Eleventh Doctor."
XXXL hat tip to Anthony Taylor. Thanks, Anthony!
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Sunday, January 04, 2009
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I'm hoping Smith will bring back some of The Doctor's lovable arrogance (Eccleston did this exceptionally well) which has been missing with Tennant.
I like David Tennant but his characterization became way too somber.
Larry, Doctor Who-ness is in the eye of the beholder. I always thought that Eccleston was too grim, so go figure!
Tennant always could make me laugh, and get excited about what would happen next -- often both at the same time (and helped by the bombastic Murray Gold music). For instance, at the link below, at 1:42 minutes in, when he responds to cries of "Doctor!" with a "Who? Me?" and smiles and races off screen.
http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2008/11/video-doctor-who-christmas-special-2008.html
No Rose, No Doctor for me!
If Doctor Who is to have a Flock Of Seagulls hair, Matt Smith is the man to give it to us.
I'm reserving judgement until we actually see him as the Doctor of course, but I think they might lose a few hundred (thousand) of the forty year olds who watch and preach the gospel of the Who.
Time, as it does in all things Whovian, will tell...
Personally I would have loved an elderly, excentric chap being the new Doctor - someone Pertwee-like. But then, let's wait and see what the Smith-Timelord will be like.
Yeah, I thought that Moffat wanted someone older, crankier. Well, if the stories are fun (and I hope they are), I'll tune in.
Aren't they running out of regenerations?
Gee whiz, Brian, I hadn't thought of that.
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