Many people believed casting someone as young and with as little acting experience as Matt Smith as one of sci-fi's most famous icons, The Doctor, was a great mistake. However, after the screening of Matt Smith's first episode as the eccentric Doctor, he proved them how wrong they all were.
After crashing to Earth, Matt Smith stepped out of the TARDIS with a confident swagger that could make no one doubt that he was born for the role. Smith spent most of the first episode trying to come to grips with the "new body", and satisfy all it's cravings (fish custard anyone???).
The central plot of Smith's first episode, was him meeting a young girl Amelia Pond (sounds just like a fairytale). She invites him in to help with a mysterious crack in her wall that speaks to her (Prisoner Zero has escaped!). Smith suddenly must leave, as the TARDIS is about to take off, but he promises the girl he will be back in 5 minutes. Upon his return, Smith finds the house different and is confused. He is knocked out by a vibrant young police officer, who turns out to be Amelia Pond (now known as Amy). She tells him he is twelve years late, and he is shocked. After apologies and anger, Amy finally decides to trust the Doctor after showing her a room in her house she has never seen before (housing the aforementioned Prisoner Zero)
The Doctor then faces a new threat; The Atraxi. The Atraxi are the prison guards who were Prisoner Zero's gaolers. The Atraxi tell Prisoner Zero to vacate the human residence, or the human residence will be incinerated (the human residence is the Earth!). After an effort to bring Prisoner Zero back to capture, the Doctor's screwdriver is destroyed, leaving him with no screwdriver and no TARDIS, and with only 20 minutes left to save the world!
Matt Smith's performance in 'The Eleventh Hour" is most definitely memorable, and looks to be the start of something wonderful to come.
Watch Matt Smith's premiere episode here at: http://www.doctorwho-episodes.com/doctor-who-series-5-episode-1-the-eleventh-hour/1773.html
-JR.
PS. It looks great in HD.
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