# The new Doctor in costume! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798 "2009-07-21T23:25:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/1 "2009-07-21T23:25:24Z")
Holy cow! I can’t believe I get to start the thread on the first official look at the new Doctor Who in costume! [Here he is in full kit](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/medialibrary/images/misc/karen_matt_large.jpg) along with new companion Amy Pond. [Here’s the announcement](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/090720_news_03) from the BBC. I’m very impressed with the costume! They even made Matt Smith look handsome, which is quite a surprise based on his earlier pics, where he was wearing a dark t-shirt and dark suit jacket and looked quite outre. Here his quirky facial features blend nicely with an old-fashioned button-down look (and quite a snazy shirt, when you look closely). I think we can gauge quite a bit about Eleven’s character from the costume, but I’ll let others elaborate on that. All I’ll say now is that I’m extremely excited. I can’t wait to see what Smith and Moffat do with Doctor Who. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/2 "2009-07-21T23:55:28Z")
Not sure what to make of it. I think it looks very… boring. No dash of panache. I shall have to view it in context before passing judgement. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/3 "2009-07-22T00:26:27Z")
Little or no eyebrows always look creepy to me. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/4 "2009-07-22T00:40:33Z")
> [@alan smithee](#): > > new companion amy pond o. M. G. Okay, I’ve tried three times now. WTF is up with the capital letters? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/5 "2009-07-22T02:33:17Z")
I wasn’t aware they’d cast Tucker Carlson as the Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/6 "2009-07-22T08:33:34Z")
Not sure about the bow tie, but I lok forward to seeing more of Amy Pond:D ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/7 "2009-07-22T12:23:13Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > o. M. G. > > Okay, I’ve tried three times now. WTF is up with the capital letters? Writing in all caps has been unofficially banned for quite a while now. Some sort of filter keeps it from working. But there are lots of workarounds. As for the Doctor, I think he looks great. I would like to see some of that speculation about his character, though. Spoiler it if you think it’ll bug people. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/8 "2009-07-22T12:27:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Writing in all caps has been unofficially banned for quite a while now. Some sort of filter keeps it from working. But there are lots of workarounds. I’m just stunned that whatever filter they’re using would also eliminate the capital letters of proper nouns. Geez, what a blunt instrument. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/9 "2009-07-22T14:41:07Z")
A wristwatch on The Doctor? How gauche. He looks dull, but then again, Tennant probably looked dull in pictures too… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/10 "2009-07-22T14:45:18Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > A wristwatch on The Doctor? How gauche. He looks dull, but then again, Tennant probably looked dull in pictures too… Nine had a wristwatch as well, as did Seven I think. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/11 "2009-07-22T16:13:27Z")
Oh please, can I take her home? Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease! ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/12 "2009-07-22T17:18:05Z")
I don’t care for the new Doctor but the new assistant… Oh boy… ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/13 "2009-07-22T23:00:59Z")
Amy’s cute, but she looks about 15 (though the BBC site says she’s 21). Is she supposed to be another teenager like Ace? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/14 "2009-07-23T00:12:08Z")
I’ll reserve judgement. I wasn’t too thrilled about Tennant replacing Eggleston at first, but he turned out to be excellent. She’s cute, but yeah, she looks awfully young in that pic. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/15 "2009-07-23T01:14:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I wasn’t aware they’d cast Tucker Carlson as the Doctor. Heh! I think you’ve ruined the new Doctor for me. I just keep imagining his companion saying, “Gee, this is the 12th straight time we’ve tried to disrupt the life of this Barack dude. Is he going to be some evil world conqueror someday?” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/16 "2009-07-23T01:28:45Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Nine had a wristwatch as well, as did Seven I think. Yep…click on the ‘costumes’ link at the bottom of the announcement, and it shows all the Doctors in costume (3 of Ten, and 1-3 all together). Seven’s watch isn’t terribly clear, but it is visible. (He’s picture 6.) ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/17 "2009-07-23T17:46:45Z")
> [@Risha](#): > > Amy’s cute, but she looks about 15 (though the BBC site says she’s 21). Is she supposed to be another teenager like Ace? There is [this](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media.nowpublic.net/images//97/9/979193a8cb401c54fde119f43fd23e31.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/karen-gillan-new-doctor-who-assistant-photo-02&usg=__5k6V-hP5byzd8AhDf-zZWNkSehs=&h=421&w=629&sz=48&hl=en&start=37&um=1&tbnid=CVmOLbB9EK8mpM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522karen%2Bgillan%2522%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20%26um%3D1) picture. Much better. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/18 "2009-07-23T18:23:42Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > There is [this](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media.nowpublic.net/images//97/9/979193a8cb401c54fde119f43fd23e31.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/karen-gillan-new-doctor-who-assistant-photo-02&usg=__5k6V-hP5byzd8AhDf-zZWNkSehs=&h=421&w=629&sz=48&hl=en&start=37&um=1&tbnid=CVmOLbB9EK8mpM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522karen%2Bgillan%2522%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20%26um%3D1) picture. > > Much better. 😃 You are my new best friend. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/19 "2009-07-23T18:30:38Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Not sure what to make of it. I think it looks very… boring. No dash of panache. > > I shall have to view it in context before passing judgement. My first thought was “The Doctor is trying to look like Simon Tam”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798/20 "2009-07-23T20:01:58Z")
Nope, sorry, don’t like it, what’s next, a Timelord who…_Sparkles!_ GAAH!!! Do…Not…Want! maybe it’s just me being ageist, but this looks nothing more than Teenybopper Doctor crap Sorry, Doctor “Cullen”, I don’t think I’ll be enjoying your exploits [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-in-costume/503798.md?page=2)