I’m sure no avid fan of Casualty would be especially excited if they noticed that in next week’s episode Man Who Falls Off Roof is played by the same actor who gave us his Man Who Cut Off A Finger way back in series five, but I don’t care. And frankly, seeing Cully from The Dominators pop up as the man whose car Amy uses to trap the Doctor’s tie in was the icing on the cake for me. Some of the guest cast were rather wasted (bar Arthur Darvill’s endearing Rory – he’ll be a fan favourite by the season’s end, I guarantee), but if the show is attracting actors of calibre to fill out even the smallest roles, we can hardly complain. It’ll be good to see her wrestle with more dramatic moments later on in the series, but on the evidence thus far, she’s more than capable. From the moment he burst from the TARDIS, wet, curious and totally at ease in the presence of a child, I was with him, hooked on his gangly body language, his idiosyncratic delivery and his unforced, natural eccentricity.Įlsewhere Karen Gillan proved to be a comic actress more than capable of wrangling Moffat’s gutsy, quick-fire dialogue. Odd looking (I’ll ignore how rich this is coming from Doctor Who fans)? The camera loves his face, as it morphs from childish bemusement to febrile, quick thinking genius. His Doctor is like a big kid being played by an elderly character actor (albeit one who can run and fall over and stuff). Too young? The only age Smith doesn’t exude is his own. These fears melted away quicker than a reasoned debate on an internet forum. Despite high hopes that this change in personnel wouldn’t crucify the show, we disciples of the Doctor were all, deep down, Doubting Thomases. After the unprecedented success the series enjoyed with Russell T Davies and David Tennant, Doctor Who needed an Easter miracle to maintain such a revered place in the hearts of the people.
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