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11th Doctor (Who) announced today as Matt Smith. |
Rookwise
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During a run of BBC's Doctor Who confidential today.A replacement to the 10th Doctor (David Tennent) was finally announced as 26 year old British actor Matt Smith (profile is on wikipedia).Matt will be taking on the role of the 11th Doctor from summer 2009 when the new 5th series starts to be filmed (airing in 2010).The 10th Doctor,David Tennent,will star in 4 one off episodes aired throughout 2009 with his final one being another christmas special at the end of the year.
Wikipedia link:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Smith_(British_actor)
Taken from The Times Online:-
The 11th Doctor Who was announced tonight in a Doctor Who Confidential programme on BBC 1.
The mantle has been passed to the relatively tender shoulders of Matt Smith who, at 26, becomes the youngest doctor in the show’s 45 year history.
Smith will begin filming in the summer and first appear on the nation’s screens in the role in 2010.
The previous youngest doctor was Peter Davison who was signed up to play the fifth Doctor in 1981.
Smith’s predecessor, David Tennant, is to begin shooting four special episodes later this month after surgery on his back. They will be broadcast later this year and the last episode will go out in early 2010.
Smith said: "I've got this wonderful journey in front of me where I've got this six months to build this Time Lord - and that's such an exciting prospect."
Piers Wenger, head of drama at BBC Wales, said Smith was the obvious choice.
"It was abundantly clear that he had that 'Doctor-ness' about him," he said. "You are either the Doctor or you are not."
Smith secured his first television role in the 2006 adaption of Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke. The show also starred former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper as Sally Lockhart.
In 2007, he had a part in BBC Two's political drama Party Animals, in which he played a parliamentary researcher. He was born in Northampton in 1982 and studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
Doctor Who’s outgoing executive producer Russell T Davies said last month: "Whoever becomes the Doctor has got to take on a whole life. It's not just becoming a part of a TV show."
The series began in 1963, was dropped in 1989 and then relaunched with Christopher Eccleston in the title role in 2005. Tennant took over the role the same year.
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sh!t! i know I should have pout £20 it being him, odds were awesome!
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People actually bet on Dr. Who? 
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LMFBO they said on the news two days ago it could be a woman. i knew it wouldn't be though. they are just trying to up viewer counts.
looks pritty similar to david tennant |
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Looks more like Doctor Emo than Doctor Who imo.
He'll have his work cut out filling Tennent's shoe's as the Doctor. Also think that the 12 month + gap is too long. People won't be as bothered by the time it comes back on again. Unless they are going to do it as yet another relaunch of the series. |
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On 2009-01-04 05:45:33, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
People actually bet on Dr. Who?
People bet on ANYTHING in the UK. Its the 2nd national pass time after binge drinking 
Also it's a pitty David is no longer doing the Doctor. I don't think I will continue watching this great series.
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Also it's a pitty David is no longer doing the Doctor. I don't think I will continue watching this great series.
Oh don't be so melodramatic...
It's still the same show, they've just changed the actor, that's a bit of a broad statement to say you simply won't watch it, or even try, simply because David Tennant doesn't want to do it any more.
And whoever said he looked more Doctor Emo than Doctor Who needs to see a couple of videos of him, a couple of publicity photos don't mean a thing. People were very sceptical of David Tennant when he was announced to take over from Chris, and the same is bound to happen this time. He reminds me of a younger Tennant anyway, but time will tell, none of us can really know until he's on our screens next year (there's going to be 4x feature length specials this year, plus another Xmas special, then the 6th series will be a proper full length one).
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