 | Matt Smith confirmed for another 14 episodes of Doctor Who |
As the final part of series 6 (part one of two) 'A Good Man Goes to War' airs in the US on BBC America, the news of the Eleventh Doctor's third year greets us. The youngest actor to ever hold the mantle of Time Lord on Doctor Who, Smith had the unenviable task of winning over an audience raised on three plus years of David Tennant as the Doctor. The program has gone on to become an international success, breaking all viewing figure records on BBC America, now showing the program (more or less) concurrently with the BBC to avoid piracy issues.
A genuine eccentric, Smith could very well be the best Doctor of the entire BBC Wales program to date. Quirky, dynamic and sincere in his delivery of the most incomprehensible dialog. The scripts have wavered some, the effects haven't always been the best, the through it all I must applaud Smith for his perseverance
and for bringing new life to the program as a whole.
Beyond his third year, it's anyone's guess but there are already talks of a set of 'specials' to replace a full set of 13 episodes due to budgetary restraints and a tiring lead actor. It seems that Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill are leaving the program in the seventh series (possibly in series 6 part two) which, though I have mostly enjoyed the characters, I am ready for.
The future is an open book and hopefully it will not involve old ideas such as John Barrowman and River Song. But Moffat is apparently keen to have the two similar characters meet.
Steven Moffat and the BBC have also confirmed that Matt Smith will be continuing his role as the Doctor in Series 7 during 2012, following some silly rumors online that he was stepping down. With the official confirmation from the BBC, the rumors were put to rest… but that didn't stop Moffat and others lay out some clues as to what else we might be seeing in Series 7.
Following the official announcements from the BBC, John Barrowman (aka Captain Jack Harkness from Torchwood) revealed in an interview with Zap2It that the return of Captain Jack to Doctor Who has been discussed between Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat. "I've always said that if I'm asked to go back to Doctor Who, I'll go at the drop of a hat," Barrowman says. "That's where Captain Jack got his beginnings. And it's already been discussed."
There have been some hints and tips about the potential return for Captain Jack Harkness over the last couple of years, and it's inevitable the character will return at some point: he was created by Steven Moffat to begin with. In reality, it's a matter of timing and fitting everything into everyone's schedule.
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