Dr. Who

[Tenzhi]

And the Daleks still have a plunger.

They have trouble with clogging up their sinks with mutant slime.

[Madadh]

Watched it a 2nd time.  Now wouldn't it be somewhat cruel if the rest of the season he keeps finding her only to lose her again and again.  Sort of an eternal companion ala Moorcock. 

Now I doubt that from looking at the previews.  Now who else is excited that Gaiman is writing the Cybermen episode?  Hands

And why do I get a Captain Nemo vibe off of one of the clips?

OOohh  Eteranal Companion.  Brilliant idea.  I'd love a Moorcockian twist, but doubt it'll happen..

But I knew I was a Father XMas fan for a reason.....  Just brilliant..

[Madadh]

I was a little girl in the 70s, so it seemed to me that the BBC just sorta took all the 70s and previous doctors and tossed them into a mix, and tossed out the early saturday and sunday mix...  That said, how could Tom Baker not be my fav...

Of the new..  Still hard to call.  Eccelston was brilliant; but Tennant was lovely, too.

Smith is finally growing on me, but he still seems the weakest of the new series of Doctors..  The thing I loved most about Smith was the writing.

I do love Rory and Amy, tho.

OK, I also love River Song..  Then again, I also loved the Doctors previous daugher..  This incarnation..

But, I have to admit,  I'm on the Clara bandwagon..  And it has nada to do with our name similarities...
I Just love Clara.  Hope she keeps acting like I would..      OK, maybe some name thingy might be about...

[corvus1970]

Smith is finally growing on me, but he still seems the weakest of the new series of Doctors.

IMHO, he's the one that's MOST like the classic Doctors, and that's why I adore him. He's very Troughton-esque.

[Victoria Victrix]

I like me a Doctor with moxie.

[Tenzhi]

IMHO, he's the one that's MOST like the classic Doctors, and that's why I adore him. He's very Troughton-esque.

I dunno, he seems to lack personality to me and then tries to sell it with quirkiness that feels forced.  Maybe if his episodes were better, I might feel differently.  But they seem so short and it often feels like not much is happening until the last 5-10 minutes and then the magic wand of status quo is waved.  To me the best part about Matt Smith's run has been Rory, Amy, and River.

[corvus1970]

I guess we're seeing things differently then, because he's never seem forced to me. Tennant did at times, but Smith? I don't see it at all. He's the first actor to play the part since Tom Baker that just exudes the kind of eccentric aura that makes you almost believe he could be an alien.

Except that Tom Baker really IS an alien, duh

[Aggelakis]

I guess we're seeing things differently then, because he's never seem forced to me. Tennant did at times, but Smith? I don't see it at all. He's the first actor to play the part since Tom Baker that just exudes the kind of eccentric aura that makes you almost believe he could be an alien.

Except that Tom Baker really IS an alien, duh

Also, Smith brings out the Doctor's childish side adorably well, he is incredibly whimsical, something I have missed for a very long time. Tennant was SRS DR or ANGRY DR, and very very little whimsy outside of the holiday special stuff (which is by nature slightly whimsical).

[Tenzhi]

The only time I recall him exuding natural whimsy was during the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe homage.  He had kind of a Wonka vibe there.  And at various other times he's hit on childish petulance pretty well.  But all in all he seems to have all the dullness of Peter Davison's Doctor with a thin veneer of quirks. 

[Aggelakis]

The only time I recall him exuding natural whimsy was during the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe homage.  He had kind of a Wonka vibe there.  And at various other times he's hit on childish petulance pretty well.  But all in all he seems to have all the dullness of Peter Davison's Doctor with a thin veneer of quirks.

We'll just agree to disagree because I find Smith fantasticly fabulous.

[FatherXmas]

The very first episode with little Amy he was the flippin' Cat in the Hat.

[Magus Prime]

Tennant all the way for me.  I like Smith but he lacks the range and isn't as faceted as Tennant.  One thing the writers overdo for the eleventh doctor is the portmanteau extrapolation and by that I mean when Smith's dialog devolves when trying to describe a concept and he trims the fat repeatedly until he comes up with a blended word that sums it up tidily (other times not as tidy).  You can almost set your clock to it.  Nonetheless it's still fun to watch and when he nails it as the doctor he absolutely nails it.

[Mental Maden]

Smith rocks.  Hush you haters.    (<---- denotes playfullness not seriousness)

[Clave Dark 5]

"Splendid chap, all of them!"  (But I do like Smith a lot)