OMG, what did they do to Dr. Who?

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 19:22
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CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:26 PM

From what I've heard, Smith will be deliberately playing the Doctor as an "Old Soul" --less "teen heartthrob" and more "creepy kid." Consider how much angst Number Ten was carrying around when he regenerated; that might have an influence on the Eleven's behaviour.

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SIMONWHO

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:43 PM

Just to put that trailer into context, it was specially made to be shown at cinemas in 3D - hence all the weird spraying of flotsam and jetsam, camera movements, things flying into the screen, etc.

If you'd like to see the proper trailer for series 5 (at least the very first one with clips), follow the link:

As for fears about the new series, it's overseen and many episodes written by the same guy who wrote The Empty Child, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink and Silence in the Library. If you liked those episodes (and few didn't), rest assured it's in safe hands.

Of course, newcomers will find this more traumatic but I've seen the Doctor regenerate seven times now (discounting Curse of the Fatal Death, also written by Moffat strangely enough) and you are supposed to miss the old Doctor for a while until the new Doctor does something and suddenly he's The Doctor.

STORYMARK

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:22 PM

Eh, it's foolish to judge a show by a promo - particularly one that's clearly not made up of actual footage from the show.

I'm fairly confident in Moffat, so I'll wait and see before any freaking out.

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