New Who?

A special episode of Doctor Who Confidential was broadcast yesterday to announce the actor who has been cast as the eleventh Doctor. Ever since David Tennant announced that he would be leaving the role after the specials there has been great speculation as to who would be cast as the Next Doctor (actually the speculation had begun way before then, but it began to intensify then). I’m not sure the announcement deserved a whole programme, but it was an excuse to look back at the old Doctors, and that’s never a bad thing.

So now everyone seems to be asking what I think of Matt Smith as the new Doctor. I’ll give the same reply to everyone – I’ll wait until I see what he does with the character on screen before I make any judgements. It’s what I’ve done with all the previous incarnations, even if I have had some misgivings when I’ve heard who’s been cast (Invariably it’s turned out well). What I can say is that from what I’ve seen of him in other television work he’s a good actor and I trust the decision of Steven Moffat and team that he is the right man for the Doctor.

My only tiny problem is how young he is – the actor playing the Doctor can’t possibly be younger than me!