To think Matt Smith was a terrible a Doctor?

[HangingBasketCase]

I felt like I'd woken up in a parallel universe this morning and saw all the comments from people bemoaning how much they missed him last night. Seriously, I never liked him as the doctor. I adored David Tennant and watched every single one of his episodes, but I although I gave Smith a chance I just didn't connect or gel with him. I didn't get it and don't know why he was ever cast in the past. Also don't get me started on Amy Pond, I bloody loathed her with a passion!

I drifted away from the series completely during the Smith era, but now Capaldi has taken over I'm coming back. He's already a vast improvement on Smith, I could tell you that after one episode.

Where the fuck has all this Smith love come from?!

You are very wrong. Matt Smith was good.

YANBU

I had to stop watching it completely.

I love Peter Capaldi in the role, though.

Hanging, I agree with you, but I think we might be in the minority.

Lots of young 'uns I know loved Matt Smith, but I thought Capaldi was absolutely superb in the first episode last night - he just was the Doctor, IYSWIM? I never felt that with MS, lovely though he seemed.

Definitely looking forward to the rest of the series.

I grew to love Matt Smith. It took me a while to warm up to him, not because I thought he was bad, but because he was Not David Tennant, and I didn't want someone who was Not David Tennant.

I thought Matt Smith was goofy and funny and sweet. My favorite part of his tenure as the Doctor, though, was Rory and Amy. LOVE them.

I liked Peter Capaldi. I was a little mad at him for a minute in last night's episode, but I came back around. I am looking forward to seeing more of him.

Aww no Matt Smith was just lovely! Amy and Rory got on my wick, but I did like Matt.
Agree PC will ace it though. He was great last night!

Totally agree Hanging. DT was an amazing Dr. Matt Smith was just awful and I stopped watching it too. Thought Peter Capaldi showed promise last night. Unlike the storyline!

Matt Smith was ok, not brilliant, but ok...I'll not miss him though.

I'm liking Peter Capaldi, I liked the idea of him and based on last night I am definitely going to prefer him. I'm liking that he is older and darker, the look to camera after the jump/push was great.

Tom Baker was the best Doctor ..................

I always disliked DT for not being Chris Ecclestone . Loved Matt Smith and adore Capaldi. Good times ahead.

I couldn't bring myself to watch old moonface, but I love Peter Capaldi and watched Dr Who last night for the first time in years. I might well stick with it.

I'll not miss him either to be fair. I got sick of the Amy/Doctor/Amy/Rory/Amy dynamics. They strung it right out.

I likr Matt. I was pissed David Tennant left but thought young Matt did a great job. Was dubious about Peter capaldi but he was great. I only watched one Christopher eccesson (?) episode. Dire. So pleased Dr Who is back.

I agree. I have recorded last nights episode, and ds (8) and I are going to watch it tonight. It will be ds's first ever Doctor Who episode..

I stopped regularly watching when Matt smith.i found him wooden,over mannered with limited range

YANBU, although DH agrees with everyone else.

I loved Tennant. Couldn't really get into Matt Smith, although I did enjoy it more towards the end. Last night I was pleasantly surprised by Capaldi.

Matt Smith was wonderful. He was an old man in a young persons body. I was blown away by him in the Eleventh hour.

Capaldi is bloody good too.!

YABU. I loved Matt Smith. I'm not overly keen on David Tennant's Doctor, which I'm sure puts me in a minority.

Peter Capaldi is going to be brilliant though. He was easily the best part of a very mediocre episode.

We really enjoyed Matt Smith's first season, thought it worked really well and that he picked up on the early doctor's characteristics very well (especially Pat Troughton). But his subsequent seasons were sadly really awful, especially all that irritating dying and absolutely anything to do with River Song. So for the first time ever we stopped watching (and we have watched every available episode of Dr Who, including some fairly terrible ones). dd recently did a catch up and I thought that the later ones with Clara looked better, hopefully the new seasons will be good.

I loved DT, thought he made a brilliant doctor. Quite like CE too. Couldn't really warm to MS and as for that bloody Amy... all she could do was screech 'Doctor! Doctor!' like some harangued matron. Not sure if I like PC yet, need to see a couple more episodes.

YABU - Matt Smith was my second favourite doctor after Jon Pertwee.

YABTU! I loved Matt Smith's doctor. Although I agree with you totally about David Tennant, he's my favourite which has nothing to do with me fancying the pants off him. I thought Peter Capaldi was very good last night, I think he's going to be a good doctor.

But then, I liked Christopher Eccleston too, and found David Tennant seriously annoying. So, I probably know nothing.

DDs really liked Matt Smith, I found him a bit silly, but warmed to him in the end. I like Amy (and Rory towards the end, when he got some script).

I've seen very few of the Clara episodes, so I can't judge. Yesterday she was just a pretty thing in period costume. But yesterdays script was totally unoriginal shit. Even it admitted it was just a very poor rehash of the girl in the fire place robots. Lizard woman is annoying, over tanned Sontaran (sp) should stay in the SJ adventures and openly lesbian couples are totally over being faintly edgy.

And fuck the Scotish angle, we have enough of that with the sodding independence vote. Dr Who is an alien, his accent doesn't matter.

(In anycase my hearing is awful and I tend to put the subtitles on, or the sound effects deafen everyone.)

If and when we get a decent script, not Moffet up his own arse, I'll decide if I like the wrinkly thing as the Dr.

I'm another one who enjoyed Matt Smith's subtle portrayal of Drs Who have gone before (did you like that? ).

We were watching for similar in Peter Capaldi, there should always be a few retro false starts after a regeneration, and he did throw in a few vocalisations and facial/body tics that were quite good.

I was less than impressed with them using the whole episode on a trite little story and focussing on getting us to accept Capaldi as the new Dr by showing us most of it through Clara's eyes, and seeing how hard she was finding it.

As usual, we will give it a bot more growing time...