Random New Doctor Thoughts

[amberfocus]

All I can say is that at least it looks like the Doctor will still have great hair, at least if they cut off that mullety thing on the back of his head.

Okay, that's not all I can say.  I can also wonder what they're going to do with such a young Doctor.  I'm hoping we get away from the whole sex symbol thing because I really don't want to see the Doctor shagging his way across the universe and you just know that with SM in charge of things that could be a real possibility.  Yes, I know it's a children's show.  I'm just not sure sometimes that SM knows it's a children's show.

Wonder if they'll still go the River Song route now?  Certainly they'd have to cast a much younger actress in the role.

Least there's a good shot now that any companion he has it won't look quite so much like he's robbing the cradle.  Not that that wasn't fun with Nine/Rose and Ten/Rose, but still...

Also, Matt Smith...brings new meaning to the quote, "There should always be a Smith on the TARDIS."

Okay, yeah, shutting up now.
 

Comments

[txoktober.livejournal.com]

OMG, he's a baby. I foresee a lot of situations where The Doctor is not taken seriously because of his apparent physical age...If not, then SM is kidding himself.

I will give the kid a chance, but I really want to see his, 'I am so old, you cannot imagine all that I've seen' look that DT and CE were able to touch my soul with.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Very young, yes. I think there will be a lot of age situations too. Probably too many. *sighs*

[shadowchsr79.livejournal.com]

I know nobody's posted here for a while but I wanted to comment on the age thing a bit. Matt Smith may be the youngest actor to be the doctor but there was one actor younger than David to take up that mantel. Peter Davidson was only 29 when he played the doctor, a mere three years older than Matt when he donned his cricket outfit with celery on the lapel and he did the role well for his time in the Tardis and he had to follow Tom Baker who until Tennant was the most popular doctor of the time.

Considering that Amy is engaged to be married, I don't think there will be any romance between her in the doctor, at least I hope not. Maybe the new hubby can join them later on as an intergalactic honeymoon. And in the previews I saw, I saw flashes of the actress who played River Song. I don't know if she's reprising her role or not. Though when she talks about the doctor's age she talks about his eyes, not his physical form. Who's to say when he's gonna meet River in her own personal time line after all. We first met her at the end of her life.