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Has matt exceeded anyone else expectations? I was really underwhelmed when he was announced as the new doctor on confidential. He'd not done all that much before and just looked way too young. He is one of the best doctor who's in the whole of its history now I shall be sad to see him depart from the role whenever that may be.
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I love how current actors can get in former doctors personalities when needed. Mark of a great actor.
He delivered massively in The Eleventh Hour and needed no further assurance that he would be a great Doctor. Biggest kudos from me comes for his ability to really switch between different emotions and moods in the blink of an eye and make it believable.
He is also excellent in his roles outside DW. I'm sure he has a shining future.
Matt is amazing.
Obviously no such worries.
I can't put my finger on it, but he seems to be even more "Doctorish" this series than ever. Only two episodes in so far, I know. And, no, I can't describe "Doctorish". Good job these telly making people can show us it.
You are not alone in your opinion!:D
The way Matt delivers some of his lines makes a shiver run down my spine. The one you quoted, and also when he was taliing to River in that episode "Trust you? Really?" Scary!!
At other times I find I have a big grin on my face, just seeing him on the screen!
There's that moment in The Big Bang when he's saying '...the bluest blue...' where he honestly turns into the First Doctor. Then when he's off talking with Jo in the SJA it's clear that the Third Doctor is somewhere 'in there'. Then there's the Second and Sixth Doctor moments, Fourth and Fifth....... They're all bloody in there, and not in a forced way as in Castrovalva. They're not imitations.
He will, at some point, move on to other - and arguably greater - things, but in the meantime, we're lucky to have him.
I'm seeing One and Two coming through particularly strongly this series so far.
Matt is excellent in the role, and although a lot of people thought he had big boots to fill when he replaced Tennant, I think that when Matt hangs up his bow tie, the next person to take on the role REALLY has thier work cut out for him (or her ) self...
Check out the SJA episodes that Matt is in. 11th Doctor written by RTD. "Death of the Doctor," parts 1 and 2.
I'd say from the beginning of The Eleventh Hour myself.
His scene at the end of TEOT felt a little forced to me and I was surprised to find out afterwards that this was filmed later than much of S5.
He is my favourite new era Doctor so far though, the Fifth being "MY" Doctor as it were.
Yes - agreed. There's a depth to his portrayal which has slowly eclipsed all my previously 'favourite' incarnations...
He is, sublimely, the sum of all his pasts...
I'm a bit of a natural pessimist so I worry what will happen to the series when they both move on. I don't think any of the other show writers have staked a decent claim on being the next show runner yet.
Maybe Toby Whitehouse? I quite enjoyed the God Complex. Otherwise I agree, a lot of the stories in the last couple of years have been excellent but all the best ones IMHO have been written by Moffat - The Eleventh Hour, The Angels two-parter, The Pandorica Opens/Big Bang, The Opening Silence two-parter, Let's Kill Hitler, The Wedding of River Song and Asylum have for me all been amazing and none of the other episodes in the last 7 years can match them apart from the Library two-parter (ah another Moffat) and Doomsday. (Before anyone starts I'm not looking to spark another RTD Moff debate merely stating my favourite eps)
I cant put my finger on it but he had a certain friendly magical charm during that first year who used to show warmth and joy with a glint in his eyes.
I suppose when i look back on the old days,each doctor has changed radically during their tenures.
There's the bit at the start of The Beast Below when he's in the Tardis explaining what Starship Great Britain is to Amy and he puts the tips of his fingers together just like Troughton. Like you say, it was totally unforced, but there for those who would recognize it. I knew then that he was going to be wonderful