{"id":13387,"date":"2009-01-04T17:22:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T00:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2009\/01\/04\/who-3.html"},"modified":"2009-01-04T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T00:22:34","slug":"who_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/04\/who_3.html","title":{"rendered":"Who?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So they’ve announced the new Doctor for Doctor Who<\/em>: Matt Smith<\/a>. His main noteworthy quality seems to be his youth<\/a>, at age 26.<\/p>\n

Cue angst, fear, and trembling amongst the TruWhoFen (as would be the case with any casting).<\/p>\n

Me? I reserve judgment until I see him actually in the role for a bit (I was cool to David Tennant at first, too). I don’t think his youth is either a qualification or disqualification, any more than the prospects for a black or female time Lord overly-disturbed me. <\/p>\n

Certainly the official word is enthusiastic.<\/p>\n

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Steven Moffat, the programme\u2019s executive producer and new lead writer, said, \u201cThe Doctor is a very special part, and it takes a very special actor to play him. You need to be old and young at the same time, a boffin and an action hero, a cheeky schoolboy and the wise old man of the universe.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as Matt walked through the door and blew us away with a bold and brand new take on the Time Lord, we knew we had our man. 2010 is a long time away but rest assured the 11th doctor is coming \u2013 and the universe has never been so safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Good enough (provisionally) for me. I’m more worried that — well, it seems that at one point it was determined that Time Lords could only have twelve regenerations and so thirteen incarnations. We’re beginning to run a bit low …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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