Damn, if I’m going to rant, better get my grammar right.

The brilliant thing about Dr Who, to my mind, is that yes, the Doctor was an alien timelord, but there is something believable about his entourage – they are normal people who achieved a lot, but don’t necessarily have their names shouted across the galaxy forevermore.

I thought Russell T Davies worked too hard to turn his characters into heroes, and in that sense, the way Davros was defeated, and the way David Tennant left, were both a refreshing change for me (they portrayed a degree of humility and a sense of the doctor getting it wrong). Tennant’s doctor was a bit too full of himself, whereas Smith’s doctor, I thought, was the right mix of madman, genius and guy not to be ****ed with.

I’m looking forward to the rest of Series 5, and I think Steven Moffat, given the episodes he did as a guest writer previously (I mean, come on – the Weeping Angels? the episode with Madame de Pompadour? the creepy gas mask people? Genius), is going to make the show really exciting.

And actually, there’s nothing wrong with going back to a more classic doctor. Tom Baker has pretty much lived off that part, and enough people at Dr Who conventions are still happy to go dressed as Pertwee or McCoy.

That’s my two pence worth on the issue anyway. Incidentally, an American doctor – What?!? It’s like hiring Hugh Grant to play Captain Kirk; he’d be laughed out of the building.

Relax: The show is not dead, the cast are not rubbish, the Tardis looks fine inside and out, the writing is as good as you’d expect from Mr Moffat, the costume evolves as the show goes on and his hair is nice and bohemien like Tom Baker’s or Mr Downey jr’s Sherlock Holmes. In fact, Smith plays him like Downey Jr’s Holmes: a bit barking but you utterly trust him. He’ll be great and many people will grow up with him as their Doctor – just as they should.

I never knew that real police boxes were concrete. But I guess I don’t have a problem with the wood grain. I just hope the new console room doesn’t disappoint. I hated it in the Tennant era. Looked more like a cave than a control room. It should be bright and clean–an upgraded version of the original version.

I really hope Moffat and Smith have it in mind to bring a little Classic Who feel back; if they do, I’m fully on board. Especially now that they have an effects budget greater than sixpence. And I love seeing the TARDIS in essentially its original Totters Lane configuration… any hope of white walls and roundels in the control room now?

i hated ecclestons swarvy leather jacket but i did like tennents suit.

it all depends on what type of doctor matt smith will be. i have feelings that he will be more of the scientist rather than the “ACTION HERO” he has become in recent years.

i for one prefer my doctors from the classic years of who.

admitadly colin bakers costumer wasnt the best but it kept in line with the wakky world of doctor who costumes. look back at john pertwee with his austin powers get up. or peter davidson dressed for criket… i love the braces, bow tie, jaket and shirt. dont change a thing.

as for the tardis. the look of the tardis “police box” has changed from time to time. even in classic who. so this dont bother me. just never fix that chameleon circut.

An American playing The Doctor would ruin it more than Matt Smith ever could, you insensitive clod.

I *am* American and I know that.
No matter what some of my countrymen seem to believe, Doctor Who IS a British show. It’s historically played by British actors, and it’s rather stupid when people here complain that it is aired in (big shock) the UK before it is aired here.

And even if Kevin Sorbo was British, he could never play the Doctor because everyone would just be imagining his terrifying Hercules getup.

Firs off, lose the bow tie. The floppy emo hair on that young face will also get me. Get a better haircut, will you? I for one know just the hairstylist for it: ME! Ha.

And the boots! If there is one thing I wish to have held on it, its the trainers. A red or white Chuck Taylor would leave just that little bit of Peter Davisson/David Tennant-ness to this young Doctor that might have given him the same appeal. I just can’t fathom a newly-regenerated Doctor, who loved his “pretty boy” face so much that he even refused full regeneration to keep that face, then throwing off all that he help on to (yes, I am talking about the shoes) and picking apart the TARDIS wardrobe to find a pair of shoddy old work boots. It just doesn’t jive.

The suit jacket is nice, but it brings to mind more of a “Professor” type of vibe. Love the elbow patches, however.

Though, of course, these are just the first few photos we have seen of filming. The character and the wardrobe surely will evolve as Matt Smith evolves his character of The Doctor. I have to say, that I was one of the moaning hoarde when I heard Tennant was leaving. I saw the young Matt Smith, and was sure that I would stop watching. However, after seeing a few videos on Confidential, I think I might actually like him. He is, after all, The Doctor.