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Actor Matt Smith Will Be 11th Doctor Who

Posted by kdawson on from the inheritor-of-the-scarf dept.

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."

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  1. Doctor-ness by hwyhobo · · Score: 0, Troll

    It was abundantly clear that he had that 'Doctor-ness' about him

    He certainly does look weird, in a sickly, pervy way. Perhaps that will translate into an intriguing character, if they intend to write some episodes involving sex with corpses.

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  2. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who gives a fuck... All I care about is Billie Piper... it they replace her again with some charwomen I'll rather watch Andromeda again with the awesome Lexa Doig 3

  3. Re:Female Dr. Who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can timelords regenerate into niggers?

  4. Re:Waiting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Billie Piper is disgusting. Lalla Ward had a slight overbite like Billie Piper, but Lalla didn't wear rediculous amounts of makeup, dye her hair an unconvincing color, wear ill-fitting clothing, and generally play the part of trailer trash. Also, even the Romana character didn't become the focus of the show, and the episodes around that period in the show focused on mind boggling premises and action, not cheezy prime-time soap opera with "sexual tension" and similar garbage that has nothing to do with science fiction or fantasy. John Nathan Turner was a walking perfume shop, but at least there was a 2 to 3 year period at the beginning of his reign when he kept his worst impulses under wraps. I had trouble watching the final seasons of the old series and haven't bothered trying to keep up with the new one for the reasons above. But doctor who isn't the only franchise that's in a bad way. It's hard to think of any example of contemporary television that doesn't seem cheap , trashy, and hopelessly formulaic to me.

  5. Re:Waiting by denzacar · · Score: 0, Troll

    And by the way anyone considering they have cast a pretty boy might want to take a look at the guy. My mom said politely when she said his face has "character". Me I think he looks like the guy in the film "Mask".

    Don't forget that he is a Brit. Different (lower) prettyboy standards.

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  6. Re:Waiting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In a thread about time lords, you ask how it's possible to see the eps before they've been filmed?
    Do you actually know what Doctor Who is about?

    Fuckface.

  7. Re:Female Dr. Who? by ringbarer · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wouldn't that be 'DE-generate'?

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