Phew! It’s been more than a week since I last posted, blame lack of news and little to comment on. But with the news that Matt Smith has started filming for his tenure as everyone favourite Time Lord it’s given us all something to talk about.

I’m looking at this shot of Mr Smith on set and I guess I’m doing a typical fan reaction to how a new Doctor looks and wondering what the hell he is wearing. But I realize that’s part of The Doctors appeal, being the quirky lovable roguish genius who can either blend in or stand out no matter what he wears. But I’m still wondering what kind of look they were going for here.

My first impression made me think of that fear of the new series throwing up too much angst alongside the helping of darkness we are going to see, the jet black hair covering one eye and the tweed makes him seem like he stepped out some Fall Out Boy music vid. A vid about the upper class or going on a old fashioned hunt where the prize was some chavvy Vicky Pollard lookalike, as I have had the misfortune of being stuck at a crappy Farmer University where such upper class types are rampant I’m not sure if he would fit in or be cast out.

However after assimilating the images it also struck me that Moffat is trying to combine the young age of our new Doctor with the old age and experience The Doctor has acquired in his 900+ years of life. Like he is a University student trying to look like that wizened old lecturer that everyone loves. Smith may not be the most handsome devil around but from what I have seen of him he looks more than able to display the quirkiness that we all know The Doctor is capable of. As long as we move away form the dammed romance sub-plots and more onto the action and Sci Fi the series can deliver and we know Moffat is truly shredded the dried RTD skin the series has been stuck with. Like a Snake who wants to get rid of the old layer but seems too snug in what he already has, despite it cracking and hampering movement.

I guess one of the appeals of a new Doctor is the outfit. While clothes don’t always make The Doctor (Unless you are Colin Baker, but that is not his fault!) what they do is provoke the discussion we all love, trying to work out what he is going to be like, how they are going to showcase and make him standout. The other challenge is that like Peter Davison, we have a young actor stepping into the shoes of an experienced one who has made the role more of his own. Davisons reputation grew with the years, Tennant’s grew with the episodes and despite my comments above I will still not pass judgment on Matt Smith until we see him strut his stuff. As before; the best of luck to him and I hope he is enjoying himself as much as the photo suggests.

PS: Wonder if there are plans for a Jenny/#11 episode yet? Considering how close Smith and Moffat are in terms of ages, any episode with them in would be utterly priceless.