Buh-bye Matt Smith

[pen_grunt]

So apparently Matt Smith is bowing out of Doctor Who after Christmas.

I did warm to him a bit and I don't mind him (though I still liked the previous two NuWho Doctors better). . . but I kinda can't wait to see who the next Doctor is going to be.

Girl Doctor? Could be interesting.
Ginger Doctor? He always hoped he would be a ginger.
Non-white Doctor? Possible within the laws of regeneration, so why not?

I'd speculate but I can't think of anyone I'd LOVE to see in the role right now. I just hope they don't make the Doctor even younger (or even as young as Matt Smith).

Comments

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I am also pretty okay with this. It is always fun to get a new doctor!

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I love how each doctor is different in substantial ways.

I think it'd be great if they cast Daniel Day-Lewis as the Doctor, if only to see him method-act his way around in public for a year.

[tediousandbrief.livejournal.com]

I think it'd be great if they cast Daniel Day-Lewis as the Doctor, if only to see him method-act his way around in public for a year.

That would be amazing!

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

Youth sells. :-\

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

But it's The Doctor! I'm not certain that youth is necessarily an asset in that case. My brit friends want Stephen Fry. :D

I did hear that after David Tennant they intended to cast someone his age or older, but Matt Smith auditioned so impressively that they changed that direction.

[tediousandbrief.livejournal.com]

I thought I heard he was contracted through 2014, but apparently not.

I'm just kinda warming to him, too.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I'm not familiar enough with the British press to know whether this source is reliable (or how much rampant speculation is reported as news, rather), but it was posted by a Brit-friend who is both reliable and a huge fan.

[grenacia.livejournal.com]

I got the impression that it was just a rumor. It is certainly unconfirmed, so at this point it is a might-happen, might-not sort of thing.

[patrickwonders.livejournal.com]

I've never watched Dr. Who so I have no idea whereof I speak, but if they're going to give the role to a white guy, my vote's for Mark Sheppard. I'd tune in.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Badger from Firefly. Very interesting choice.

If we were going older than that, I'd pick Alan Rickman. He wouldn't do it, but it'd be fun to have a droll and condescending doctor.

[gwangi.livejournal.com]

The last three guys have been pretty non-famous, though. I'm not sure they'd want a big name guy.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I think that's part of the allure; the actor just becomes the Doctor because you have little-or-no reference point for their previous work.

Though Brit-friends argue that Eccleston and Tennant were pretty strongly name-recognizable before Doctor Who.