The 11th Doctor

[TroughtonChard]

I like the 11th Doctor and I think it's important to seperate the actor from the character, although many actors have much of themselves in the parts they play it's not fair to associate the two. As an example look at Colin Baker, he is a fine fellow yet his Doctor at the begining of his period as the Doctor was hampered by the scripts, not being allowed to have any say in character developement or even his costume, yet his Doctor is excellent in the audio dramas. McCoy's first season was also tainted by bad scripts and character developement in which he had little say....and yet McCoy's 2nd and 3rd season showed great strides in the Doctor's 7th persona.
For me the 11th Doctor is still a work in progress...he is very Troughtonesque having a social akwardness and naivety, hidden wisdom and vast knowledge, a young face and body but with old eyes and an older soul. I like him very much indeed, makes a change from Tennent who turned into a stereotype of his own character with catchphrases every 5 minutes and swingin from excited schoolboy to 'I have the world on my shoulders' to avenging all powerful timelord. Again not Tennant's fault but laziness from writers, he quickly found his way into the bottom of my favourite Doctor's list because of that.

[The Eternal Dalek]

You have to agree with Matt Smtih, it's a good character but it will be years before he can begin to match up to people like Patrick Torughton or Tom Baker.

[Rosetyler]

You have to agree with Matt Smtih, it's a good character but it will be years before he can begin to match up to people like Patrick Torughton or Tom Baker.

or David Tennant.

I personally don't like 11th as he hasn't got that lil spark of human. In my eyes he's too alien.

[Bowtiesarecool]

You have to agree with Matt Smtih, it's a good character but it will be years before he can begin to match up to people like Patrick Torughton or Tom Baker.

or David Tennant.

I personally don't like 11th as he hasn't got that lil spark of human. In my eyes he's too alien.

Lol, in my eyes its exactly the opposite, 10th was too human, 11th is just right

[Melkur]

Matt has the odd look and ill-at-ease manner that conveys alien-ness more than Tennant, and certainly more than Eccleston. I've said before, that he's kind of the British Crispin Glover. I would put Matt in the same "odd" category as T.Baker, Troughton and McCoy from the classic series. It's something that works for him, yet I don't feel scripts have made the full use of it yet.

Well said, i agree

Hopefully they'll let him shine now

[The Eternal Dalek]

You have to agree with Matt Smtih, it's a good character but it will be years before he can begin to match up to people like Patrick Torughton or Tom Baker.

or David Tennant.

I personally don't like 11th as he hasn't got that lil spark of human. In my eyes he's too alien.

So you are for the Doctor being half-human then.

[Rosetyler]

NOOO!!!!

I just think he needs that spark of human in him i.e. tenth.

[The Eternal Dalek]

NOOO!!!!

I just think he needs that spark of human in him i.e. tenth.

Well if he is not got any human in him then why should he act human at all?

[Rosetyler]

Because I said so.

[GenosideDalek]

I don't like it how they keep chopping and changing his costume nearly every episode... I mean DT and CE hardly ever changed their costume... If they did, it was only slight changes in either their top or their trainers.