Smith: 'My Doctor is a little reckless'

Matt Smith has suggested that his Doctor will be more reckless than David Tennant's.

After featuring in a regeneration scene in 'The End Of Time Part II' on New Year's Day, Smith starts his career in the lead role in Doctor Who this Easter.

Smith told The Guardian of his Doctor: "He's a little reckless. He'll walk into a room and have a million things to do.

"And, as opposed to knowing exactly how to get out, he'll take it up to the precipice: don't know, don't know, don't know, and boom, there's the idea.

"And it's a bit mad and reckless. It's very doof, doof, doof. And he's got a companion who I think is the hardest to handle. And she's quite mad. But The Doctor's quite mad as well. So together..."

When asked if his incarnation of the Time Lord will be melancholy, he replied: "I think it's impossible to escape that with The Doctor.

"He's lost so many people and devastated so much... bad or good, he's brought whole empires down. He's seen a lot, and that's part of his personality. But that's also what gives him such joy and effervescence."

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AN Unearthly Figure

In this exclusive set from Underground Toys, Forbidden Planet present the first Doctor, William Hartnell, in the costume seen in the very first episode of Doctor Who, 'An Unearthly Child' - complete with hat, cape and long jacket.

Price: £14.99 and on sale on 10th May 2010.

Sarah Jane Adventures Back For 2 More Series

CBBC Controller Damian Kavanagh has commissioned two new series (24 x 30-minutes) of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

The fourth series, to air this autumn, will again star Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. Young actors Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra return as popular regulars Luke, Clyde and Rani.

The new adventures will feature the terrors of the Nightmare Man, the sinister Shansheeth, the series first visit to an alien world, and even a dangerous journey back into history.

It will go into production in Cardiff later this month with series three producer Nikki Wilson stepping up alongside Russell T Davies as executive producer and new producer Brian Minchin joining the team. Writers on the fourth series include Phil Ford (also co-producer), Joseph Lidster, Rupert Laight, Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.

Series 5 will go into production in 2011 for transmission later that year.

Smith: 'I was called Doctor Who at uni'

Matt Smith has revealed that his university friends used to call him Doctor Who.

The 27-year-old actor, who will play the Eleventh Doctor in the new series, said that a scarf he often wore led to friends giving him the nickname.

He told Esquire: "At university I had a big coloured scarf, and people would often say, 'Alright, Doctor Who?' And I thought, I rather liked the notion."

Smith also admitted that his mum encouraged him to audition for the part when she suggested he would make a good Time Lord after discovering that David Tennant would be departing the role.

Smith's 'Who' audition was 'silly, crazy'

Matt Smith has revealed that he tried to make his Doctor Who audition "crazy" and "silly".

Speaking to Esquire magazine, the 27-year-old actor likened the role to playing Hamlet.

"I tried to make it as funny as it should be but it's a bit like playing Hamlet," he said. "It has to be your version. The Doctor is so committed, whoever plays him.

"So I tried to be creative and artistic, and silly, and crazy, and also the cleverest man in the world, and part of that is there's a rapidity to the way he speaks."

He added: "He's an intergalactic genius, a superhero-ish, mad, fumbling, bumbling, science geek. He's everything you can pluck from any universe and put into him."

Source: Digital Spy

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Dedwydd!

Happy St. David's Day!

On this day back in 1983 - episode 1 of Black Orchid was broadcast. This was one of my favourite stories. The TARDIS amaterialises on Earth in 1925 where, due to a case of mistaken identity, the Doctor ends up playing in a local cricket match. The travellers then accept an invitation to a masked fancy dress ball, but events take on a more sinister tone as a number of murders are perpetrated at the country home of their host, Lord Charles Cranleigh.

Major SFX Doctor Who Exclusive

SFX194, on sale 10 March, is going to have a very special cover indeed – a specially commissioned, eye-popping 3D image of Matt Smith as Doctor Who, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and a couple of Weeping Angels lurking about the place too. The animated gif here gives you an idea what to expect (just click on it to see what we mean), but you really need to see the real thing in all its glory when it hits the shelves in a couple of weeks' time.

The cover was created with the full association of the Doctor Who production team. SFX's art team popped down to Cardiff last month to conduct the exclusive photoshoot, to create an exciting image you'll see nowhere else. The issue also includes a massive nine-page feature on the new series of Doctor Who, including all-new interviews with Matt, Karen and Steven Moffat.

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Surprise Guest For Series 31 of Doctor Who

According to The SUN, James Corden - co-writer & star of 'Gavin & Stacey', is to star in the coming series of Doctor Who. Corden was spotted on the train to Cardiff learning his lines on his way to the Who set. When quizzed by a fan, excited James blurted out the secret.