Re: New Doctor Who announced!

Posted by Wasmith on 2009/1/5 8:19:06

So Matt Smith will be playing John Smith. Somehow appropriate! Of course, only the real Who geek will get that comment...

I'll miss David (my daughter is really bummed out over his leaving) but we have to move on. I think David has done a superb job and in fact I probably agree with his current fan rating as the "best" Doctor ever (although Tom Baker is always a tough act to follow).

Essentially, I think that each of us has a Doctor we think of as "our own". In many cases, it's the first Doctor you remember seeing. For me, the first Doctor I saw was Pertwee, I really liked his earthbound stories. It also helps that Jon and I became friends in the 80's after he had left the role... my wife and I had many fun times with Jon and his wife Inge.

I frankly wish they had chosen an older Doctor this time, otherwise he is becoming Benjamin Button and getting younger all the time. I think the young Doctors invite crushes and the like from the companions, such as the thing with Rose which I think went too far. An older Doctor (more of a fatherly figure) would have been interesting.

Well, time will tell (excuse the pun).