Moffat: “Smith is Nutty”

Steven Moffat has explained how he thought Matt Smith didn’t fit his “imaginary profile” of the Doctor initially, but was won over by his “nuttiness”.

“He so didn’t fit my imaginary profile of where we were going, because I did think we were probably going older,” Moffat said in an interview with Doctor Who Magazine.

“I thought it’s mid-30s to mid-40s. I still maintain that’s where most of your Doctors will be, in that age group – young enough to run, but old enough to look like they can be King of the Universe.”

But Moffat added it was clear Matt was the right man for the job after the audition, “It was very obvious it was him. It was just a really, really good audition. More than good acting – they were all good actors – he just had the tone of it straight away, the fun of it, the nuttiness of it… the unselfconscious nuttiness of it. Because, let’s be honest, Matt is unselfconsciously nutty. That’s what he’s like.”

You can read the full interview in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 418 out now.