Actor Matt Smith Will Be 11th Doctor Who 330
Jerry Smith was among a large number of readers letting us know that the 11th Doctor Who has been named. It's Matt Smith, 26, who will be the youngest actor to play the time-traveling Doctor. The head of drama at BBC Wales said this about Smith's audition: "It was abundantly clear that he had that 'Doctor-ness' about him. You are either the Doctor or you are not."
Re:Matt Smith (Score:2, Informative)
IMDB link (Score:5, Informative)
Since it wasn't included in the summary and searching for "Matt Smith" brings up page after page of listings on IMDB, here's the profile of the actor in question [imdb.com].
It looks like he hasn't done much in his career so far, and (other than one episode of Secret Diary of a Call Girl) I don't see anything that American audiences would be familiar with there.
Re:interesting choice (Score:4, Informative)
I hope its not just so doctor who can become yet another 'only beautiful people allowed' show.
I'm guessing you haven't seen a photo of him - striking features, perhaps even with a touch of 'alien', but definitely not 'beautiful people' material
I will be sorry to see Tennant go, but then I thought Eccleston would be hard to follow. The only thing I've seen Matt Smith in is the BBC adaption of Philip Pullman's 'Ruby in the Smoke' - Nothing in that performance looked very 'Doctory', but neither did Tennant in Casanova, so we'll just have to wait and see...
Re:Hmmm getting close to the 12 regenerations limi (Score:2, Informative)
Re:12 Regenerations? (Score:5, Informative)
The Master was given an extra set of regenerations by the Time Lords for... something. The Sisterhood of Karn had the secret to true immortality, but the Time Lords rejected it because they realised that immortality lead to a static society. Without the Time Lord rules against it being enforced, there's nothing stopping The Doctor from regenerating more than 12 times. There is a lot of evidence in the series that the limit of 12 was artificial - to encourage Time Lords to savour their lives and then move on to make way for a new generations.
Allowing infinite regenerations could easily be done without breaking continuity, but it would destroy the show by making the Doctor's death totally meaningless. There are lots of ways of extending the number of regenerations too. It is implied several times that regeneration is something that only happens to Time Lords who are joined with time capsules. The TARDIS is presumably not connected to the Eye of Harmony (the black hole contained on Galifrey) anymore, so the amount of energy it can provide for regeneration might be more or less than normal.
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Re:interesting choice (Score:2, Informative)
Clearly in the new incarnation, Dr. Who is falling dangerous close to the romantic dramedy formula. For some reason we are now given a tortured Doctor. Not sure why.
Steven Moffat, who was responsible for writing the best Doctor Who episodes of the new series (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead) is taking over the show starting with the 2010 season, and thus the 11th Doctor.
Re:Hmmm getting close to the 12 regenerations limi (Score:2, Informative)
Try the youtube video instead.. (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhmWRjo7gKI [youtube.com]
It comes with sound of voice, facial gestures, gesticulation etc.
Hair is still annoying though, head still looks way too big for the body, and he appears way too young for the role.
It somehow just ain't right for the Docta to be younger than yours truly.
Now I know how Frank Miller felt when he realized that he was older than Batman.
But at least the guy still has his own nose.
If he was an Hollywood actor, half of it would be gone by now, and he would look even less like someone who treats bodies like I do jackets.
Re:Waiting (Score:5, Informative)
Nonetheless, there is an overall trend to younger doctors. Correlation of age with order of appearance: r=-0.7, with each doctor an average of 2 years younger than the last. (p-value: 0.01)
Without Matt Smith, that goes down to r=-0.6, and 1.7 years younger. (p-value: 0.04)
Thanks for the data!
Re:Waiting (Score:1, Informative)
Then have you seen 'the secret diary of a callgirl' with billie piper? it's basically porn
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Re:Waiting (Score:1, Informative)
LOL ..
But to be precise.. They are actually grown.
"The Loom or Looms is a genetic weaving construction created by Rassilon following the Pythia's curse of sterility on Gallifrey."
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Loom
Stephen Moffat (Score:4, Informative)
Good point.
There was a special episode of "Dr Who Confidential" last night, just to announce the new Doctor, and it had interviews with RTD, Stephen Moffat and Matt Smith.
Stephen Moffat said that he started auditions determined to cast an older Doctor this time, but that it soon became overwhelmingly apparent that Matt Smith was the one for the role. Something about being able to handle the dramatic bits and the quirky mercurial aspects, and being able to switch between them fairly easily.
They had a couple of clips from Smith's earlier roles; not much to judge by, but I think I can see what he's getting at.
It's going to be interesting to see how he handles the role
Re:Waiting (Score:1, Informative)
Rose porn... that would be Secret Diary of a Call Girl [imdb.com]