Doctor Who: 10 Reasons Matt Smith's Departure Is A Major Mistake

9. He Captures The Alien-ness Of The Doctor More Than Any Of His Predecessors

matt-smith_doctor_who11 The Eleventh Doctor is kind of €˜odd€™. Odd in the way you would expect an alien that looks like a human would act if they were surrounded by other humans and trying to blend in. Tennant€™s Doctor, as great as he was, fit in a little too easily. But Smith€™s Doctor really captured that alien vibe. Perhaps it was a step back for a character that had so aclimatised to human society, but I love his performance. The Lodger in his first series captured this perfectly with his attempts to become a €˜flat mate€™ to Craig Owens and later his ADHD overload as he moves in with the Ponds in The Power Of Three. The Eleventh Doctor is the best blend of someone trying to imitate what he has spent so long studying and not quite getting it right. His awkward romance with River Song. His lack of comprehension that Amy and Rory can just get up and leave their lives to travel with him at any moment. But mixed with a keen insight into what makes humanity a race worth saving. He gets things very right too, as any decent hero should. Also, is it just me€ or just Matt Smith look a bit like an alien pretending to be a human?
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A writer for Whatculture since May 2013, I also write for TheRichest.com and am the TV editor and writer for Thedigitalfix.com . I wrote two plays for the Greater Manchester Horror Fringe in 2013, the first an adaption of Simon Clark's 'Swallowing A Dirty Seed' and my own original sci-fi horror play 'Centurion', which had an 8/10* review from Starburst magazine! (http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/eventsupcoming-genre-events/6960-event-review-centurion) I also wrote an episode for online comedy series Supermarket Matters in 2012. I aim to achieve my goal for writing for television (and get my novels published) but in the meantime I'll continue to write about those TV shows I love! Follow me on Twitter @BazGreenland and like my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BazGreenlandWriter