Well.

[raven]

Okaaaay! Who is Matt Smith?

eta: (ps. David Tennant's real accent? BEST THING EVER.)

son of eta: dude, brush your HAIR, you're on national television.

Comments

[balthaser.livejournal.com]

He was in Party Animals, some BBC Drama about political aides or something. IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1741002/)

I think he looks like he ought to have been in Twilight or something. He looks like he might turn the Dr gothic or even potentially an angsting emo. Which I can't see as being that great. He's too young for my liking.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Mine too, I think. I'm really not sure about this...

(Although, that special did remind me all over again why I liked Tennant so much, so.)

[balthaser.livejournal.com]

Is he your favourite Dr then?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Tennant? Yeah, definitely. I like Peter Davidson and I like Paul McGann a lot, but mostly, him. And I remember being much less uncertain about him, but we shall see...

[eternalwings.livejournal.com]

Me neither, although it's again disturbing me that AGAIN I seem to fancy the Doctor.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I think that ship has sailed...

[eternalwings.livejournal.com]

Well true, this one looks like a scruffy english version of a french actor I adore so now I'm doubley dead.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

But, but. Sam. He is our age. What is with that.

[eternalwings.livejournal.com]

He's 26! I'm still far off that thank you XD but...yes...confusing...very confusing.


He does have an older soul type thing going on. Plus as someone over at Torch_wood pointed out, can you imagine Captain Jack's reaction to a jailbaity Doctor? That alone might be worth it!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Stop reminding me of your tender age, it makes me feel old.

(Oh, god. Why do you say these things?)

[eternalwings.livejournal.com]

-does the dance of only nearly nineteen-


(You must admit, it'll be funny. Also, as my friend is also pointing out it'll be a VERY interesting dynamic if they bring the Master back again..)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Someone further down this comment thread has noted Matt Smith's incredible resemblance to someone familiar. Oh god.

[eternalwings.livejournal.com]

...If your boyfriend looks like him I am INSANELY jealous right now XD

[macadamanaity.livejournal.com]

I know, right?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Like. What.

[macadamanaity.livejournal.com]

I mean, I'm sure he'll be fine and they haven't steered me too wrong yet but... I don't handle change well. STOP CHANGING, WORLD! (Or alternatively, if you're going to change, do it in drastic and interesting ways like, say, not having a Youngish White Dude as the Doctor.)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Bring on Sandi Toksvig, is what I say.

[macadamanaity.livejournal.com]

Oh, that would be so fucking awesome!

[forthwritten.livejournal.com]

BIC RAZOR ACTION. Seriously, what is with the hair?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Maybe the wind changed and it stuck.

[ancalemon.livejournal.com]

I cannot get past how young the actor is. I didn't think I cared that much, jeez, but he's twenty-freaking-SIX! WEEEEIRD.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I knoooooow. I mean, I'm twenty-two (almost). I should not be nearly as old as the Doctor.

[jmkg.livejournal.com]

He looks scarily like your boyfriend IMO. See this (http://www.gallifreyone.com/picview.php?ret=news&sub=news&id=TH1_3120096TH1_NCE-0301-05-0201_213028.jpg) publicity photo, for example..

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Okaaaaaay. I think I am going to have a quiet lie down now.

They're also the same age, almost exactly.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

srsly, that is a TERRIFYING resemblance. Oh my.

[jmkg.livejournal.com]

Sorry if this breaks your brain. But the resemblance really just jumped out, so I had to share..

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I am quite acclimatised to it now. It is rather pleasing, in fact.

[vampire-kitten.livejournal.com]

Oh my goddess, the BBC secretly cloned Shim.

Oh so wrong.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

isn't it just. I mean. srsly.

[vampire-kitten.livejournal.com]

Does this make you the new companion?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Damn, I'm going down in the world. People used to say I was the Doctor.

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

*leaps back from the computer!* Wow.

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

I'm very cross. I was prepared to do a post saying how the Doctor casting choice was reminding me of the US presidential election... "will it be a black man? will it be a woman?"

But now it seems it's like the US presidential election, only with McCain winning.

(I know nothing about the actor, of course. He could be perfectly good. Just....)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

It all seems a gimmick, in retrospect. Like they knew all along, but enjoyed building the tension.

(I'm told he is good! We shall see.)

[thiswaltz.livejournal.com]

my first thought was of course, he is way too young! The doctor can't be just 5 years older than me! and one of those promo pics looks way too Twilight. He better not sparkle, is all I'm saying.

but just the same, I didn't expect to like Ten back when Nine left. So. I'm not giving up hope yet. Anyway, now that I'm working my through Old Skool )and my all time favourite Doctor turns out to be from the old series) I seem to take NuWho a lot less seriously for some reason.

(My second thought was that maybe they wanted a young guy who they could keep in the part for the next decade or something so they can stop blowing through regenerations so fast. they can't last another 26 years if they run out of Doctors.)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I do love Tennant a whole lot, but I think I expected to... I'm not sure. But, I have resolved to keep an open mind re: Matt Smith. We shall see.

The BBC seem to have quietly dropped the thirteen-regen limit. It's possible they never thought they would come up against it...

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

As you said in one of your comments, I've resolved to keep an open mind.

He definitely seems young, and I wasn't terribly impressed by the Confidential interview, but I think until I see him in action as The Doctor, there's no real way to know how good (or bad) he'll actually be.

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

This wasn't your first time hearing DT's real accent, was it? WAS IT? *squee*

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, no. (I met the man once. It was traumatic.) But I forget, and it is so very pretty...

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Wait, you met him once? Tell me things about THAT! I like Tennant-related trauma!

(Oh, SO pretty. I could listen to him speak for hours. And I have, too. Yay audiobooks.)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I worked at the BBC for a while in early 2007, and was in Current Affairs, i.e., in London, and miles away from entertainment and BBC Wales, and on my way down to the canteen one day, I saw him. He was obviously on a break, standing and talking to people and drinking coffee, and I just. froze. Could not say a word. Went and hid behind a pillar for a while, and then got up the courage to go through the room to where I was going! I guess I should have stopped and talked to him, but a) I was terrified and b) he was obviously enjoying a break from screaming fangirls and c) terrified.

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. I would have frozen too. I mean, in my head I can see myself playing it cool, just sort of walking by him, not really interrupting his conversation, but just tapping him on the shoulder and going "Love your work!" before throwing him a smile and going on my way. This has worked ONCE in my entire history of being fangirly (with Kaia Wilson, the insanely hot backup singer that Amy Ray had on her solo tour this time around), but the odds of it working with Tennant would be slim to none. I'd probably start off well with the shoulder tapping thing, and then trip over something and go "SAVE ME DOCTOR."