Extended Matt Smith Interview - Doctor Who Confidential: The Eleventh Doctor - BBC One http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwhoMatt Smith has been cast in the role of the Doctor in the iconic BBC series Doctor Who. Smith will be the 11th Time Lord and will take over from David Tennant who leaves at the end of 2009. He will be seen in the forthcoming fifth series that will be broadcast in 2010.From:BBCViews:43177 258ratingsTime:05:42More inEntertainment

... I know! Never heard of him before now either. We'll both meet him in the clip after the jump from YouTube and the BBC. I keep thinking of that SNL sketch from years ago where David Spade works for Dick Clark Productions, and he turns to the office visitor and says, "And we know you from ..."I'm disappointed it's not Paterson. I was really looking forward to that.Above is a photo of Matt Smith who played a character called Danny Foster in a series called Party Animals for the BBC. Also pictured left, photo by Rebecca Reid.In the first season of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, he played the guy that Hannah brought home from the department store after the bad trick that she got sent that led her to fire her procurer.He also did Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North with Billie for BBC and PBS Masterpiece Theatre.He's 26 years old. His birthday is two days after mine which makes him a Scorpio, not that I know anything about astrology, but I know so little about him I feel like I have to say as much as I know.He's another Doctor with a back injury, which I think is not such a great idea. From his IMDB bio:As a teenager he was a talented footballer and considered turningprofessional, but had to give it up, following a back injury, andturned to acting instead. He's a Norwich University grad. Only five years out of University and he's the Doctor?He's just a bit young for my taste. At least by the time he starts shooting these episodes he'll be older. Maybe he could find a time machine, get in it, age a little and then come back. There's more about him here from the BBC Website:He left Northampton aged 18 to study drama and creative writing at University of East Anglia in Norwich.His work with the National Youth Theatre got him both an agent and his first professional job before graduation.Smith appeared in Fresh Kills at the Royal Court in 2004, andthen joined the cast of On the Shore of the Wide World whichtransferred to the National Theatre. It was here that he took over therole of Lockwood...