Matt Smith, as the eleventh Doctor, and Karen Gillan, as companion Amy Pond, blast off in the season 5 pilot of Dr. Who with an episode light on plot and actual information and heavy on loosey-goosey antics from the latest incarnation of the character, whose David Tennant form I liked better. <\/p>\n
As the Doctor, Smith plays a bouncy, funny, nearly addlebrained version of the BBC’s flagship alien, who talks faster and jumps around more than previous versions. Smith’s Doctor seems much looser and more out-of-control than even Tennant’s, kind of like a puppy whose feet are too big for it. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, with her crisp primness and matter-of-fact reactions to a spaceship in her front yard, Amy, as played by Gillan, offers a certain uptight confidence that is quite likeable. Possibly she is also a study in the faithfulness of human nature, given that she’s been waiting most of her life for the Doctor to come back.<\/p>\n
So far, after one ep, the Doctor feels like a big collection of personality spasms and tics rather than a fully fledged character. Amy comes across as more well-rounded and -grounded. In this case, the companion transmits herself as more endearing and accessible than the Doctor. Meanwhile, there is some hope for Matt Smith, as he’s definitely demonstrated the comic chops necessary for the role. It would be nice for him to find the center of the character beyond the farce, however. So far, I haven’t seen it.<\/p>\n
P.S. Despite the fact that it’s missing the signature long electrical warping sounds [weeeeee-ooooooooooo!],<\/em> I do like the new theme. And the new TARDIS looks cool too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matt Smith, as the eleventh Doctor, and Karen Gillan, as companion Amy Pond, blast off in the season 5 pilot of Dr. Who with an episode light on plot and actual information and heavy on loosey-goosey antics from the latest incarnation of the character, whose David Tennant form I liked better. As the Doctor, Smith… Continue reading Dr. Who season 5: new theme music, Doctor, new TARDIS, new companion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}