The new Doctor Who looks like Tucker Carlson

[Deja Q]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8158556.stm

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Yes, that is Matt Smith's actual costume. A very nice change from a business suit or leather jacket, to say the least...

Hurry up 2010!! It'll be nice to have a fresh, new vision for the show...

[SidneyCarton]

1. Very interesting...

But enough about the doctor, who's the lovely Redhead sitting beside him?

[Bill219]

2. Karen Gillan

[Deja Q]

4. Amy Pond, the new companion, played by Karen Gillen

[Xithras]

3. Let's see if he grows on me.

The biggest part of playing the Doctor is the personality. He's got to be a gregarious, outgoing wisecracker, and any actor who plays him has to pull it off without seeming forced. There have now been eleven Doctors, and some have played the part better than others. We'll have to wait and see how well this one does.

That said, I'm still a bit saddened to see Tennant go. I completely understand why he left, but that doesn't make it any less a disappointment for the fans. IMHO, Tennant was the best Doctor since Colin Baker played the Sixth back in the 80's. Smith has some big shoes to fill.

[Deja Q]

5. I think Matt Smith can do it. He impressed producer Steven Moffatt and early on I was convinced...

He has a certain look despite being chronologically 26.

I liked Tennant's portrayal, even if some of the stories were less than spectacular...

Colin Baker's Doctor is also my favorite... :)

[Xithras]

6. I hope so, and I hope they keep him around a while.

I guess I'm just worried that we'll have another rehash of Eccleston. He didn't look the part and his personality was off. I was ecstatic when I heard that Who was coming back, and Eccleston almost turned me off to the new series. I drove my wife nuts by pointing out all of his "un-Doctorly" traits. Tennant was more of a throwback to the classic Doctors of series' past. Fun, outgoing, intelligent, and eager to jump into the middle of the action.

Either way, I hope that Smith sticks around a while. We only have two more Doctors after this one!

[Deja Q]

7. I kinda liked Doc9, but the stories were AWFUL

if they could be called stories...

After "Rose" (the pilot episode), I nearly tuned out for good. I mean, I'll never get those hours back for such lazy toddlerscribble...

I'd be great if the Smith era had his Doctor getting caught up in a deadly situational adventure where he's lucky to escape with his own skin instead of the camp nonsense of the last 4+ years where something big is set up and then it's scribbled out the window with as many big hollywood-wannabe scenes as possible because the image means more than the content... The early 1960s had that theme (not the hollywood fluff but getting into dire situations and being lucky TO escape) quite often, and the writing within that trope was marvelous and not thrown out the door out of pandering or emotional convenience...

[TheMightyFavog]

8. Ugh... Eccleston.

The Doctor is supposed to look and act like the traditional Eccentric gentelman, not a leather clad Mafia thug from a British gangland flick.

[Xithras]

9. Exactly

The writing may have put forward the idea that the Ninth Doctor was intelligent and witty, but Eccleston couldn't pull it off and I just never bought into it. He was too dark, too moody, and seemed better suited to a role as the Doctors bodyguard than the Doctor himself. It's not that dark and moody people can't also be intelligent and witty, but Eccleston just couldn't make it believable. I heard he's playing an evil villain in the new GI Joe movie, which seems to better fit his personality and acting style.