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Originally Posted by Daniel.

Do I have to watch the other seasons to watch this?

I havent watched since David Tennant and tempted to watch, but not if I need a load of information from the other seasons.

Err you should watch Matt Smith just because he's excellent . Capaldi is good too though it took me half a season to warm to him.

Originally Posted by Ashley.

She's extremely non-threatening, if anything. And that isn't a jab at her being a woman... she portrays anger as though she is in a panto. I just can't take it seriously.

Gadz . I haven't been watching it because I didn't particularly rate the first episode but this is not encouraging at all. The best part about the character has been that he ( ) could switch between sillyness / irreverence and a really cold, sharp sort of rage on a knife edge. Tennant, Smith and Capaldi all nailed it. IMO Smith was best at it which is why he's my fav - he could be really charismatic / "jolly" one minute but then the next you genuinely BELIEVED that he could **** up everyone's **** up if he wanted to; and they established that in his very first episode with his rooftop speech.

The Doctor without a dark side feels pointless.