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Matt Smith has been confirmed as the new star of Doctor Who.
The actor will replace current Doctor David Tennant when he quits the show next year.
The BBC revealed the news during a special episode of Doctor Who Confidential and the announcement follows months of speculation about which actor would be stepping into the TARDIS.
Twenty-six-year-old Smith is the youngest actor ever to play the Doctor - Peter Davison previously held that honour after playing the Doctor when he was 29 back in 1981.
Matt Smith will be familiar to some viewers from his roles in political drama Party Animals and BBC One drama Ruby In The Smoke, in which he starred opposite Doctor Who's Billie Piper.
Smith, who was cast in the role at Christmas said: "I've got this wonderful journey in front of me where I've got this six months to build this Time Lord - and that's such an exciting prospect."
David Tennant will play the Doctor in four one-off specials next year before Smith takes over in Spring 2010.
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Never herd of him what has he bin
Posted by: irvine821 on Tue Jan 13 04:33PM | Report abuseIT WONT BE THE SAME WITHOUT DAVID TENNANT AS HE WAS THE BEST CANDIDATE TO PLAY DR WHO MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER ARE A BIG FAN OF DR WHO ESPECIALLY WHEN DAVID TENNANT PLAYED THE DOCTOR WE ARE PLEASED THAT HE IS PLAYING THE DOCTOR IN FOUR ONE OFF SPECIALS BEFORE MATT SMITH TAKES OVER IN 2010
Posted by: y.wootton on Tue Jan 13 04:51PM | Report abuseno one can replace David Tennant as the Doctor his energy and enthusiasm made the excentricness of the Doctor come to life. we all have to except the end of an era for him and look forward to his specials through the year and no doubt the endless repeats on BBC3. This Matt Smith has very big boots to fill so good luck to him lets hope he proves everyone on here dissing him wrong. and delivers an outstanding performance has the new doctor.
Posted by: samiwalker on Tue Jan 13 04:53PM | Report abuseWho cares about how he looks if David Tennant was you not watch doctor who ever again? No! They chose him to act not to be some good looking fashion model we should encorage him not bring his morale down!
Posted by: gp25 on Tue Jan 13 05:09PM | Report abuseGive him a chance people, He's done nothing to deserve some of this unkind feedback.
Posted by: gp25 on Tue Jan 13 05:13PM | Report abuseGIVE HIM A CHANCE, WE HAVEN'T EVEN MANAGED TO SEE HIM PLAY HIS ROLE YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TYPICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: gp25 on Tue Jan 13 05:16PM | Report abuseSome of these comments are disrespectful, think how he'd feel if he read some of this stuff.
Posted by: gp25 on Tue Jan 13 05:18PM | Report abuseHe has an interesting face and though david tennant will be sorely missed, I suspect this guy could do something quite interesting with the part. as long as the scriptwriters can come up with good, intelligent possibly 'dark' storylines
Posted by: sukih on Tue Jan 13 05:25PM | Report abusetennant is much hotter, hes a fantastic doctor but hey lets see what this guy can do
Posted by: nicolaka on Tue Jan 13 05:26PM | Report abuseI thought that david tennant was going to be @#$% after christopher ekilston be then he turned out brill , so l'll give him a chance . But he does look like he'll fit the part and I hope he does .
Posted by: eamoncr900 on Tue Jan 13 05:31PM | Report abuse