Doctor Who 2008: Sontarans cometh, RTD Ood 'ave 'im etc.

Mr. Spacecadet sounds like a very reasonable man and a sound judge of character.

Chiwetel Ejiofor doesn't seem cocky enough.

His replacement - the eleventh Doctor of the TV series - will be revealed in a Doctor Who Confidential programme on BBC One at 1735 on 3 January.

haha, have your standard twitter/facebook groups been set up for this yet?

Who is Matt Smith?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1741002/

Looks more like the singer in a crap indie band called Doctor Who and the Jing Jang Ting Tings.

Yep. Bookies must know something, eh?

http://www.betfair.com/Index.do?mi=21313290&ex=1&rfr=3013

He's like Anne from Arrested Development -- Him?

Moffat said youngest yet plus something about them knowing who they wanted partly because of his hair...so Matt Smith then

Ew, worse than Sylvester McCoy. He'll probably start off playing the spoons.

I just don't get why they'd want some young no account.

he's been marked as 'one to watch' for a while plus can see why they wouldn't want to pick someone older than Tennant. i don't think he's a bad choice at all, seems like one of the best suggestions (at least look-wise).

So is it official? Tennant is 37, so a lot of actors in the running could be younger.

Surely you are joking in that last sentence.

This is like karmic vengeance for me making fun of Nesbitt. xp

26 - same age as Matt Smith (XI)

arse

http://www.nsb.northants.sch.uk/Resources/user/mattsmith.jpg

i see a bit of P Davidson in him (presumably Moffat did too)

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1006408960/nm1741002

I mean, this is like some bad myspace photo of the last living Orlando fan.

or Chris Morris better looking younger brother

Maybe this means a repeat for my beloved Party Animals.

yaaaawwwwn booooring

Bah, was hoping for Richard Ayoade. Missed a chance to break the mould by not going for him or Ejiofor.

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I'd say this was ugh shitty boring casting but I have unshakeable faith in Moffat so hey ho here we go.

it is a bit dispiriting. ejiofor is too big for dr who. ayoade too untalented.

I mean, this is like some bad myspace photo of the last living Orlando fan.

Ha! You are right.

ugh an nme doctor

Come back in a year and see if anyone gives a toss...

Yeah, if RTD was still gonna be in charge I'd say this was Buffyisation but somehow I don't think so. Altho if this dude is gonna marry Alex Kingston that's some toyboy shit going down.

Maybe next full season will be Doctor Who on an intergalactic Cougar-pulling quest.

He seems like a gap-year backpacker who's really into The Killers, The Kills, Dirty Pretty Things and, um, Crystal Castles. And this amazing dead poet guy called Nick Drake.

^^^^^^^^^^^^

OMG he has indie-ish hair and looks young oh the disaster!

Noodle Vague OTM, I'm sure he will be fine. Are people basing their reactions on seeing him play any remotely similar role, or just from looking at a few press shots.

Timelords should be 700 years old not 12

Welcome to the Doctor Who thread, where everyone is DJ Martian.

He looks, weirdly, less boyish than Tennant, in the Tardis photo. He probably has a good furious stare on him, which Tennant never really perfected.

(NB I'm not suggesting Tennant has been anything other than brilliant in the role, despite some of the shonk he's had to work with, but gravitas was never his thing).

I'm hoping he'll play the part in a sort of vaguely preppy thoughtful young Sherlock Holmes way. Possibly this is informed by the fact Moffatt and Mark Gatiss are working on a new Sherlock series at the moment (which I expect to be awesome).

My gf pointed out that the Doctor is getting progressively younger as he regenerates. Any reason they might try to work this into a story or is it just "hey let's get a new sexyface"

Except Peter Davison was still the youngest Doctor, until now.

Ah!

You know you're getting old when all Doctors start looking like they're 12.

by the 13th regen, they might actually be 12.

i hope that he at least gets a haircut.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01215/pdrwho3_1215574c.jpg

I hope he gets a better outfit.

He's got a Bowie circa Man Who Fell to Earth thing going on there. Which is good, obv.

just saw his interview thingy on youtube. he's all hand gestures, it's kinda mesmerizing.

Meh. But I also mehed at Tennant and Eccleston so I HAVE FAITH etc.

He's got more of a Prince Harry goes to a Killers concert look about him.

Can that mere child pull off grumpy dad eyes as well as a menacing stare in an effective manner?

^^what i'm bothered bout. i don't mind a young Doc but 26 might just be a tad too young to pull off 900-yo clever bastard convincingly.

still, moffatt wanted a middle-aged, older type so dude must have done something right to make him change his mind.