Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed his favourite episodes from Matt Smith’s era on the show.

Discussing which episodes will define Matt Smith’s time as the Doctor, Moffat commented: “I think ‘The Eleventh Hour’ was such an extraordinary debut. Everybody for a year of poor Matt Smith’s life had been saying, ‘total mistake. He’s far too young.’ Then he came in and he was brilliant.”

He added: “‘Vincent And The Doctor’ was also such a lovely episode and I was thrilled Richard Curtis was able to write for the show. There’s the physical comedy that Matt has brought and of course fish fingers and custard. I think his relationship with his own TARDIS in ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ was gorgeous.”

Explaining what he thinks distinguishes Matt Smith from previous Doctors, the writer said: “I think he does old Doctor better than anybody else. It’s not an accident. It’s something he very, very consciously thought about. Because he was the youngest Doctor Matt said, ‘he’s only got young skin. Nothing else is young.’ I think Matt makes you think very believably that he is this ancient being.”

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