I had no expectatioins about matt smith, but I've been very impressed with what I've seen so far it's way to early to judge him but if he's half as good as Tom Baker he's going to be a damn good doctor.
Is Matt Smith Already Your Favourite Dr??
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Originally Posted by alponsus:
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I didn't particularly like Tennant's Doctor, and not because he wasn't Eccleston. I think he started off OK, but as with Tom Baker, was allowed to go off the rails by a succession of writers and directors and by an executive directorial team who really should have gotten him to tone it down a bit. The arrogance in the portrayal was very annoying. Smith has already demonstrated that the Doctor is far cleverer, far more skilled and knows more than anyone else on the planet and did so without shouing the fact from the rooftops.”
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I didn't particularly like Tennant's Doctor, and not because he wasn't Eccleston. I think he started off OK, but as with Tom Baker, was allowed to go off the rails by a succession of writers and directors and by an executive directorial team who really should have gotten him to tone it down a bit. The arrogance in the portrayal was very annoying. Smith has already demonstrated that the Doctor is far cleverer, far more skilled and knows more than anyone else on the planet and did so without shouing the fact from the rooftops.”
I am so confused keep reading about how arrogent David Tennant supposedly was and how much better Matt Smith is due to this. Did I see a different show to everyone else Saturday? I saw Matt's doctor be far more cocky about who he was than remember anyone being and was a little shocked.
I enjoyed the programme but did find some of the behaviour will take some getting used to if continues.
Originally Posted by wowboy:
“It feels better without the smugness and cockiness of DT
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“It feels better without the smugness and cockiness of DT
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Originally Posted by lucy-lawless:
“Liked David Tennant but was getting tired of his pantomine approach at times.”
“Liked David Tennant but was getting tired of his pantomine approach at times.”
Originally Posted by MJ333:
“I was never a Tennant fan. Loved his Hamlet but not his Who. Too Dick Van Dyke.”
“I was never a Tennant fan. Loved his Hamlet but not his Who. Too Dick Van Dyke.”
I agree with all of that, and am very happy that Smug Mockney Git Doctor has been consigned to history. I have watched hardly any of his stuff more than once, and am glad that his sobbing, blubbering, snivelling brand of matiness has ended.
Originally Posted by jtnorth:
“I can't understand this thing people have about his looks. We've never had a conventionally handsome Doctor, and I'd argue Smith is the closest we've had. To me as himself he looks like a model - you could put him (in his Doctor outfit) in an advert with D&G or Gucci labels on it and I'd believe you. He has the bone structure, the skinniness and the big hair in his eyes that are just what young leading men look like right now (Patterson, Colin Morgan, Ben Whitshaw, Nicholas Hoult, Christian Cooke - all variations on the same thing). Plus he's got a very expressive face, great smile, and looked lovely, imo, taking his shirt off. He's very attractive, but in that accessible way that's not too 'handsome', that means girls can think they could have a chance if they met him.”
“I can't understand this thing people have about his looks. We've never had a conventionally handsome Doctor, and I'd argue Smith is the closest we've had. To me as himself he looks like a model - you could put him (in his Doctor outfit) in an advert with D&G or Gucci labels on it and I'd believe you. He has the bone structure, the skinniness and the big hair in his eyes that are just what young leading men look like right now (Patterson, Colin Morgan, Ben Whitshaw, Nicholas Hoult, Christian Cooke - all variations on the same thing). Plus he's got a very expressive face, great smile, and looked lovely, imo, taking his shirt off. He's very attractive, but in that accessible way that's not too 'handsome', that means girls can think they could have a chance if they met him.”
I would be very upset if I were to find myself fancying Doctor Who. Ther's something intrinsically wrong about fancying the Doctor, and I was always flummoxed by all those people who were workign themselves into a lather over David Tennant's alleged sexiness.
Matt Smith has the look that is fashionable. A friend of mine is a high school teacher, and said that her students get very excited about thin, pasty people: best exemplified by that Patterson vampire person. Matt is thin, with big hair "and bone structure". I am sure that this has not hindered his career in the past. I can't decide whether or not I fancy him ... which suggests I probably don't. I am very happy with that, for reasons outlined above.
All that Tennant adoration did my bleedin' head in.
David Tenant was brilliant in series 4 of the show, his and Catherine Tate's pairing made for 13 exceptional episodes.
I just LOVE Matt Smith, he brings a new energy to the role and i do really genuinely hope he gets at least five series as the doctor if not more! he can grow into the role, and has really grasped my attention towards the show.
i would love i if Captain Jack meets 11 in a (near) future episode of the series as Moffat introduced the character into NuWho so this would be AMAZING!
also Amy Pond brought some fantastic appeal and i think that she will evolve into an iconic companion like Donna,Jack and Sarah-Jane Smith, she is an exciting character with (again) fresh energy and also a very charmed appeal!
series 5 could be the best yet!
I just LOVE Matt Smith, he brings a new energy to the role and i do really genuinely hope he gets at least five series as the doctor if not more! he can grow into the role, and has really grasped my attention towards the show.
i would love i if Captain Jack meets 11 in a (near) future episode of the series as Moffat introduced the character into NuWho so this would be AMAZING!
also Amy Pond brought some fantastic appeal and i think that she will evolve into an iconic companion like Donna,Jack and Sarah-Jane Smith, she is an exciting character with (again) fresh energy and also a very charmed appeal!
series 5 could be the best yet!
Originally Posted by mickmars:
“As for image and cool....thats the difference between jarvis cocker and liam gallagher...and which one is still filling arenas !”
“As for image and cool....thats the difference between jarvis cocker and liam gallagher...and which one is still filling arenas !”
I have no idea. I've only really heard of one of them (Liam whatsit) and I wasn't aware he was still around. Which one was which?
Originally Posted by Muttley76:
“Matt Smith is probably far and away the coolest guy they have had in the role. Did you not hear him on Radio 1 the other day?”
“Matt Smith is probably far and away the coolest guy they have had in the role. Did you not hear him on Radio 1 the other day?”
I think he's extremely cool
and I have no idea why Tennant had such a huge legion of fangirls and Matt hasn't. I think Matt's much, much better looking than David, but meh, each to their own 
Plus, he's the youngest, which automatically gives him a truckload of cool points. Could any other Doctor have pulled off "Who da man!?" and "Look at you, you sexy thing"?
Ah, I love the Eleventh Doctor.
Like many people i loved DT, he was brilliant
And Mr Matt Smith, well, i also think he is brilliant, can't wait for the rest of the episodes to be shown
And Mr Matt Smith, well, i also think he is brilliant, can't wait for the rest of the episodes to be shown
I couldn't choose between, Jon Pertwee (my first Doctor). Tom Baker and David Tennant. How you can rate Matt Smith on one episode is beyond me. I didn't realise it was a competition. I'm just glad Doctor who is still on tv while many sc-fi shows are getting taken off.
Far too early to make such a decision.
Thus far he's got a long way to go to beat my all time favourite Tom Baker.
Thus far he's got a long way to go to beat my all time favourite Tom Baker.
I really liked Christopher Ecclestone (one of his episodes, The Empty Child, is still my all-time favourite) and I was very doubtful about his replacement by David Tennant, but he quickly won me over. I feel the same way about Matt Smith. All are good actors who do well with the material they're given. For the most part, the material they're given is very good.
Originally Posted by Dr. Linus:
“I think Matt's much, much better looking than David”
“I think Matt's much, much better looking than David”
Agreed
Never ever saw the appeal of Tennant.
Originally Posted by Kapellmeister:
“Agreed
Never ever saw the appeal of Tennant.”
“Agreed
Never ever saw the appeal of Tennant.”
I always subscribed to the Donna Noble view of the 10th Doctor...
DT was fab in the part, but I never once found him attractive.
MS is too young for me to fancy, but he is attractive, in an unconventional way, especially when you see him in person.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions - how awful to find fault with people because they happen to have enjoyed DT as the Doctor and to find him attractive. Equally, how sad to to criticise people for that.
As someone else has said, when did it become a competition?
I honestly feel Matt Smith has a long way to go - if people are enjoying him already then that's good for the show.
It is purely a case of personal preference - we are all different and therefore, like different aspects of different Doctors. I find it really odd, that people can claim they actually hate a Doctor - bizarre.
I'm not wild about Matt Smith yet, but I'm sure, as the series progresses, he will develop as The Doctor and I will grow to like him. The Doctor is The Doctor after all, regardless who plays him.
As someone else has said, when did it become a competition?
I honestly feel Matt Smith has a long way to go - if people are enjoying him already then that's good for the show.
It is purely a case of personal preference - we are all different and therefore, like different aspects of different Doctors. I find it really odd, that people can claim they actually hate a Doctor - bizarre.
I'm not wild about Matt Smith yet, but I'm sure, as the series progresses, he will develop as The Doctor and I will grow to like him. The Doctor is The Doctor after all, regardless who plays him.
I'll be honest I actually expected to like him more than I did. I can't really put my finger on why he hasn't clicked for me yet but i'm sure he will.
DT will always be my Doctor because he was the man when I fell in love with Doctor Who, Ten represents that character to me.
Eccleson - amazing actor still in second place. I truly hope that Matt Smith can over take him or at least join him in second place.
Now Amy Pond I like!
DT will always be my Doctor because he was the man when I fell in love with Doctor Who, Ten represents that character to me.
Eccleson - amazing actor still in second place. I truly hope that Matt Smith can over take him or at least join him in second place.
Now Amy Pond I like!
Originally Posted by BibaNova:
“I couldn't choose between, Jon Pertwee (my first Doctor). Tom Baker and David Tennant. How you can rate Matt Smith on one episode is beyond me. I didn't realise it was a competition. I'm just glad Doctor who is still on tv while many sc-fi shows are getting taken off.”
“I couldn't choose between, Jon Pertwee (my first Doctor). Tom Baker and David Tennant. How you can rate Matt Smith on one episode is beyond me. I didn't realise it was a competition. I'm just glad Doctor who is still on tv while many sc-fi shows are getting taken off.”
If you read my post you'd see I've put him in the top six but not in any one position in that top six. (Apart from the first!)I can tell I like him more than some of the other Doctors but how far up the list he goes depends on the rest of the series!
Originally Posted by Dr. Linus:
“I think he's extremely cool and I have no idea why Tennant had such a huge legion of fangirls and Matt hasn't. I think Matt's much, much better looking than David, but meh, each to their own
Plus, he's the youngest, which automatically gives him a truckload of cool points. Could any other Doctor have pulled off "Who da man!?" and "Look at you, you sexy thing"?
Ah, I love the Eleventh Doctor.”
“I think he's extremely cool
and I have no idea why Tennant had such a huge legion of fangirls and Matt hasn't. I think Matt's much, much better looking than David, but meh, each to their own Plus, he's the youngest, which automatically gives him a truckload of cool points. Could any other Doctor have pulled off "Who da man!?" and "Look at you, you sexy thing"?
Ah, I love the Eleventh Doctor.
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Give it time.....I just had a look at the date of the DT's babies club thread...that was started in 2008....his last year with a full series.....Matt already has a few appreciation threads! And that was before he even had an episode aired! Matt is definitely conventailly better looking than DT....but I find them both very attarctive....mores so due to their quirky looks and personalities....I've always fancied CE as well....so I have been quite lucky!
But that is not the reason I love thier Doctors....or them as actors....I think all three (obviously Matt is still ongoing but so far so excellent) have been excellent. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder....for example I appreciate that Bradd Pitt has handsome features....but I don't find him attractive at all...and his personlaity is seemingly so bland! I could imagine myself getting bored with talking to him...while I feel I cvould have endless conversations with these three...and actually the rest too. Because I think they all have a bit of the mad Doctor inside their brains somewhere!!!
Originally Posted by wowboy:
“I love him so far. I HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
It feels better without the smugness and cockiness of DT”
“I love him so far. I HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
It feels better without the smugness and cockiness of DT
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Me too. But as a middle aged mum it just feels so wrong
I can't believe this thread even exists. One episode is far too little to suddenly say he is your favourite - to be honest you must think all the others are pretty crap to have formed an opinion after just 1 episode...
Personally Tom Baker, followed by Pertwee for me. Then Tennant. Matt Smith? he has had just 1 episode, perhaps after more he might rise up the list, and I look forward to seeing if he can.
Personally Tom Baker, followed by Pertwee for me. Then Tennant. Matt Smith? he has had just 1 episode, perhaps after more he might rise up the list, and I look forward to seeing if he can.
He made a very good start to the new series but we shouldn't really judge if he is better than any other doctor until we have seen a lot more episodes. He has the potental to be the best ever doctor though but that has more to do with Steven Moffat and how well he has written the new series.
I like it when the Doctor acts more alien and is not always sweet and caring.
So far my list probably looks like this:
1. Tom Baker
2. Colin Baker
3. Matt Smith
4. Patrick Troughton
5. Jon Pertwee
6. Sylvester McCoy
7. William Hartnell
8. Peter Davison
9. Christopher Ecclestone
10. David Tennant
11. Paul McGann
And I am very hard to please.
So far my list probably looks like this:
1. Tom Baker
2. Colin Baker
3. Matt Smith
4. Patrick Troughton
5. Jon Pertwee
6. Sylvester McCoy
7. William Hartnell
8. Peter Davison
9. Christopher Ecclestone
10. David Tennant
11. Paul McGann
And I am very hard to please.
still way to early to even think about where Matt fits in, but it was another excellent performance tonight, I must say I am really liking his take on the role, and especially loved the more darker tone his character took at one point this evening.
I would go with
1.Tom Baker
2.Patrick Troughton
3.David Tennant
4. Matt Smith (high placing for 2 episodes but I can see him going higher!)
5.William Hartnell
6.Christopher Ecclestone
7.Paul McGann
8.Sylvester McCoy
9.Peter Davison
10.Jon Petwee
11. Colin Baker
1.Tom Baker
2.Patrick Troughton
3.David Tennant
4. Matt Smith (high placing for 2 episodes but I can see him going higher!)
5.William Hartnell
6.Christopher Ecclestone
7.Paul McGann
8.Sylvester McCoy
9.Peter Davison
10.Jon Petwee
11. Colin Baker
I officially now prefer him to Tennant, Eccleston, McCoy and Colin Baker and Hartnell.
Tom Baker is always 'my Dr' but I would put Matt Smith close to Troughton, Pertwee and Davison. I just like his character, his look, his style and mannerisms, etc.
Well done Moffat for casting an unknown (to most people)
Edit: forgot McGann, but then I don't personally regard him as relevant.
Tom Baker is always 'my Dr' but I would put Matt Smith close to Troughton, Pertwee and Davison. I just like his character, his look, his style and mannerisms, etc.
Well done Moffat for casting an unknown (to most people)
Edit: forgot McGann, but then I don't personally regard him as relevant.
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