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'''Matt Smith''' (born [[28th October]] [[1982]]) has been announced as the actor who will portray [[Eleventh Doctor]]. He will take over the role from [[2010]] onwards, taking over the role from [[Tenth Doctor]] actor [[David Tennant]] at the end of the [[2009]] specials. At 26, he will be the youngest actor to portray [[the Doctor|the title role]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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==Biography==
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===Early life===
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Smith grew up in Northampton and attended Northampton School for Boys<ref name = imdb>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1741002/bio</ref>. He originally wanted to be a footballer but had to give up football after a back injury.<ref name=thisislondon>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23482551-details/That+face+to+watch/article.do</ref> <ref name = imdb />. After encouragement from his drama teacher he joined the National Youth Theatre.
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'''Matthew Robert Smith''', (born [[28 October (people)|28 October]] [[1982 (people)|1982]]<ref>[[DWDVDF 90]]</ref><ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>) more commonly known as simply '''Matt Smith''', played the [[Eleventh Doctor]] from 2010 to 2013, beginning with an appearance at the conclusion of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]],'' continuing from ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]] ''to ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''.


He studied at University of East Anglia, reading Drama and Creative Writing.
He also appeared as the Doctor in the 2010 two-part storyline ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'' for the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]] ''and in a cameo in the 2014 episode ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]].''


==Doctor Who==
== Biography ==
[[Image:11thDoctor.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Matt Smith's portrayal of the 11th Doctor (Promotional Image)]]
=== Early life ===
=Casting=
Smith grew up in [[Northampton]] (located in the East Midlands of England) and attended Northampton School for Boys, mocked for having a face "with elbows".<ref name="imdb">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1741002/bio</ref>. He originally wanted to be a [[football]]er but had to give up this ambition after a back injury. He excelled at sports in school. Matt supports Blackburn Rovers.<ref name="thisislondon">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23482551-details/That+face+to+watch/article.do</ref><ref name="imdb" /> After encouragement from his drama teacher, he joined the National Youth Theatre. He studied at the [[University of East Anglia]], reading Drama and Creative Writing. He did not attend a Drama school.
Speculation towards the identity of the Eleventh Doctor began on 28 June 2008; the penultimate episode of the fourth series, "The Stolen Earth", ended as the Doctor was regenerating after being shot by a Dalek's death ray. The lack of a trailer for the second part, "Journey's End", prompted a media and public frenzy surrounding the show which helped Doctor Who attain the highest position in the weekly ratings—first—in the show's history.[4] The rumoured replacements included Catherine Tate—then playing Donna Noble, the Doctor's companion—Robert Carlyle, Jason Statham, Alan Davies, and James Nesbitt. The Daily Mail also reported the theories that two Doctors could be created—eventually proven to be correct—and that Tennant's announcement that he would leave in 2009 was a bluff to create a shock regeneration.


Tennant announced he would be stepping down from portraying the Doctor at the National Television Awards on 29 October 2008, because he felt that the four years he spent portraying the character was enough and to ease the transition from Russell T Davies's showrunning to Steven Moffat's. At the time, the BBC published that Paterson Joseph was the bookmaker's favourite to succeed Tennant and would become the first black Doctor, followed by David Morrissey who was appearing as Jackson Lake in the 2008 Christmas special "The Next Doctor". Other candidates included Sean Pertwee, son of Third Doctor actor Jon Pertwee; James Nesbitt; Russell Tovey, who portrayed Alonso Frame in the 2007 Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned"; and James McAvoy.
=== Career ===
Matt Smith appeared opposite [[Billie Piper]] (who played former companion [[Rose Tyler]]) in ''The Ruby In The Smoke'', ''The Shadow In The North'', and ''Secret Diary Of A Call Girl''. On stage, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for That Face in 2008. At twenty-seven years of age, Smith became the youngest actor ever to have played [[the Doctor]] on television (a record held for more than a quarter-century by [[Peter Davison]]) and the first to be born after the death of the [[First Doctor]], [[William Hartnell]]. Following the conclusion of contract negotiations around [[Christmas]] [[2008]], Smith's casting was formally announced during [[The Eleventh Doctor (CON episode)|a special broadcast]] of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' on [[BBC Three]] on 3 January 2009. Smith began filming his first full episodes as the Doctor in late July 2009.


''"The Doctor is a very special part, and it takes a very special actor to play him. You need to be old and young at the same time, a boffin and an action hero, a cheeky schoolboy and the wise old man of the universe. As soon as Matt walked through the door, and blew us away with a bold and brand new take on the Time Lord, we knew we had our man."''
The exact date of when Matt was cast is uncertain. It is known that [[Russell T Davies]] was informed on or just before [[10 December (production)|10 December]] 2008<ref>per an e-mail reprinted in ''[[The Writer's Tale|The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]''</ref>, but during interviews conducted in March and April 2010 to promote Series 5, Smith repeatedly stated that he had to keep quiet about being cast for three months before the announcement, suggesting he may have been cast as early as October 2008. Smith announced his departure from Doctor Who on June 1st, 2013, being replaced with [[Peter Capaldi]] as the Twelfth Doctor in ''[[The Time of the Doctor]]''. However, a scene was filmed during his final episode which shows the Doctor phoning Clara in the near future concerning his next incarnation; through this scene, Matt returned as the Doctor one last time in a brief cameo appearance at the end of ''[[Deep Breath]]''.
'''——Executive Producer Steven Moffat on Smith's casting.'''


At 27 years old, Smith is the youngest actor to portray the Doctor, two years younger than Peter Davison, who took on the role at the age of 29. Smith was one of the first actors to audition for the role, and the production team immediately singled him out based on his performance. The BBC were cautious about casting him because they felt that a 26-year-old could not play the Doctor adequately; BBC Wales Head of Drama Piers Wenger shared the same sentiment, but noted that Smith was capable enough to play the role. Smith's casting in the role was revealed during a special episode of Doctor Who's companion show Doctor Who Confidential, during which he deemed it to be: "a wonderful privilege and challenge that I hope I will thrive on". Doctor Who's Executive Producer Steven Moffat praised Smith's audition, noting that he was impressed by Smith's "brand new take on the Time Lord".
Since being cast as the Doctor, Smith has also starred opposite {{w|Eva Green}} in the science fiction drama {{wi|Womb (film)|Womb}} (released on DVD as ''Clone''), and has starred as the writer [[Christopher Isherwood]] in the BBC television film {{wi|Christopher and His Kind (film)|Christopher and His Kind}}. Beginning in 2016, Smith plays [[Prince Philip]] in the [[Netflix]] original series {{wi|The Crown (TV series)|The Crown}}.


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In 2021, he appeared in the Edgar Wright psychological horror ''Last Night in Soho'' alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie and [[Diana Rigg]].


He also appeared as himself in ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV story)|The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]'' and ''[[An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)|An Adventure in Space and Time]]''.


===Career===
== In the DWU ==
Smith did not go to drama school but was a former member of the National Youth Theatre. His performance in ''The Master and Margarita'' secured him an agent leading on to his first professional performance in ''Fresh Kills'' opposite Christian Slater <ref>http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008985 (Fresh Face: Matt Smith)  London.Broadway.com</ref>. Further roles came as he appeared in ''On the Shore of the Wide World'' before then moving on with co-stars Thomas Morrison and Steven Webb to Alan Bennet's ''History Boys''.
[[File:Matt Smith (The Doctor Drops In).jpg|right|thumb|The television screen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Drops In (TV story)|The Doctor Drops In]]'')]]
In the story ''[[The Doctor Drops In (TV story)|The Doctor Drops In]]'', a TV screen with an image of [[Matt Smith (in-universe)|Matt Smith]] next to the words "''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]''" are seen. Smith is then referred to by name in ''[[The Doctor Appears (TV story)|The Doctor Appears]]''.


After ''History Boys'', he moved into television appearing in the [[BBC Television]] adaptations of ''The Ruby In The Smoke'' and ''The Shadow in the North'' alongside [[Billie Piper]] (who has appeared as [[Rose Tyler]]), then as Danny Foster in the [[BBC]] TV series ''Party Animals''.
In the 2013 comic story ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'', [[Matt Smith (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Matt Smith]] encounters the [[Eleventh Doctor]] twice during an incident in which the Doctor finds himself in a parallel universe in which his adventures are chronicled in a TV series titled ''[[Doctor Who]]'' starring Smith. Smith meets the Doctor first at a Doctor Who convention where he initially thinks the Doctor is an expert cosplayer, and later during the filming of an episode at which time he realises the Doctor is real. Before departing for his own universe, the Doctor recommends [[Peter Capaldi]] to Smith as a potential future Doctor. Although the story was promoted as taking place in the "Real World", this is not the case as Smith describes plotlines for episodes that were never made.


In January 2009, his casting as the Eleventh Doctor was announced on a special episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' [[2010]].<ref name="DWC3109">{{cite episode |title=The Eleventh Doctor |episodelink= |series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]] |credits= |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=3 January 2009 |seriesno=4 |number=15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
== Credits ==
  | title =New Doctor actor is youngest ever
=== Television ===
  | publisher =BBC News
==== Doctor Who ====
  | date = 2009-01-03
* ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''
  | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7808697.stm
* ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
  | accessdate = 2009-01-03 }}</ref>
* ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]''
* ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of the Angels]]'' / ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]''
* ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]''
* ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]''
* ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'' / ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]''
* ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]''
* ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]''
* ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' / ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''
* ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''
* ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' / ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]''
* ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]''
* ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]''
* ''[[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]]'' / ''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]'' (also [[Eleventh Doctor (Ganger)|Eleventh Doctor]])
* ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''
* ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''
* ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Thoughts]]''
* ''[[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]''
* ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]''
* ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''
* ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''
* ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''
* ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]''
* ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]''
* ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]''
* ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]''
* ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
* ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]''
* ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]''
* ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]''
* ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]''
* ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the Tardis]]''
* ''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]''
* ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' (also [[Mr Clever]])
* ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''
* ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''
* ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''
* ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''


He said in an interview for Doctor Who Confidential that he had to keep it a secret and couldn't tell anyone, the only person he told was his Dad because he felt like he was going mad.
==== Mini-episodes ====
* ''[[Meanwhile in the TARDIS (home video)|Meanwhile in the TARDIS]]''
* ''[[Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)|Dermot and the Doctor]]''
* ''[[Prequel (Let's Kill Hitler)|Prequel: Let's Kill Hitler]]''
* ''[[Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)|Death is the Only Answer]]''
* ''[[Bad Night (home video)|Bad Night]]''
* ''[[Good Night (home video)|Good Night]]''
* ''[[First Night (home video)|First Night]]''
* ''[[Last Night (home video)|Last Night]]''
* ''[[Prequel (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)|Prequel: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''
* ''[[Asylum of the Daleks Prequel (webcast)|Asylum of the Daleks Prequel]]''
* ''[[Pond Life (TV story)|Pond Life]]''
* ''[[The Great Detective (TV story)|The Great Detective]]''
* ''[[The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel]]''
* ''[[She Said, He Said: A Prequel (webcast)|She Said, He Said: A Prequel]]''
* ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]''
* ''[[Rain Gods (home video)|Rain Gods]]''
* ''[[A Night with the Stars (TV story)|A Night with the Stars]]''
* ''[[The History of the Doctor (TV story)|The History of the Doctor]]''


==Awards==
==== The Sarah Jane Adventures ====
*2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement or Performance in an Affiliate Theatre Nominee<ref>http://steveonbroadway.blogspot.com/2008/02/2008-laurence-olivier-award-nominations.html</ref>: Cast member of ''That Face''
* ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''


*2006 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play: Cast member of ''On the Shore of the Wide World''
==== Other ====
* ''[[Doctor Who at the Proms (2010)]]'' - Presenter
* ''[[One Born Every Minute (TV story)|One Born Every Minute]]''
* ''[[Songtaran Carols (webcast)]]'' - Himself
* ''[[Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)]]'' - Presenter
* ''[[Cinema Introduction (The Day of the Doctor)|Cinema Introduction]]''
* ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV story)|The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]'' - Himself


==Credits==
=== Stage Plays ===
===Television===
==== BBC Worldwide ====
{| class="wikitable"
* ''[[The Monsters Are Coming! (stage play)|The Monsters Are Coming!]]''
!Programme Title (Episodes)!!Role!!Channel/Broadcaster!!Original Air Date
|-
|''Party Animals'' || Danny Foster || BBC Two || Jan 07 - Mar 07
|-
| ''The Shadow in the North'' || Jim Taylor || BBC One || Dec 07
|-
| ''The Street'' (Episode 2.5) || Ian Hanley || BBC One || Nov 07
|-
| ''The Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' (Episode 1.6) || Tim || ITV 2 || Oct 07
|-
| ''The Ruby In The Smoke'' || Jim Taylor || BBC One || Dec 06
|}


===Film===
==== Punchdrunk ====
{| class="wikitable"
* ''[[The Crash of the Elysium (stage play)|The Crash of the Elysium]]''
!Film Title!!Role!!Release Date
|-
| ''In Bruges'' || Young Harry || 2008
|-
| ''Falling'' || Roger || 2005
|-
| ''Gotham, IL'' || Curious onlooker || 2004
|}


===Theatre===
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable"
==== The Adventure Games ====
!Title!!Role!!Theatre!!Performance dates
* ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]''
|-
* ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]''
| ''That Face'' || Henry || Duke of York's Theatre, London || May 08 - Jul 08
* ''[[TARDIS (video game)|TARDIS]]''
|-
* ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''
| ''Swimming With Sharks'' || Guy || Vaudeville Theatre, London || Oct 07 - Jan 08
* ''[[The Gunpowder Plot (video game)|The Gunpowder Plot]]''
|-
| ''That Face'' || Henry || Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London || Apr 07 - May 07
|-
| ''Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship'' || Tom/William/Gary || National Theatre, London || Apr 06 - Jun 06
|-
| ''The History Boys'' || Lockwood || National Theatre, London || Nov 05 - Jan 06
|-
| ''On the Shore of the Wide World'' || Paul Danzinger || National Theatre, London || May 05 - Aug 05
|-
|"||"|| Royal Exchange, Manchester || Apr 05 - May 05
|-
| ''Fresh Kills'' || Arnold || Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London || Nov 04
|-
| ''The Master and Margarita'' || Basoon || Lyric Hammersmith, London || Aug 04 - Sep 04
|-
| ''Murder in the Cathedral''|| Thomas a Becket || || 2003
|}


==References==
==== Console ====
{{reflist}}
* ''[[Evacuation Earth (video game)|Evacuation Earth]]''
* ''[[Return to Earth (video game)|Return to Earth]]''
* ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]''
 
=== Audiobook Readings ===
==== BBC Audio ====
* ''[[The Runaway Train (audio story)|The Runaway Train]]''
* ''[[The Jade Pyramid (audio story)|The Jade Pyramid]]''
* ''[[The Hounds of Artemis (audio story)|The Hounds of Artemis]]'' (with [[Clare Corbett]])


==External links==
== External links ==
* {{imdb name|id= 1741002|name=Matt Smith}}
{{imdb name|id= 1741002}}
* [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/interviews/view/item100026/Matt-Smith/ Official London Theatre Guide, The Big Interview with Matt Smith]
* [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/interviews/view/item100026/Matt-Smith/ Official London Theatre Guide, The Big Interview with Matt Smith]
* [http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008985 (Fresh Face: Matt Smith) London.Broadway.com] A 2007 interview with Matt Smith while in Swimming With Sharks
* [http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008985 (Fresh Face: Matt Smith) London.Broadway.com] A 2007 interview with Matt Smith while in Swimming With Sharks


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You may wish to consult Matt Smith (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Matthew Robert Smith, (born 28 October 1982[1][2]) more commonly known as simply Matt Smith, played the Eleventh Doctor from 2010 to 2013, beginning with an appearance at the conclusion of The End of Time, continuing from The Eleventh Hour to The Time of the Doctor.

He also appeared as the Doctor in the 2010 two-part storyline Death of the Doctor for the Doctor Who spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures and in a cameo in the 2014 episode Deep Breath.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Smith grew up in Northampton (located in the East Midlands of England) and attended Northampton School for Boys, mocked for having a face "with elbows".[3]. He originally wanted to be a footballer but had to give up this ambition after a back injury. He excelled at sports in school. Matt supports Blackburn Rovers.[4][3] After encouragement from his drama teacher, he joined the National Youth Theatre. He studied at the University of East Anglia, reading Drama and Creative Writing. He did not attend a Drama school.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Matt Smith appeared opposite Billie Piper (who played former companion Rose Tyler) in The Ruby In The Smoke, The Shadow In The North, and Secret Diary Of A Call Girl. On stage, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for That Face in 2008. At twenty-seven years of age, Smith became the youngest actor ever to have played the Doctor on television (a record held for more than a quarter-century by Peter Davison) and the first to be born after the death of the First Doctor, William Hartnell. Following the conclusion of contract negotiations around Christmas 2008, Smith's casting was formally announced during a special broadcast of Doctor Who Confidential on BBC Three on 3 January 2009. Smith began filming his first full episodes as the Doctor in late July 2009.

The exact date of when Matt was cast is uncertain. It is known that Russell T Davies was informed on or just before 10 December 2008[5], but during interviews conducted in March and April 2010 to promote Series 5, Smith repeatedly stated that he had to keep quiet about being cast for three months before the announcement, suggesting he may have been cast as early as October 2008. Smith announced his departure from Doctor Who on June 1st, 2013, being replaced with Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor in The Time of the Doctor. However, a scene was filmed during his final episode which shows the Doctor phoning Clara in the near future concerning his next incarnation; through this scene, Matt returned as the Doctor one last time in a brief cameo appearance at the end of Deep Breath.

Since being cast as the Doctor, Smith has also starred opposite Eva Green in the science fiction drama Womb (released on DVD as Clone), and has starred as the writer Christopher Isherwood in the BBC television film Christopher and His Kind. Beginning in 2016, Smith plays Prince Philip in the Netflix original series The Crown.

In 2021, he appeared in the Edgar Wright psychological horror Last Night in Soho alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie and Diana Rigg.

He also appeared as himself in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot and An Adventure in Space and Time.

In the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]

The television screen. (TV: The Doctor Drops In)

In the story The Doctor Drops In, a TV screen with an image of Matt Smith next to the words "Doctor Who" are seen. Smith is then referred to by name in The Doctor Appears.

In the 2013 comic story The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who, Matt Smith encounters the Eleventh Doctor twice during an incident in which the Doctor finds himself in a parallel universe in which his adventures are chronicled in a TV series titled Doctor Who starring Smith. Smith meets the Doctor first at a Doctor Who convention where he initially thinks the Doctor is an expert cosplayer, and later during the filming of an episode at which time he realises the Doctor is real. Before departing for his own universe, the Doctor recommends Peter Capaldi to Smith as a potential future Doctor. Although the story was promoted as taking place in the "Real World", this is not the case as Smith describes plotlines for episodes that were never made.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sarah Jane Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stage Plays[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Worldwide[[edit] | [edit source]]

Punchdrunk[[edit] | [edit source]]

Video Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Adventure Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

Console[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook Readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ DWDVDF 90
  2. ↑ REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1741002/bio
  4. ↑ http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23482551-details/That+face+to+watch/article.do
  5. ↑ per an e-mail reprinted in The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter
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