The BBC announced that Matt Smith is the new Doctor on Doctor Who.

Who had "Some dude who looks like Morpheus from Neil Gaiman's Sandman" in the office pool?

It's the 45th anniversary, so they hired someone who was -19 when it started.

David Tennant, the one with the crazy eyes, will do specials in 2010, before getting re-actorized. The new guy starts in 2011.

But only if he makes it through the "spank machine" hazing from the previous Doctors.

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According to Who lore, that leaves only two regenerations until the Doctor goes toes-up for the last time. Hot dang! We'll finally be rid of him!

But what if they figured a way around that, since, this is both sci-fi and time travel? There could be new doctors forever. Why, they could hire any actor to fill the role. Next time, it could be another old white man instead of another young white man.

The fresh meat is the youngest actor to play the Doctor. He's also the one who most looks like he just woke up.

Did he know they were taking his picture that day? Seriously. Run a comb through that.