• And let's not forget, Scottish. (Apparently Karen Gillan's going to be using her native accent for the character, which is definitely a plus in my book.)

• I like the cut of this Doctor's jib. I'd also like to direct everyone's attention to the unintentionally(?) hilarious URL for this very article: http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/01/the_first_look_at_the_new_doctor_who_will_blow_you.php

• I will definitely miss David Tennant, but I will definitely watch the new guy. He doesn't look half bad.

• Funny thing about those Daleks: If you remember from Doomsday, there are still over a million of them trapped in The Void along with those Cybus-Cybermen. Also in Journey's End, unless the Cult of Skaro were the only Daleks with emergency temporal shifts, there was a massive army of Daleks that could have survived. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Davros shifted somewhere in time. So yes, Daleks never die.

• Here, clone-of-me! Use this device to kill all Daleks. Good job, now go to a prison dimension you murderous bastard. Oh, but at least you get to keep Rose.

• And the 6th Doctor used a gun to blast Cybermen.

• Earlier Doctors did have a number of catchphrases (not a definitive list, though) "Oh, my giddy aunt!" (2) "Oh, my word!" (2) "When I say run, run!" (2) "Reverse the polarity..." (3) "Would you like a jelly baby?" (4+2) And some repeated phrases (not arguably catchphrases) "Mm? What's that, my boy?" (1) "Shut up, K-9!" (4) "Brave Heart, Tegan!" (5)

• Apparently they are. From the season 5 (or is it 1 again or 1b? Thanks, stupid production staff!) episode list on the 'Life, Doctor Who & Combom' website; 12 Title Unknown. This Story may see the return of the Cybermen, but which ones? Cybus, or from our universe? 13 Title Unknown. Part 2 of the above.

• That has been disproven in the series itself. In multiple episodes it makes clear that whether or not you think the forced "change of appearance" at the end of "The War Games" was a regeneration or not (see the much touted 'season 6B' theory), Pertwee's version WAS a different incarnation of the Doctor!

• Hmmm. I was a bit skeptical, but watching this actually makes me think Eleven might be brilliant.

• I was more annoyed that Davies had to tie them into the (surprise villains) in the finale. Bastard had to try to take some of the shine off Moffat's best episode before he left....

• Hooray for more Doctor Who! I enjoyed the End of Time but it was a bit long. But the Doctor had a lot of people he had to save one more time. I like the preview, very exciting. Poor Doctor, still not a ginger. haha! Those Damn Daleks just never freaking die!!! Oh well, Hooray Doctor!!

• looking forward to see how the new doctor does and to see the sea devils and weeping angels means the show is going to the dark side again plus love where the doctor is trying to smah the Dalek open and hope this time they do not get used as the bad guy every other week.

• It'll be nice to have a regular series again. I remember when they were casting they were looking for an older Doctor, but Matt stole the show, so I'm more than confident he'll be fantastic. The companion however...jury's out on her still.

• Then what was with the rifle in "Talons"? And in "Pyramids"? When that was said, that's when a new team, the one that gave the show it's slow, painful death, took over. They moved to that pacifist direction due to the heat from Mary Whitehouse's crusade to dumb the show down. The Doctor does not cary guns. True. But he's not stupid about them with such a whiney Earth only view of them. He know they exist and are something you'll have to deal with. He's not one of those, "I choose to ignore it so it will go away" people.

• Then what was with the rifle in "Talons"? And in "Pyramids"? When that was said, that's when a new team, the one that gave the show it's slow, painful death, took over. They moved to that pacifist direction due to the heat from Mary Whitehouse's crusade to dumb the show down. The Doctor does not cary guns. True. But he's not stupid about them with such a whiney Earth only view of them. He know they exist and are something you'll have to deal with. He's not one of those, "I choose to ignore it so it will go away" people.

• There's a popular theory among Doctor Who fans that every time the Doctor regenerates, his personality changes in reaction to his previous one. So that while David Tennet's portrayal of the Doctor was that of a friendly, a little manic, but incredibly lonely man who lamented that he would outlive those he loved and possibility was indirectly responsible for ruining their lives, Matt Smith's approach (at least based on this preview) appears to be that of a hyper-active, eccentric man-child whose odd behavior is intentionally designed to keep people from getting too close to him so as to avoid any emotional pain like his last incarnation. It's also interesting that there's elements of other Doctors going on in these clips. Tennant's Doctor may have been in part a homage to the fifth Doctor, Peter Davidson, but Smith uncannily looks like him, save for the wild hair. He's also got Colin Baker's fourth Doctor's wide-eyed, enthusiastic, kid in a toy store behavior, along with the third Doctor's (Jon Pertwee) tendency to physically engage his enemies, as seen by the way he cold cocks that one scientist and when he started wailing on the Dalek. Be interesting to see how he actually pulls this off.

• I think he looks just like a young Anthony Heald.

• While I agree that McCoy was the ULTIMATE pacifist, Tom Baker once said to Leela, "I never carry guns. Once people see that you mean them no harm, they won't hurt you... ....9 times out of 10."

• And I keep wanting to say a bit of Morrisey. Forehead and big puff of hair maybe.

• Fuck year angels!

• I am SO stoked to see footage of the new Doctor because it means that Tennat is GONE! I watched "End of Time" and I was sickened how LONG his "goodbye" was too all these characters! A half-hour until he fell (which was probably more serious that Tom Baker's fall from the satellite dish) and then being zapped by radiation---until he changed into Smith. Also...I stand by my conviction that Matt Smith is actually the 10th Doctor. Troughton did not regenerate into Pertwee. He was forced to "change his appearance" by the Time Lords at the end of "The War Games," not regenerate.

• Matt Smith looks like a combination of Ron Weasley and Monty Python's Michael Palin.

• yamieridani: the weeping angels, from blink, are indeed back next season. as are the silurians and/or the sea devils. and that was a white dalek in the promo too... whatever that means. but the daleks feature in a pre wwii story featuring Winston Churchill. very excited for the new season. made more so by BBC-America's commitment to bring it to us the same time the brits get is (or on the same delay the last specials were, at the least) not sure i dig that catchphrase though. not sure he needs one. up until ecleston, the doctor didnt need a catchphrase.

• I love that Matt Smith has a Conan O'Brien hairdo.

• And attractive.

• As Davros so intuitively pointed out, the Doc doesn't need guns. He fashions people into weapons and lets them do the shooting!

• Did I see one of the angels from blink? That'd be fun to see them again....that and they never really explained why the Doctor and Martha were running around with a bow and arrows....ooh maybe a two doctors ep, that'd be fun.

• If the dreadful Slitheen managed to appear in half a dozen episodes (including "The Sarah-Jane Adventures"), I see no reason why the Weeping Angels can't have a second one. If it were the fourth or fifth time, I'd probably have a problem with it.

• yeah, i can understand that. still, i'll always love to see an episode with the Daleks. we'll see when Spring comes.

• Anyone know if the real Cybermen will be coming back?

• I agree with you. The outrage is just from the fans, who seem to hate pretty much everything. I actually thought the Doctor not shooting either the Master or the Lord-President in the finale was a huge cop-out, after they'd spent the entire episode building it up.

• Or even McCoy, who stole the Riddler's outfit...

• Take a look at "Talons Of Weng Chi-ang" or "Pyramids of Mars" or Peter Davison's almost execution of Davros. The Doctor uses a gun. This "No-Gun" thing started with McCoy's watch and it's STUPID. The Doctor does not like guns, true, but he's not an idiot. He knows they exist and sometimes they have to be used. It's HOW he uses them that defines him. He understand you have to defend yourself. Telling a planet that's being attacked by Daleks or Cybermen or whatever to "Not use guns as I'm against them" is stupid...It's the writer showing his political stance.

• Hang on- You are going to pick on Tom Baker's outfit, yet give the 6th doctor, Colin Baker, a pass? Crazy, man. Crazy. As for the new guy...Better than I thought. But he's no Destro...

• I'm looking forward to it. Smith does seem to have an off-kilter enthusiasm that makes him difficult to dislike. The tone looks like the old 70s series with Jon Pertwee, which I personally think would be amazing. I love how manipulative the trailer is, too. I'm almost positive he's firing a flare gun at the end, probably at the empty sky, but it's sending all the hardcore fans into a tizzy because the Doctor doesn't use guns. The creative team are fully aware of that fact - it was a major plot point in a recent story - so it's obviously just there to rile them all up.

• I am a Tennant fan, let me get that out of the way, but simply because he was the one that got me interested in Who. Before I had heard of the show, even seen a few episodes but since it was so hard to find to watch, I never maintained interest. Then between episodes on the Scifi Channel and BBC America, I was able to keep into it, along with Netflix giving me the old shows. Despite that, I am looking forward to the new Doctor, and by the promo it seems Smith could really bring a new aspect to the 900+ year old Time Lord. After all, the idea is for each to be different, you don't want every actor who takes the part basically doing the same version. To me it seems that what has kept this show going and held so much interest was the different variations each new actor/regeneration gave to the character of the Doctor.

• Looks very promising. I'm a bit skeptical about the weeping angels coming back. I don't want them to become like the Daleks, reduced to stock villains that are wheeled out simply because they are popular. That said, I'm very excited about the new series.

• have probably watched this thing like 20 times so far! i'm honestly excited for this new series! Moffat is going to rock and already i see promice in Smith's Doctor. me and my friends were somewhat talking about it, and they are indifferent cause they are hardcore Tennant fans, but i'm openminded enough to give the new kid a try. companion looks hot and I hope she's nothing like Rose, and it looks like Moffat is going to make it darker and more like the classic Who with a mix of something new in it. also, FUCKING WEEPING ANGLES AND DALEKS IN COATS!!! yes, i want some more!

• Yeah, I think she's Scottish.

• I watched this promo, like 7 times yesterday. Mostly because Spring is so damn far away.

• Loved David, but it will be nice to have regular epiosdes again. Matt looks like he'll do a great job and if Stephen Moffat picked him that's good enough for me.

• The new companion (the redhead) is far too attractive to be English. I would say..Scotish?

• I was skeptical at first, but the promo makes me think he's going to do just fine. And Amy Ponds gives me a Cyber-Woody.

• It still bothers me that they went for a younger actor and therefore a young looking Doctor. I want to see an older Doctor again not some manic college guy with a weird face. Though I'm still willing to give him a chance.

• I'm so excited. Weekly episodes of Doctor Who. I can't wait.

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