All new deals are done with the economic climate in mind
11th Doctor Who signs five-year deal Feb 11, 2009
It's sort of an iconic part of our culture, it's been going since 1963 and I think it has the iconic sort of status that Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes have, and I'm taking that on
Next Doctor Who a veritable unknown Jan 03, 2009
The situation was resolved without the use of ketchup, which in Chicago is a big thing
Oscar Meyer Wienermobile ticketed Aug 10, 2007
We have access to tow trucks that could have handled a Polish sausage, not just a hot dog
Oscar Meyer Wienermobile ticketed Aug 10, 2007
Hanging on to the old traditional British orchard is the key thing to keeping the noble chafer as a British beetle
Rare beetle sightings sought in Britain Jun 27, 2005
Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English stage and television actor. An aspiring youth footballer, a back injury ended his time in the sport and he became an actor in 2003. His first performance was in Murder in the Cathedral as part of the National Youth Theatre. He also starred in Fresh Kills and alongside Christian Slater in the stage adaptation of Swimming with Sharks.
Smith's first television role came in 2006, as Jim Taylor in the BBC adaptations of Phillip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North. His first major role in television came in 2007, as Danny in the BBC series Party Animals, and his first West End theatre role came in the same year in Swimming with Sharks, followed a year later by a critically acclaimed performance as Henry in That Face.
In January 2009, Smith was cast to play the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the famous British television series Doctor Who, first appearing in part two of The End of Time which aired on 1 January 2010. Smith is now the youngest person to play the Doctor, ahead of Peter Davison, who was 29 when he was cast in the role of the fifth Doctor.