i agree with the comments on matt smith. it could be his age (28-29) and experience (about 7 years if you include his theatre work) but Peter Davidson (5th doctor) was 30 with about 7 or 8 years of experience... though i didn't like Davidson's Doctor very much. -shrug- The attitude they gave the Doctor for Tennants run he pulled off nicely, he made it believable, something about the way he played the Doctor made me believe he would eff up my day if I crossed him, but Smith is too... silly, dont think that is the right word to describe what i have in my head. Just take the first episode of Smith and watch the end, they try to tie his Doctor to Tennants with the 'Dont cross me' attitude but it just doesnt work because they veer from that in so many episodes (the Dalek episode,and the final episodes)
Also talking about mediocrity, is anyone looking forward to Torchwood US? I read that and threw up a little in my mouth... the last time the US touched Doctor Who we got the 2 hour swill that is Paul McGann's Doctor... now Starrs has not made anything bad... yet, but I don't personally think the US should touch Doctor Who ever again and leave it in the hands of the British where it belongs.
2) I have watched from the beginning up though the Fox movie (shudder) and into the new Doctors and you cant really skip much because the original run gives you so much on UNIT, the companions and why they are important, the reoccuring villians (Daleks, Cybermen, The Master etc).
3) Tom Baker is the best Doctor. Followed by Tennant. We should all forget McGann ever played the Doctor (even if it was for only 2 hours and subsequent radio and books events).
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i agree with the comments on matt smith. it could be his age (28-29) and experience (about 7 years if you include his theatre work) but Peter Davidson (5th doctor) was 30 with about 7 or 8 years of experience... though i didn't like Davidson's Doctor very much. -shrug- The attitude they gave the Doctor for Tennants run he pulled off nicely, he made it believable, something about the way he played the Doctor made me believe he would eff up my day if I crossed him, but Smith is too... silly, dont think that is the right word to describe what i have in my head. Just take the first episode of Smith and watch the end, they try to tie his Doctor to Tennants with the 'Dont cross me' attitude but it just doesnt work because they veer from that in so many episodes (the Dalek episode,and the final episodes)
Also talking about mediocrity, is anyone looking forward to Torchwood US? I read that and threw up a little in my mouth... the last time the US touched Doctor Who we got the 2 hour swill that is Paul McGann's Doctor... now Starrs has not made anything bad... yet, but I don't personally think the US should touch Doctor Who ever again and leave it in the hands of the British where it belongs.
1) It's written Doctor Who not Dr. Who.
2) I have watched from the beginning up though the Fox movie (shudder) and into the new Doctors and you cant really skip much because the original run gives you so much on UNIT, the companions and why they are important, the reoccuring villians (Daleks, Cybermen, The Master etc).
3) Tom Baker is the best Doctor. Followed by Tennant. We should all forget McGann ever played the Doctor (even if it was for only 2 hours and subsequent radio and books events).