I will miss you, Eleven

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I'm sure that by now you've all heard the news that Matt Smith will be leaving Doctor Who around the time of the 50th anniversary special.

I wrote a slight variation of the following over in boji's journal, and I'm sharing it here

Comments

[jasondemotte]

Well said. I think every actor brings something to Doctor. Eccelston and Tennant were great at portraying people who were sad, or angry, or pained or whatever in subtle and not-so-subtle fashions. But Smith? He was fantastic at making himself old. For an actor so young, he's utterly believable at playing 1000+ year old man. He blends a sense of childlike wonder with someone who has seen everything and yet still has trouble figuring out what is a "Twitter" or whatever. It's layered performance. And one I'll miss, though they've done well for me so far in casting Doctors, so I'm sure I'll enjoy the new guy

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Thank you so much for responding -- I appreciate your perspective, especially on Who, very much.

I wholly agree with you that I'd love to see what Smith would be like as the Doctor with someone other than Moffat at the helm.

I'm really wondering about the anniversary special at this point. I've read some things that lead me to believe we'll have far fewer former Doctors present than I imagined there would be, but then again, what I've read could be red herrings. We shall see. :)