I'm disappointed. I kind of hoped they would go a bit older for a change. Maybe a doctor in their forties. Someone with experience who could do something quite different.
I also thought he resembled David Tennant.
It seemed they were going for someone who looked a bit like him and maybe was young enough to imitate him a little.
The "Ruby in the Smoke" clips did very little to calm my trepidations; terrifying mockney and moving like somebody who has just recovered from being knocked unconscious. Given "Ruby in the Smoke" his part might just be that.
Hee! Good point!
They said he's played opposite Billie Piper -- that sounds like the reason they cast him, really, doesn't it?
They seem to be making a lot of it. It could just be the most accessable thing he's been in - you don't want kids demanding post-watershed naughtiness, do you? *eyeroll*
No, I really don't. The last thing I would have thought on seeing him in the interview was "hm, reminds me of Tennant".
(a) his hair is not an intrinsic part of character or acting ability and in any case is styled nothing like Tennant's (if you can call it styled and not just 'hasn't been cut for too long')
(b) I found his hand gestures in particular intriguingly odd
(c) if he wasn't enthusiastic about being cast as the Doctor in an interview filmed for a show all about him being cast as the Doctor, I would be very worried indeed. This again says nothing about how he will choose to portray the Doctor
This is my reaction based on 15 minutes of uncomfortable television viewing.
I'm keeping to my decission and staying the hell out of Who fandom until things have calmed down. I might be waiting a long time, but if a Tardis is all it takes... ;-)
I could talk about my awkward relationship with Who until the cows come home, but it won't do either of us any favours. On a happier note, I got the brother "the War Machines" at Woolies and it was very enjoyable Old Who. Plus, it wasn't in eleventy-one episodes, which is also good. I would be surprised if the kidiwinks didn't scream when Blue Peter told them how to make a Post Office Tower out of corrogated cardboard and loo rolls.
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I also thought he resembled David Tennant.
It seemed they were going for someone who looked a bit like him and maybe was young enough to imitate him a little.
Not a good sign.
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I think I need to dig out the Canadian Torchwood daydream again.
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Sounds good.
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Hee! Good point!
They said he's played opposite Billie Piper -- that sounds like the reason they cast him, really, doesn't it?
He is cute, but dang, is he young.
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Sheesh, he's younger than me! When did I get old?
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I found Moffatt's comments interesting, in that he had been pushing for an older Doctor and this guy changed his mind. Seems a good sign.
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I want to believe in Moffatt - he's written a lot of the really good stuff.
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(a) his hair is not an intrinsic part of character or acting ability and in any case is styled nothing like Tennant's (if you can call it styled and not just 'hasn't been cut for too long')
(b) I found his hand gestures in particular intriguingly odd
(c) if he wasn't enthusiastic about being cast as the Doctor in an interview filmed for a show all about him being cast as the Doctor, I would be very worried indeed. This again says nothing about how he will choose to portray the Doctor
His theatre credits are also interesting.
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This is my reaction based on 15 minutes of uncomfortable television viewing.
I'm keeping to my decission and staying the hell out of Who fandom until things have calmed down. I might be waiting a long time, but if a Tardis is all it takes... ;-)
I could talk about my awkward relationship with Who until the cows come home, but it won't do either of us any favours. On a happier note, I got the brother "the War Machines" at Woolies and it was very enjoyable Old Who. Plus, it wasn't in eleventy-one episodes, which is also good. I would be surprised if the kidiwinks didn't scream when Blue Peter told them how to make a Post Office Tower out of corrogated cardboard and loo rolls.
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