I haven't watched Doctor Who since we left Austria and no longer get BBC via cable. I hadn't seen the new Doctor. Kind of a shock: wow, that guy's young. How is he as The Doctor?
I think he's excellent. What's amusing is, before he took over as The Doctor, some pictures of him circulated, where he has this total "sketchy emo kid" look going on. A lot of Doctor Who fans had a "WTF? No way can this guy be The Doctor" reaction. But from pretty much his first episode, he's been great. His rendition of The Doctor reminds me a bit of Patrick Troughton's.
Originally I thought I didn't like him, but in actuality he's a fantastic doctor and a nice deviation from the Tennant/Edelsson mix. I found the writing in the last season of the show to be abysmal, though. Didn't feel like Doctor Who at all.
Completely agree with you on Matt Smith. I hated him at first, but I think I just wanted more Tennant. After clearing my head and going back in, he’s now my Doctor.
(Although I disagree with you on last season. It didn't feel like traditional Doctor Who, but I really liked the direction, and although Season 5 was much better end-to-end, Season 6 had some of my favorite episodes.)
I wanted to hate him at first, he looked goofy, but he's a brilliant doctor and the second he said "bowties are cool" he became my favorite doctor thus far, though I find a way to love each one.
Season 6 just really felt like they said "Lets try and target our demographics." There was a lot less science, it was much more earth-centric, and the level of hand-waving was obscene.
The standalone episodes outshone the story arc episodes. Moffet seems to have realized this in planning for series 7. I for one am all for destroying the Doctor's magic wand, since it has become too powerful. A little more science and logic, and a lot less sci-fi and paradox magic would be nice.
I very strongly agree. For example, it's pretty hard to imagine that the Doctor, upon learning of the Tesselactor's modus operandi, would have any reaction other than "stop this atrocity at all costs".
He's supposed to be a little off. It's a plot thing. He plays the part perfectly.
Though, still, I wish they hadn't gone there. I preferred some of the past doctors. I don't dislike Smith as much as I used to, though. I'm pretty neutral on him now.
