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[[Matt Smith]] is the youngest actor to play the role, being 26 at the time of his casting in 2009.  Like his predecessors, his portrayal of the Doctor was again very different. Despite being such a young actor, his character often has the feel of an old, wise man. He is much more eccentric and "alien" than his previous two incarnations, and while he seems to have mostly resolved his anger and survivor's guilt towards the time war, he can display a scary amount of anger towards perceived injustices (as with all Doctors), or towards those who have hurt his friends. This particular Doctor is being hunted by a mysterious religious order known as "The Silence", who believe that "Silence will/must fall" if the oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight, should ever be answered - "Doctor Who?".

[[Matt Smith]] is the youngest actor to play the role, being 26 at the time of his casting in 2009.  Like his predecessors, his portrayal of the Doctor was again very different. Despite being such a young actor, his character often has the feel of an old, wise man. He is much more eccentric and "alien" than his previous two incarnations, and while he seems to have mostly resolved his anger and survivor's guilt towards the time war, he can display a scary amount of anger towards perceived injustices (as with all Doctors), or towards those who have hurt his friends. This particular Doctor is being hunted by a mysterious religious order known as "The Silence", who believe that "Silence will/must fall" if the oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight, should ever be answered - "Doctor Who?".

===[[Peter Capaldi]] (2013-Current)===

===Twelfth Doctor (2013-)===

Making his first appearance in ''The Day of the Doctor'', and his first full appearance in the closing moments of ''The Time of the Doctor,'' Peter Capaldi (best known for his role as Malcolm Tucker in the BBC drama, ''The Thick of It'') is the first of a new regeneration cycle for the Doctor. He is also one of the oldest actors to play the role at age 55, the age William Hartnell was when he played the First Doctor.  Set to make his first regular appearance in Series 8, which is said to start Fall 2014, show runner Steven Moffat has promised a more raw turn for the Twelfth Doctor. Capaldi also made a guest appearance as Caecilius in the Series 4 episode, The Fires of Pompeii, which also saw Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) as a Soothsayer.

Making his first appearance in ''The Day of the Doctor'', and his first full appearance in the closing moments of ''The Time of the Doctor,'' [[Peter Capaldi]] (best known for his role as Malcolm Tucker in the BBC drama, ''The Thick of It'') is the first of a new regeneration cycle for the Doctor. He is also one of the oldest actors to play the role at age 55, the age William Hartnell was when he played the First Doctor.  Set to make his first regular appearance in Series 8, which is set to start August 2014, show runner Steven Moffat has promised a more raw turn for the Twelfth Doctor. Capaldi also made a guest appearance as Caecilius in the Series 4 episode, ''The Fires of Pompeii,'' which also saw Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) as a Soothsayer.  This makes Capaldi the second actor to play the Doctor who has made a past appearance on the show, after Colin Baker, who played the Sixth Doctor.

==Political and Social Themes==

==Political and Social Themes==