Quatermass wrote:
I'm disappointed that there are more votes for Matt Smith than there are for Tom Baker.
Matt Smith's best quality is that he is able to show the Doctor's age, despite the youthful appearance. But he's not a particular favourite of mine as the Doctor.
I admit, Tom Baker really seems like the one who ought to win out. He was, for years, the man most people thought of when someone said Doctor Who. Him and the scarf. The go-to Doctor. But the quality you mention about Matt Smith is a lot of his appeal to me. I don't know if it's the writing or him, but he does not come off as some young kid capering about with joy because he gets to be Doctor Who. He comes off as a very old dude who is saying, "Well, so this is what I look like now. Huh. Whaddya know. The chicks seem to like it. Well, might as well make the most of it while it lasts..." And Tennant, much as I loved his Doctor, became the Apologizer. I can't verify whether he apologized in every single episode, but it had to have been at least half...
"I'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry..."
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQkFNVhppXo[/youtube]
And I think they missed some.
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