The Fall of the Eleventh Doctor: 5 First Signs of Greatness
I still remember when David Tennant announced his retirement from the Doctor, thinking, “Well, that’s that then.” The announcement of Matt Smith as the new Doctor did not fill me with confidence. He was too young, I thought. He can’t pull off the intensity of Eccleston or the passion of Tennant. Who was to be left to the fan girls, and I spent many a night beweeping my outcast fate. Before his second episode ended, Matt Smith had proved me wrong. And so I give you, in some but not much particular order, “Five First Signs of Greatness.” As this is a personal list and far from scientific fact, it is not up for debate. I would, however, love to hear from you about which episodes were the ones that made you a Matt Smith fan.
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