Neil GaimanвЂ™s first Doctor Who episode brought that dynamic to life вЂ“ literally. The Doctor and the TARDIS have always been like a married couple. вЂњDo you have a name?вЂќ вЂњ700 years and finally he asks.вЂќ If heвЂ™s the best Doctor, heвЂ™s had some of the worst scripts.ДЄnd so, as we count down the weeks until the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special вЂ“ SmithвЂ™s penultimate outing вЂ“ we look back at the Eleventh DoctorвЂ™s time in the TARDIS and select the best Matt Smith episodes вЂ“ and tell you where you can watch them online. ItвЂ™s a shame, then, that while Matt Smith achieved the mammoth task of making The Doctor his own after the towering David Tennant, he hasnвЂ™t always had the best luck with episodes вЂ“ a whole season of one big narrative arc involving River Song left him with a legacy of muddled storylines and over-ambitious set pieces. You wouldnвЂ™t believe he was only 26 when he started.

All that while wearing a tweed jacket and a fringe thatвЂ™s bigger on the outside? ItвЂ™s an impressive, definitive turn from the actor. SmithвЂ™s hyperactive babbling lets him turn on a sixpence between the extremes heвЂ™s an unpredictable, awkward hero, as emotional as David Tennant and as old as William Hartnell. From custardy fishmongers to fezzes and mops, his mad professor has shown a range that perfectly matches a Time Lord: a clumsy clown one minute, a powerful force the next.

The Eleventh Doctor вЂ“ and possibly the best Doctor of them all.

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