The Matt Smith manifesto

Yes, I've not commented on any of the 11th Doctor hoo-ha so far because it seems there are only two camps at the moment - the 'I hate the new Doctor, yaahh booo sucks to him' camp and the 'Matt Smith is phwoar, which means he will be a fab Doctor, yaahh booo sucks to you all' camp.

I subscribe to neither of these fine groups.

I do have to say Matt is not really my cup of tea looks-wise and also is very young looking, so being a woman of a certain age I just can't say he does one jot for me. It means the MS is phwoar thing doesn't work for me - I'm sure he will be devastated to hear that, but what can I say? I'm sure he'll get over it...

And yes, I'll admit it. I AM GOING TO MISS TEN. There, I've said it. It doesn't mean I'm obsessed or mad or wrong. The Doctor has always been Tom Baker to me until he came along. Yes, Mr Tennant is a damn pretty boy and certainly my type, but above all of that, he was perfect as the Doctor. He was everything the Doctor should be as far as I'm concerned and he and Tom will forever be the Doc to me now. Soon as I saw him, heard him, he was the Doctor. I've not had that reaction to Matt. Like Ecclescake - I enjoyed watching the programme - he doesn't feel like a proper Doctor to me. Didn't hate Ecclescake, stories were great, he's a wonderful actor and I even sniffled at his end montage on DWC, but he never felt like the Doc to me. With DT, the regeneration scene was the start, the CiN special confirmed my first thoughts and when Mr Tennant threw the TARDIS doors open and swashed his buckle at Christmas, it was all over - he was it. I know I've said this before but I even turned to the friends who I was with and said 'Now HE'S The Doctor.'

I am apprehensive of the new series. I have purposely not watched MS in anything since he was announced and I hadn't seen him in anything before that. I wanted to go in 'fresh' so to speak, so I would have no pre-conceived ideas. I have loved the Grand Moff's eps previously, but some of his and his colleagues interviews recently do have me slightly rubbing my chin - a 'fairy tale'? 'Twilight'? Hmmm... I do feel they are pitching it to the younger audience. Although why I or others are surprised by that is odd as, let's face it, DW was meant to be aimed at the younger audience. But I can't help it - it makes me feel uneasy. I'm sure Moff will steer the ship in a fine manner. I'm sure all will be fine, Matt will be fine, Amy's short skirts will be fine and the series will be fine. But I'm not sure it will be fine for me. I know, I know... I'm old and I don't like change, what can I say?

I am of course going to watch the Doctor. He's the Doctor and I will watch. But I will not blindly say I love it if I don't. I am not going to preach MS love if I don't like him. If he's fantastic, I will gladly say so and be very happy about it. He's going to have to go some, mind, because for me he has some pretty big size 13 boots to fill.

But until I see the new episode I won't know. And I don't want to think about it or know anything much about it until then, so I can make my own decisions. I guess we'll just have to wait until Easter to see won't we? Not long now.