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Why This Doctor Disappoints [Rant]
io9.com - 1/6/2009
Why This Doctor Disappoints [Rant]
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Now that the dust has started to settle on the news that Matt Smith will be the new Doctor Who , I have to ask: Am I the only one who feels a little... well, cheated ? It's not an age thing, I should point out. Although, yes, 26 seems a little young to me to be a Doctor, that's entirely a ...

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And The New Doctor Is... [Doctor Who]
io9.com - 1/12/2009
And The New Doctor Is... [Doctor Who]
— io9.com — The BBC has announced the name of the actor who'll take over the lead role in Doctor Who next year, following David Tennant's departure this year. Let's just say that it's not who we expected. 26 year-old Matt Smith will be the eleventh Doctor, ... (more) And The New Doctor Is... [Doctor Who]

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The new Doctor is Matt Smith
blog.fph.co.uk - 1/4/2009
The new Doctor is Matt Smith
— blog.fph.co.uk — The Eleventh Doctor will be Matt Smith. After keeping us on tenterhooks for the longest half hour of 2009 so far, a special Doctor Who Confidential revealed that 26-year-old Matt Smith, the youngest ever actor to get the keys to the TARDIS, will ... (more) The new Doctor is Matt Smith

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Time Lord regeneration physiology; or, Does the Doctor have to be a white dude?
Biology in Science Fiction — ... . It doesn't take more than a glance at Smith's photo to realize that he is neither a woman, nor black. Maybe he'll be the greatest Doctor ever, but even if he is, I'm still a bit disappointed that he's a super young white dude. Graeme McMillan summed it up nicely in his rant at io9: ...

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