In part two of my selections from Saturday’s round table interview with Matt Smith that preceded the U.S. Premiere screening of Asylum of the Daleks, the actor revealed what he thought The Doctor might do on a night of fun in New York City.
It seemed appropriate to me to maintain a line of NYC questioning given Smith’s enthusiastic love for the Big Apple, and I thought it would be fun to hear about the possible things the 900 year-old Time Lord would do with a few hours to burn.
I asked that this was provided that the Weeping Angels, the eerie popular villains in the upcoming The Angels Take Manhattan, were not hot on his tail to spoil all of the Doctor’s fun.
“His ideal night in New York?” Smith contemplated about the iconic character for a moment with a grin, before coming up with a bunch of ideas.
“I think maybe go and play some jazz with Woody Allen for a bit,” he speculated, and assumed the Doctor might love to partake in an impromptu slow jam with one of New York City’s most prominent film directors at a small time club.
“Perhaps grab a steak at Balthazar,” having the insight that the Time Lord’s palette has now moved beyond fish sticks and custard.
“Maybe go and stand on the top of the Statue of Liberty somehow.”
“Take the TARDIS to the bottom of the Hudson see what’s down there.”
“I think he’d go back to the ’40s or the ’20s maybe, hang in Brooklyn and play baseball on the street.”
But if there was one thing he was certain of regarding the Doctor’s big night out, “He’d do it in a brilliant way,” he said.
Doctor Who‘s seventh season premiere, Asylum of the Daleks, is set to air this Saturday at 9pm on BBC America. The Angels Take Manhattan, which took the cast and crew to shoot in NYC for the very first time in the show’s near 50-year history, is the fifth episode and final episode of the first half of the season, and will air on September 29th. the Doctor Who Christmas Special picks up the story from there.
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