Doctor Who? And the new Doctor is ... Matt Smith

This weekend Doctor Who fans finally learned who would play the eleventh Doctor after David Tennant leaves the role. Matt Smith will take up steering the TARDIS and saving the universe when the series returns for its fifth season.

Interestingly, while Smith's list of TV roles isn't very long, he's shared the small screen with Doctor Who alum Billie Piper twice (in The Ruby in the Smoke and in an episode of The Secret Diary of a Call Girl) so even Stateside Who fans like me have had a chance to get an idea of what Smith might be like as the Doctor. (Trivia bit: At 25, he's the youngest actor to ever tackle the role.)

More discussion and gripes after the break!

Russell Tovey and Patterson Joseph

Unsurprisingly, some Who fans are expressing early disappointment in the pick. Some fans were hoping to see an actor who isn't a straight, white male in the role. After all, the talk of potential Doctors included a black man, Patterson Joseph, as well as openly gay Russell Tovey.

I know Smith as well as I did David Tennant or Christopher Eccleston before seeing them as the Doctor so I'll wait to judge his Timelord-worthiness, but what do you think? Did you have your hopes up for someone else (like Joseph or Tovey)? Or are you imagining Smith in the iconic role already?