I'll be interested to see how his take on the Doctor differs from Eccleston's and Tennant's.
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Anne W. - Jan 03, 2009 8:12:30 am PST #2541 of 3486
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Sue - Jan 03, 2009 8:13:24 am PST #2542 of 3486
hip deep in pie
Here's his IMDB page. If you've seen the Sally Lockhart mysteries with Billie Piper, he was in those.
DebetEsse - Jan 03, 2009 8:14:00 am PST #2543 of 3486
Woe to the fucking wicked.
He's...younger than me. That's weird.
amych - Jan 03, 2009 8:14:00 am PST #2544 of 3486
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
it seemed likely that they'd go for someone who didn't have too much in the way of oodles of baggage...
Yes, and a good thing -- I was happy to see Chiwe on the list (because, CHIWE! Love him!) but I figured there was no way for just that reason. And even more so for either of the women -- I'd love to see a woman Doctor, but either Zeta-Jones or Piper would've screamed pure stunt casting, not to mention that I don't think I could watch either one of them in the part...
sumi - Jan 03, 2009 8:15:01 am PST #2545 of 3486
Art Crawl!!!
Who was he in Ruby in the Smoke ?
Anne W. - Jan 03, 2009 8:16:00 am PST #2546 of 3486
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I like the pictures in the IMDB entry much better than the one linked above. That one looked too much like they were angling for the Tennant resemblance.
There's part of me, though, that does wish they'd cast older rather than younger. Still, I'm hopeful.
Barb - Jan 03, 2009 8:16:38 am PST #2547 of 3486
“Not dead yet!”
I'd love to see a woman Doctor,
I think the only one I could've seen in that role would have been Catherine Tate, because of the taste of it we were given. But conversely, I think that's precisely why it wouldn't have been her.
I found it super interesting that they said that Matt was one of the first people they auditioned, and they knew, but they kept going, because they wanted to be thorough and make sure they'd auditioned everyone.
Sue - Jan 03, 2009 8:17:28 am PST #2548 of 3486
hip deep in pie
He was Jim.
Jon B. - Jan 03, 2009 8:21:29 am PST #2549 of 3486
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
If you've seen the Sally Lockhart mysteries with Billie Piper, he was in those.
He also spent the night with Billy Piper (and then became the Date Who Wouldn't Leave) in an ep of Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Consuela - Jan 03, 2009 8:23:50 am PST #2550 of 3486
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, look, another white guy.
Sorry to be cranky, but seriously. ::rolls eyes forever::