I saw this
knocking about Twitter the other day and I thought it might be good
for a laugh.
Day One:
Favourite Doctor
For
me, it has to be Matt Smith. My first instinct was to say Sylvester
McCoy because he was “my” Doctor but that owes more to the New
Adventures novels than to his actual TV stories. I grew up in the
1990s, the books were all the new Doctor Who we were getting and, to
be frank, there was lots of sex and violence in them and that really
appealed to twelve year old me who didn't have the internet.
But
speaking for actual performance it has to be Smith, the youngest
person to ever play the role and somehow the one best at selling the
idea that the Doctor as truly ancient being. The Eleventh Doctor is
also one of those rare incarnations where I can see some vestige of
Hartnell's scientist explorer in the mix. The performance owes a lot
to Troughton, which is always a bonus, but also to McCoy in his
darker moments.
Sometimes
the lighter, “zanier” moments of the character feel forced but in
the end that works because a big part of the Eleventh Doctor's
personality is that he's consciously avoiding dealing with his issues
which is a level of depth not really afforded to any previous
incarnation.
Plus,
every now and again Alex Kingston turns up to force Smith to up his
game just to keep the audience's affection which helps.
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