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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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|birth date  = [[28 October (people)|28 October]] [[1982 (people)|1982]]
|job title  = [[Actor]]
|role        = [[Eleventh Doctor]]
|time        = 2010-2014
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|clip      = Matt Smith - Lindalee Interviews the 11th Doctor - Doctor Who Week
|clip2      = Doctor Who -- Eleventh Doctor Q&A
|clip3      = Matt Smith's Final Panel - Full Q&A - The Eleventh Hour - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary
|story=[[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
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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]]''.


==Biography==
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]].''


===Early life===
== Biography ==
Smith grew up in Northampton 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 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. He studied at University of East Anglia, reading Drama and Creative Writing.
=== Early life ===
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.


===Career===
=== Career ===
He has also 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 26 years of age, Smith is the youngest actor ever to have played [[the Doctor]] on television (a record held for more than a quarter-century by [[Peter Davison]]). 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]]1 on January 3rd, [[2009]]. Smith began filming his first full episodes as the Doctor in late July 2009.
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.


==External links==
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]]''.
{{imdb name|id= 1741002|name=Matt Smith}}  
 
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}}.
 
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]]''.
 
== In the DWU ==
[[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]]''.
 
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.
 
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''
* ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
* ''[[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]]''
 
==== 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]]''
 
==== The Sarah Jane Adventures ====
* ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''
 
==== 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
 
=== Stage Plays ===
==== BBC Worldwide ====
* ''[[The Monsters Are Coming! (stage play)|The Monsters Are Coming!]]''
 
==== Punchdrunk ====
* ''[[The Crash of the Elysium (stage play)|The Crash of the Elysium]]''
 
=== Video Games ===
==== The Adventure Games ====
* ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[TARDIS (video game)|TARDIS]]''
* ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''
* ''[[The Gunpowder Plot (video game)|The Gunpowder Plot]]''
 
==== Console ====
* ''[[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 ==
{{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
 
== Footnotes ==
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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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