So in 2005, I fell in love with the Doctor all over again. Christopher Eccleston did a wonderful job as the Doctor and although I would have loved to see him in a few more episodes, David Tennant replacing him was about as lucky as it could have been. David Tennant made the Doctor….like every other doctor before him. I loved David Tennant and I was sad to see him go. I didn’t want him to leave (although I am still waiting patiently to hear if he takes the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.).
Seeing the previews for this new…young Doctor, I was a little nervous. He just didn’t quite fit the part of this handsome MAN. He seemed to be a boy, in his early 20s and to me the doctor has always been older, and as an older woman…I like an older man :-). His companions, Rose Tyler (played by Billie Piper) & Martha Jones (Played by Freema Agyeman), seemed right, young girls that fall in love with an older guy. I was a little surprised when they introduced Donna Noble (played by Catherine Tate), but I fell in love with her, she was strong and outgoing and I loved the fact that she became BEST FRIENDS with the Doctor, not falling in love with him like Rose and Martha had. She showed the Doctor in a new light that Rose and Martha even Jack (Captain Jack Harkness) never could. I must say I cried when Donna….well if you watch it….you know, if you don’t….I don’t want to spoil it.
Once “The End of Time” finished, with tears streaming down my face I started seeking out this NEW Doctor. I wanted to see him, who had the Doctor regenerated to….and I was not only a little disappointed….but frustrated. He had become a boy. Matt Smith, became the new Doctor, but being an avid Doctor Who lover, I waited until after the first episode to make my decision….and I am not as impressed as I could be. I gave him the same chance I gave David Tennant, David created a new Doctor, a unique Doctor, and maybe it was because it was the first episode or maybe it is because I like men and not boys (wow I am getting old), but I just felt that Matt Smith was trying WAY too hard to be as good as Christopher and David. He didn’t fall into the part of the Doctor, he didn’t become the Doctor; he read the scrip and just acted out the part. His new partner, Amy Pond played by Karen Gillan, even seems younger than Rose & Martha. So far I like her (which is unusually because I am not the biggest fan of red heads); she is strong and outgoing and challenging. But I think she will out play the Doctor. I guess I don’t really know how to explain what is wrong.
The first story….well…what can I say, it was good, it could have been better, but it could have been a lot worse. Having to introduce all of the characters and re-introduce the Doctor for those who may not know who he is, it did the trick. I did enjoy the flash back of all the previous doctors going all the way back into the 60’s. I didn’t like quite a few things, but I will let everyone make their own opinions. I think that with time, the episodes will get better. Matt Smith did about as well as I expected, and Karen Gillan did a lot better.
But incase you haven’t seen or do not know – Doctor Who is on Saturdays 9/8c on BBC! Check it out. TiVo it. It is definitely worth watching.
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