“Matt’s Doctor is Bonkers”

By Christian Cawley, March 19, 2010 - Doctor Who

Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat said at the press launch od his first series that Matt Smith’s Doctor was very different from that of his predecessor.

There are always differences between Doctors, of course, but rarely to the series bosses make such stark distinctions…

“David was sort of neat and fastidious like a humming bird. Matt is gangling and shambling – he’s like a terrible mess that somehow becomes elegant by magic,”

“He brings back genuine madness to the role of the Doctor – Matt’s Doctor is bonkers.”

That’s a great way to describe the new Time Lord – he certainly tells it like it is, that Steven Moffat…

…and we’ll see for ourselves on Saturday, 3rd April!

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A long-term Doctor Who fan, Christian grew up watching the show and has early memories of the Graham Williams era. His favourite stories are Inferno, The Seeds of Doom and Human Nature (although The Empty Child, Blink and Utopia all come close). When he’s not bossing around the news team, Christian is a freelance writer specialising in mobile technology and domestic computing, and enjoys classic rock, cooking and spending time in the countryside with his wife and young children. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.