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.
 

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[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Who did Harry Lloyd play?

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

He played Baines/"Son of Mine" in Human Nature/Family of Blood, which, granted, was a big part. But very impressive, IMO, and I usually am not all that impressed with young actors. I've seen him in a few other things, and he's a good chameleon for someone his age (I think he's 23!). Plus, he has both quietness and power, which I think would be an excellent contrast to Ten and great foil for someone who could be seen as "young". I did a quick Google search for pictures, and I think he can shift the way he looks by an expression or tilt of the head very well. With longer hair and less crazy, I don't think he'd have been as obvious "Hey, it's that guy!" as Paterson Joseph would have been.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

It says I need a password to view that album. But I know who you mean. He creeped me out desperately. But I saw him in the interview in confidential and he just looked so normal so I can see what you mean.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

Photobucket evidently default locks a folder. Great. Now I know! Anyway, I've now made a password "baines" - I'm just curious to see if it works!

Creeping people out, I think, should be a power that the Doctor has. I was most impressed by two things — one, that he had such presence, because boys/men that age usually don't. The other was his body awareness, how much he was able to change his body language to differentiate between the two characters. Strangely enough, the last really young actor (although he was 27, it was his first major role) to make me sit up and notice about those two things was Christopher Eccleston in Let Him Have It. That bodes well for him, I think!

I've just been catching up on e-mail and saw your flooding. Wow. So glad you got out. Has it gone down now?

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it worked and he doesn't look like the same person in any of them. I mean, you can tell if you look really closely, but he is definitely a real chameleon.

Yeah, the flooding has gone down, in our area at least. There are a few places in the county that are still inundated with water. People are living on the second floors of their houses and getting around by inflatable rafts and row boats in one of the communities. Our main highway is still closed due to a major mudslide, but fortunately I can get up and down the mountain okay by using the South Pass. We're home now. Or at least my daughter and I are. My son is staying with his grandmother until tomorrow.