You know you're really getting old when the newly announced Doctor is six-and-a-half years younger than you. Blimey. 
To be honest, I've no problem at all with his age there's something Merlinesque about him appearing physically younger as he gets chronologically older that suits the character really well. If Smith can bring a good enough air of authority to the Doctor then his apparent youth doesn't matter just as long as as BV alludes to they don't have him going around snogging everyone in sight, which isn't behaviour that becomes the good Doctor.
It should also be considered that these days due to the shorter, faster paced stories and also differing audience expectations the Doctor tends to be a bit more 'action', so a younger, fitter actor would perhaps be better suited than one of more 'advanced' years.
Two things that do concern me a little though... watching the reveal show and all the montages of his previous work, he does have a bit of a look of Tennant about him, hopefully when it comes to it there'll be a marked difference between Ten and Eleven. Also, Smith's background is very much theatrical playing the Doctor will take up a big chunk of his year, for how long will he be happy for a single TV role to put his stage career on the backburner?
Still, it's only fair to judge him once we've actually seen ownership of the TARDIS pass into his hands so we'll all have to wait until next year I suppose the next big (and almost equally exciting for us Whovians) reveal will be... what will the new Doctor be wearing?
To be honest, I've no problem at all with his age there's something Merlinesque about him appearing physically younger as he gets chronologically older that suits the character really well. If Smith can bring a good enough air of authority to the Doctor then his apparent youth doesn't matter just as long as as BV alludes to they don't have him going around snogging everyone in sight, which isn't behaviour that becomes the good Doctor.
It should also be considered that these days due to the shorter, faster paced stories and also differing audience expectations the Doctor tends to be a bit more 'action', so a younger, fitter actor would perhaps be better suited than one of more 'advanced' years.
Two things that do concern me a little though... watching the reveal show and all the montages of his previous work, he does have a bit of a look of Tennant about him, hopefully when it comes to it there'll be a marked difference between Ten and Eleven. Also, Smith's background is very much theatrical playing the Doctor will take up a big chunk of his year, for how long will he be happy for a single TV role to put his stage career on the backburner?
Still, it's only fair to judge him once we've actually seen ownership of the TARDIS pass into his hands so we'll all have to wait until next year I suppose the next big (and almost equally exciting for us Whovians) reveal will be... what will the new Doctor be wearing?
