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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Doctor actor is youngest ever
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Doctor actor is youngest ever
Matt Smith has been named as the actor who will take over from David Tennant in Doctor Who - making him the youngest actor to take on the role. At 26, Smith is three years younger than Peter Davison when he signed up to play the fifth Doctor in 1981. Smith will first appear on TV screens as the ...
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Doctor Who to be announced
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Doctor Who to be announced
news.bbc.co.uk — The name of the actor who will replace David Tennant in Doctor Who will be announced on Saturday. Tennant said in October that he would stand down from the show after filming four special episodes in 2009. His replacement - the eleventh Doctor of the ... (more) BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Doctor Who to be announced
CBBC Newsround | Showbiz | New Doctor Who actor is revealed
news.bbc.co.uk — The next actor to play Doctor Who is Matt Smith, and he will be the youngest person ever to play the Doctor! Matt is 26 years old, and will become the 11th Doctor when he takes the keys to the Tardis from David Tennant in 2010 after four more special ... (more) CBBC Newsround | Showbiz | New Doctor Who actor is revealed
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Doctor Who to be announced
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Doctor Who to be announced
news.bbc.co.uk — The name of the actor who will replace David Tennant in Doctor Who will be announced on Saturday. Tennant said in October that he would stand down from the show after filming four special episodes in 2009. His replacement - the eleventh Doctor of the ... (more) BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Doctor Who to be announced
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And the Eleventh Doctor Is -
The Recapist — - Matt Smith. Today, the BBC announced the youngest ever Doctor (yes, younger than Peter Davison) will be 26 year-old Matt Smith. A relative unknown, Matt Smith does have a Whoniverse connection.  He's acted with Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) in both The Shadow of the North and Secret Diary of a Call Girl. The head of drama at BBC Wales, Piers Wenger, described that Smith "had that 'Doctor-ness' about him."  David Tennant, the very popular Tenth Doctor, will exit the TARDIS as of ...

Matt Smith Is The New Doctor Who
Screen Rant — ... announced. I presume to generate traffic. It does not help a harried entertainment reporter I dare say! And now that we know who the next Doctor Who will be, the next obvious piece to this time traveling puzzle would be who will be his assistant? Could we possibly see Billie Piper again? I only ask that because she’s worked with Matt previously. Egads, the questions never stop, but that’s what I do. Stir up the pot. Sources: BBC News, Northampton Chronicle, ...

Doctor, Doctor, Give Me The News
Dead Things ON Sticks — ... AS MY FRIEND David Antoniuk said just moments ago, "we're ready for a black President of the USA, but not a black Doctor Who?" ...

Odds and Ends: New Year, New Shows, New Doctor Who
TV Watchers — ... And then let's look ahead to 2010, when Matt Smith (pictured) becomes the new Doctor Who. This isn't a show I write about much (actually, at all), but I started watching it earlier in 2008 and got hooked pretty quickly. I'm talking about the new version of Doctor Who. The show actually dates back to 1963, and I remember seeing repeats of it -- typically from the '70s -- late at night on PBS when I was a kid. Even then, it seemed pretty terrible: it had sloppy production values and seemed to take itself wayyyy too seriously. ...

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Thanks to Rosalind for the info. Matt Smith has been named as the actor who will take over from David Tennant in Doctor Who - making him the youngest actor to take on the role. At 26, Smith is three years younger than Peter Davison when he signed up to play the fifth Doctor in 1981. Smith ...
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