David Tennant is leaving Dr. Who.
I don't watch the show, but my condolences to all of you.
David Tennant was a great doctor. I can't imagine a new doctor...Christopher Eccleston was good too, but he didn't stay long enough for us to think "THIS is The Doctor! He is the timelord who saves us all the time!"
Maybe Hugh Laurie should be the new doctor? Hahaha that would be awesome.
David Tennant and Catherine Tate in a
different setting for a Comic Relief segment.
(A question, since we don't have Tate's work over here in the US so much ... is this a familiar character for her?)
BBC is supposed to announce the new doctor today. Has anyone heard anything?
I take it back. It just came out. Who the hell is Matt Smith?
My thoughts exactly.
He's younger than me. I can't fathom The Doctor being younger than me. I realize that it was bound to happen because, you know, people age. But he seems so young to play The Doctor, IMO.
He seems a bit too trendy. Like having Pete Wentz (that's someone isn't it?) as the Doctor. Ick.
He's younger than me. I can't fathom The Doctor being younger than me.
Welcome to my world.
I think most folks like the Doctor Who they grew up with. Mine was the utterly awesome Tom Baker and then Peter Davison. They were delightful, as are the current ones. I never think I'll like them, but most all have done a great job. This Smith guy has an interesting look about him. Apparently he was in Ruby in the Smoke which I think I saw, but don't recall. *Will go find me some cocoa and a comfy chair.*
Apparently he was in Ruby in the Smoke which I think I saw, but don't recall. *Will go find me some cocoa and a comfy chair.*
Okay, I think I remember him in that. He was pretty good, kind of cocky, but helping out Billie Piper's character when I wasn't paying attention to the other stuff I was doing when I was watching (namely, reading HHoW and talking on the phone).
Kind of an interesting choice, but when you figure that Tennant's energy needs to be followed by either a drastic change (eg: back to something like One) or something to reflect that energy (eg: going to something like what we're being told Eleven will be), then it kind of makes sense.
I am however wondering what Moffat will be doing though. Uncle Rusty was to some extent, a force for change. We had Jack, a 51st century omnisexual, the Doctor not necessarily being straight, the Doctor being able to fall in love, developments after the Time War, etc... to the point where many fans really did see him as Sparking Tinkerbell Jebus and/or Uncle Rusty's Marty Sue rather than the character that had been developed over the course of 45 years at the Beeb. Is Moffat going to continue to use DW as a force for some social change, or will it go back more to its traditional roots of interesting story telling and a format for educating the youth of Britain?
Otherwise... he's younger than me. And doesn't have much in the line of eyebrows.
I think most folks like the Doctor Who they grew up with. Mine was the utterly awesome Tom Baker and then Peter Davison.
Okay, I think I'm still younger than you, but going back and looking at Classic Who, those two rock!
Like having Pete Wentz (that's someone isn't it?) as the Doctor.
Does that make Bronx Mowgli the Tin Dog? ;-)
I'm reserving judgment although I'm more than a bit surprised by the choice.
I still haven't watched the Christmas Special or the Eleventh Doctor Confidential, but once I do, I should be back in my DW headspace and able to be a bit more coherent.
If my math is right, AZ, if you'd been watching Doctor Who growing up yr Doctors would have been Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.
I've tried to wrap my mind around this and I just don't think it's going to work. I don't want an adolescent Doctor. If I want to watch a teen drama I'll watch Degrassi. And I really, really hate his hair.
I've tried to wrap my mind around this and I just don't think it's going to work. I don't want an adolescent Doctor. If I want to watch a teen drama I'll watch Degrassi. And I really, really hate his hair.
He's hardly an adolescent. He's 26 now, and will be at least 27 when he starts appearing as the Doctor by sometime in 2010. (Peter Davison was what, 28 when he started? So it's not that big of a jump.)
But then I'm older than Tennant and Christopher Eccleston, so it's no big thing to me.
It's his look more than his age. I think the Doctor should at least appear to be above passing trends. If he looks different when the series starts, then maybe I'll be OK with it. Right now, he's a haircut. And a bad one at that.
