‘Doctor Who’ season 8: Matt Smith on Peter Capaldi, numerology, and more
For the first time since stepping down as The Doctor, Matt Smith has made an appearance at an American convention. What makes this stop at Wizard World New Orleans this week all the more notable is that this is the first major convention in the United States that Smith has done outside of San Diego Comic-Con.
While there were not exactly any spoilers on the future of the show, Smith did at least share a few thoughts on something that has become a big debate among the diehard fans: The numerology of The Doctor. Now that we know about John Hurt as the War Doctor, for example, does that really make Smith #11, or Peter Capaldi #12 anymore? Are things really complicated now? For the sake of it being official, Capaldi is #12, and this is also apparently the way that Smith sees it. Per ComicBook.com, here is what he had to say:
“Well, the thing is, I got really attached to eleven, and I’ll always think, for my money, he’s twelve. Because I like being eleven, because I like the number eleven. Then, there’s a whole lot of Doctor Who science that might suggest otherwise because of John Hurt, the other Doctor. But for me, I think number twelve.”
Ever since leaving the role as The Doctor, Matt has been a busy man. He has done some stage work, and even while filming his exit he took part in a feature film production in Detroit. We have no problem imagining that he is going to get a great opportunity to do a variety of new and exciting things over the next few months and years, and the greatest news is that he is game for a return someday.
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Miaortiz
February 19, 2014 @ 4:39 am
You see as
A+
alfieb
February 12, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
you’re all stupid. John Hurt is 8, Ecclestone 9, Tennant 10 + 1 regeneration making Smith 12 and Capaldi 13, it’s nothing to do with centuries,
Listen Carefully
February 12, 2014 @ 6:13 pm
Never Seen the Movie?
Why is this so hard to understand?
These are the Classic Doctors.
1 William Hartnell
2 Patrick Troughton
3 Jon Pertwee
4 Tom Baker
5 Peter Davison
6 Colin Baker
7 Sylvester McCoy
Semi-Classic, Played solely in the Doctor Who Movie. Still a Doctor.
8 Paul McGann
Day of The Doctor
War John Hurt
John Hurt played an Incarnation set between the 8th and 9th Doctor. Because he is not known as “The Doctor” he is not counted as a Doctor, though clearly he used up a regeneration, he is not “Doctor”.
9 Christopher Eccleston
10 David Tennant
10 later regenerated again, using up the regeneration, but because he didn’t change his body or personality, he is the same Doctor. So he remains numbered “10”. Yet again, he used up a regeneration, so total regens = 11(12 Bodies)
11 Matt Smith
This makes matt the 11th Doctor, but is the last of that cycle of regenerations. Therefore, he is still the 11th Doctor. But the 13 Body.
12 Peter Capaldi
There.
That is perfectly explained.
12 Doctors. 14 Bodies. Two of which either never known as the Doctor, or else, also known as the “10th” Doctor.
John Smith
February 11, 2014 @ 11:53 pm
But think about it, remember 10#2. Tennant used up a regeneration in Journey’s End, it even says so in the Christmas special. So Matt Smith is already 13.
Which means, that there are going to be total 25 Doctors, including the War Doctor and 10#2. So only the 23rd Doctor.
William_313
February 12, 2014 @ 12:40 pm
Dude your stupid if your a doctor who fan you would no that the the doctor can only live for 12 centuries
Justlisten
February 12, 2014 @ 6:14 pm
Perhaps you missed the Christmas Special?
He gains a new set of regenerations. And regenerations live for far longer than a century. The 7th was over 900 years old.
fattykim
February 11, 2014 @ 1:22 pm
The War Doctor bumped the others up a rung. Think of all the fun they could have with the 13th (unlucky?) Doctor. Maybe not unlucky for him but others.