Eleventh Doctor

The Eleventh Doctor is the name given to the eleventh incarnation of the Time Lord known as the Doctor. At present, very little is known about him other than that his first confirmed companion is a young female named Amy Pond and that he dresses in a tweed jacket, bow tie, rolled up trousers and black boots, and that this incarnation appears to have a more youthful physical appearance than most of his predecessors, save perhaps the fifth or the tenth incarnations. The Doctor's TARDIS appears to have also undergone some cosmetic changes coinciding with his emergence, the full extent of which are as yet unknown (though it is known that the First Doctor's St John ambulance badge will be restored to the TARDIS).

Behind the Scenes

 * After months of speculation, David Tennant, the actor cast as the Tenth Doctor in 2005, announced in October 2008 that he would be leaving the role as of the final gap year special scheduled for broadcast in early 2010. This precipitated several months of intense media speculation as to the identity of the actor to be chosen to play the Eleventh Doctor. English actor Matt Smith who, at 26, will become the youngest actor to date to play the Doctor (succeeding previous record-holder Peter Davison), was officially confirmed by the BBC as the new Doctor on 3rd January 2009. Mofatt had attempted to find an older actor to play the role, but he felt that Smith was the right man.
 * As of August 2009 it has not yet been confirmed whether Smith will appear as the new Doctor in any of the remaining David Tennant specials, though it is generally assumed he will take part in a regeneration sequence for the final special (DW: The End of Time), although there is precedent for a regeneration to occur at the start of an episode (DW: Time and the Rani) or even partway though (DW: 1996 TV movie). While not definitively confirmed, a BBC article on the production team at the Celtic Media Festival seems to indicate the sequence will indeed be included in the final Tennant special.
 * Smith was seen filming in Cardiff in October, it is thought that he is portraying an old and wise doctor with a young body. However, some leaked dialogue suggests that this younger looking Doctor will have trouble being taken seriously, to the point of his frustration, suggesting a shorter tempered personality much like the Sixth Doctor.
 * His first companion Amy Pond will be played by Karen Gillan, who portrayed the Soothsayer in DW: The Fires of Pompeii.
 * The comic strip The Crimson Hand, being published in Doctor Who Magazine from issue #416 in December 2009, has been announced by DWM as the last strip to feature the Tenth Doctor. Presumably this means DWM will begin strips featuring the Eleventh Doctor in the early months of 2010 depending on how many issues the Crimson Hand arc covers. Similarly, the American comic book publisher, IDW Publishing, announced at the New York Comic Con in February 2009 that it will begin publishing original comic book adventures featuring the Eleventh Doctor as of issue 18 of Doctor Who Ongoing, scheduled for publication in December 2010.
 * BBC Books has announced that the first novels featuring the Eleventh Doctor in the New Series Adventures line are scheduled for release in April 2010.