I think it's safe to say that Matt Smith's portrayal of the Eleventh Doctor has been one of the most popular across the history of the show. While no one was sure what was coming back in 2010, here we are three years later at the end of his run and what a wild ride it has been. We've had one of the most zany and alien doctors, a fresh change from the dark Ninth and more human Tenth Doctors. But it hasn't been all fun and games with his dark side also appearing quite often in his four year run. Now we've had every standard episode of what Doctor Who Matt will do I'm going to look back on the moments that affirmed his place as The Doctor for us, those times when we were literally gaping in awe at the screen and the times when Matt shined best in the role.
6. Shooting The Gravity Globe
It was the first two parter of Series 5 and boy did it leave us with a good cliffhanger. With River, Amy, The Clerics and The Doctor trapped by slowly reforming Weeping Angels it looked like they weren't going to make it, but then Matt provided us with his first big "wow" moment of his run. This scene was much criticized in the promotional trailers as we see The Doctor handling a gun but really it was nothing to worry about, the main focus was his excellent yet short speech to Angel Bob before shooting the gravity globe. Here we see The Doctor angry about the angels taunts so he decides to do something "incredibly stupid and dangerous" in order they survive. While the moment itself lasts for about 20 seconds his cold deliverance accompanied by Murray Gold's epic score and the tension of the oncoming angels makes this speech feel so epic. We really feel like he is The Doctor, proved by the simple word "me" when asked what not to put in a trap. Seeing as this was the first episode Matt filmed for the show he does amazing, showing us he is a force to be reckoned with, not just the strange man that eats fish custard.