Only 4 days later we’ve put out another cast. It was probably too soon, especially on a typicaly slow news week. So there’s some extra rambling and tangents this week. We did have the announcement that Matt Smith would be the new Doctor Who in 2010, which is a very long time and 4 more specials away.

Doug and I talked about how there’s no equivalent show here in the United States that can compare to the zeitgeist that Doctor Who creates in the U.K. I mean they got six million people to watch for an hour about casting!?! I’ve been racking my head over it and just can’t think of a single TV show in which the central actor is so important that a quarter of the viewing public gets that interested in it. CBS wishes the casting news of Lawrence Fishburne could attract a 25 share.

Anyways, here’s a picture of the new Doc. Some say he’s a little young, but I trust the man that brought me River Song, Clockwork Men, and the line “Don’t Blink!” to make the right call.

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