Anyone not give MS a chance?
OhWhenTheSaints
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C'mon own up. Who didn't/hasn't even bothered giving Matt Smith a chance?
Was talking to my Auntie earlier and she said after DT left she didn't bother watching it. Got me thinking, who here stopped watching because DT left?
Poor Matt Smith...I really like him
Was talking to my Auntie earlier and she said after DT left she didn't bother watching it. Got me thinking, who here stopped watching because DT left?
Poor Matt Smith...I really like him
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Much as I loved DT's Doctor, and it was him that introduced me to Doctor Who and all it's delights, I would never stop watching the show just because my favourite actor left.
And a good job too, Matt Smith is just delightful in the role and the best thing about the new series in my opinion.:D
Mind, as I said before, I took a shine to him from the moment I saw his hands in the Confidential where his casting was announced....
Don't think there is any need for the OP to feel sorry for him, he has proved very popular in the role, especially within fandom (On GB a large poll recently saw him voted the best new series Doctor by quite a wide margin.)
If you love the show then you keep watching, but many passers by who were alerted to Who via DT will inevitably not see the appeal once their favourite has gone. I just hate to think of people missing out on Matt's genius performance as Doctor.
All that really happens is that a few people leave, but there will be others that take their place. I doubt that that many people really watched it purely because of DT, after all his recent non-DW series didn't rate anything like as well as DW did. Thats not a slight, btw, just making the point that I think people tend to overstate how much of the shows success was purely down to DT, after all CE was the one who launched the show and made it a success......
'Course. I totally agree with you.
Yup, there's this too no doubt. It's easy to overstate either point of view, especially on the forums.
What was it about his hands that you liked so much?
they seemed so......Doctorish and expressive, and they sort of almost seem to have a life of their own....:D
glad I did, 'cos I *loves* him
three days to goooooooooooooooooo!!
I see what you mean.
I agree with Muttley: as soon as I saw MS interviewed on Confidential, I KNEW he would be the Doctor to a tee.
Fezzes are :cool:
sorry that should have said "relaunched the show."
I find it difficult to see how anyone could resist the charms of Matt's Doctor once they have actually seen him. (Or Rory
Me personally it was always a case of watch first and judge afterwards, unlike many who moaned and groaned about his casting without seeing him in the role first. I'm glad he's overcome the Tennant factor and I think his Doctor is miles better than Tennant's and he's right up there as one of my favourite Doctor's.
Despite my misgivings about Series 5, he was the best thing about it and in The Lodger he gave his funniest performance of the entire 13 episodes.
Anyway back OT, I'm glad I gave MS a chance as he plays the Doctor how I think he should be. He has shown the Doctor as being a complex character and has balanced the light and dark sides very well. I am looking forward to seeing how MS develops and where he goes with his Doctor
You're so right! There are a lot of fickle fly by night 'fans' out there, it seems. They don't know what they're missing, poor fools.
Same here.
I think it's so weird to hear people say DT was the best Doctor ever. I don't even think he's the best Doctor this century. That's personal taste, I spose ...
I don't think he's even the third best Doctor this century. I'd say that was Eccleston, just after Matt Smith and Richard E Grant.