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I don't know, some people have a rabid enough hatred for the character to where they would hate having Tenth back if it meant having to see Rose again.

I'm not one of them. I enjoyed her character for the time she was on the show, although I don't think she would have anything to add to the show if she was brought back now.

David Tennant will always be my fave doctor and the most hilarious but Matt Smith is still very good. He is the one who is making me really feel like trying Fish fingers and custard after all.

If we're comparing just David and Matt, then David all the way. He could deliver every emotion under the sun from anger and angst to childlike glee and wonderment. Plus, both David and Chris Eccleston really captured the feel of a 900+ Timelord. You could see the long, lonely years in their eyes. You could feel the weight of the universe on their shoulders. Matt makes a comment about being old and alone, and... I don't buy it. It's like watching a fanboy roleplay the Doctor. This isn't entirely Matt's fault. He's young--super, super young. In time, with more experience, he might get the whole ancient Timelord thing down, but for now, he seems a bit out of place.

As for being "more alien," it seems a bit odd to me that a Timelord that's spent all of his adult life with humans would suddenly not understand anything about them. Bill Hartnell's Doctor, I can understand it. Ian and Barbara were his first human companions. He had no previous encounters with the human race. But why has Eleven suddenly regressed? Did his regeneration erase all of his experiences with human beings?

it's tennant for me. he is really a tough act to follow. yeah, matt smith is great, but tennant just grew on me. i'd give matt smith a chance though. it was one season after all.

Hey guys! Im new to Doctor Who, i only started watching it maybe a month or so ago. The very first episode I saw was "Lodger" with Matt Smitt. I had no idea what was going on but i thought he was hilarious, so obviously alien the way he tries (and fails) to act human. The second episode I saw was "the Lonly Child" or the lone child, whatever, with CE. I didn't like him so much. Don't get me wrong, he was great and (im searching for the right word here...) knowing? wise? well anyways...I kept on, then when David Tennant came in I laughed histaricly. (i remebrd him from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire") "The Christmas Invasion" was awesome! It was so funny when he's on the balcony talking about this great impending doom while he's in the middle of passing out again, and he reaches into his pocket and calmly asks why theres an apple in his dressing robe ("The important thing is-why is there an apple in my dressing robe?" "What he gets hungry in his sleep?" "Sometimes,") my favrote part.

So, in summary, CE was kind of boring to me, strong, I guess, persistant; MS was funny, alien (literaly ), and kind of clueless; and I LOVE David! He's funny, protective (so was CE but in a different way), actually knows what he's doing, and I like his coat and hair (he looks good with glasses, too)

I am honestly in love with him

Now, as for the whole 'Rose coming back with the half human (DT) doctor' thing, I am all for it (hmm...I wonder if she gave him a name? Or did he tell her his real name?) It's good because DT keeps aging (no offence) so he cud play the clone forever (not that he should, could, or would, but...) The only question is, how would they come back? WHY would they come back?

Wow! That is both happy and sad (sad because Rose dies). I guess that settles it then...and now...I have nothing more to say

They did go to a parellel world. Where did you get the past from? Im so confused...

Obviously, Tennant was better.

But i love the way Smith bring a kooky, qwirky vibe to the table. Hes more of an alien then Tennant or any of the other Doctors ever were, and thats what i love about him.

The Doctor is an alien, Matt Smith show that.

I know, it's like each one has a different type of crazy. CE would probably have to be ''madness'', David has ADOS (''Attention Deffesite-Oo Shiny'' copyright Alex Renolds (she has ADD so its not an insult I swear)) because of how easily he's distracted and he loves yelling out random things, the best word for Matt's crazy I think is ''lunicy''. Yup lunitic sounds right, he loves thinking out loud, he never thinks about what he's going to say so he corrects himself a lot. I absolutly love David, but Matt is coming along well.

Smith is a fine actor and deserves better. There is a big problem with Who since he came on, not him personally but it is being characterized in the Smith version of the Doctor, and making him look bad.

1- The Doctor is a moron now.

He proves it every episode by saying or doing something stupid, pointless, or ineffective. I was ignoring it as a plot point when he got the whole crew lost in the bowels of a weeping-angel ship, and figured they needed to give Amy her moment when he almost killed the space-whale, but the isometric controls thing in the xmas special is just too much. Not only does he come off like a complete idiot during the initial conversation... ok maybe that was for comic relief... but then he wastes half the episode trying to change the past only to be undone by his own lack of foresight on the controls. The Tennant Doctor was so brilliant, that was his appeal, he was a shining light in the darkness. The Smith Doctor just fumbles his way through each episode blindfolded and with a stupid look on his face.

2- You have to be fan to like it now

They have gone off the deep-end with some scenes, like the sleigh-ride scene, or singing to the air-shark. If you're not already a fan of Who for at least a few years, this kind of stuff is too far out there to identify with. Usually the companion bridges that gap to the viewer. In this iteration we seem to be alone with the doctor and his latest alien buddies every episode, while Amy and Rory play some other game on their own. So long common denominator. I was counting on it to try to bring some of my non-who fan friends to the show, but it will not happen at this rate, and I fear it will never happen if Smith stays on for more than a season or 2 tops. Again, not him personally, but this new Doctor they made up for him. The only way I can see it changing is if they replace Smith and rethink the doctor again for some new guy.

I really liked Smith and Jones, Doctor's Daughter, and 42 aswell as the ones you said (also in no particular order). And I agree, Tennant was more responsible, Smith is a goofball.

I miss David Tennant!!!