…really young. His name is Matt Smith and he’s a mere 26 years old, which makes him three years younger than Peter Davison was when he took over the part. Where have you seen him? Well, he’s co-starred with Billie Piper three times: twice as Jim Taylor in “The Ruby in the Smoke” and its sequel, “The Shadow in the North” and he once briefly appeared alongside her in Season One, Episode 6 of “Secret Diary of a Call Girl.” Beyond that, his credits are pretty sparse (I’ve never heard of “Party Animals”) and even in England this amounts to casting an unknown. But then again, isn’t the Doctor something of the unknown himself? I wonder if he’ll still use the alias John Smith…
This is certainly an interesting casting choice and he’s no doubt going to make for a much different Doctor than David Tennant. My first reaction was that the producers were going after the “Twilight”/teen crowd, which probably isn’t such a bad move.
You can find out more info on Smith by visiting Outpost Gallifrey.
