10 Dumb Doctor Who Moments You Can't Help But Love
6. Bend It Like Eleven (The Lodger)
Not only is Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith annoyingly good at acting, he was also a skilled footballer in his youth.
His grandfather used to play professionally, and Matt wanted to follow in his footsteps. He played for a number of prominent teams, including Nottingham Forest and Leicester City, until a back injury put an end to this dream.
We'd feel sorrier for him if he wasn't so talented and handsome.
Smith got the chance to put his footie chops to the test in Series 5's The Lodger, which features a ridiculous, yet impossible-to-dislike scene all about the beautiful game.
When finding out that a pub football team is down a player, the Doctor joins in, in an effort to appear more human. Turns out he's great at it, running rings round the other players, and scoring goals that would make Grampa Smith proud.
It's an incredibly cringey sequence and it takes up way too much time in the episode, but it's nice to see a window into what Smith's footballing career might have looked like.