Fangasmic

(Source: Deadspin)

So. Deadspin had a photoshop contest with these guys. It was inevitable. Also, if you want to see the London 2012 Olympic mascots doing things like backdooring a Teletubbie, presenting Simba and Nala's baby to the African plains, or creeping on the Queen of England, there you have it. Enjoy. I'll brb -- just bleaching my eyeballs.

We here at Fanspastic like to think of ourselves, like Glenn Beck, Nancy Grace and the Ghostfacers, to be truth seekers. (Also, we're hiring interns. If you are gay and willing to die for our cause, all the better!) And in the interest of that, and because certain members of the Fanspastic editorial team just would not shut up about how much they hated Matt Smith, we took it upon ourselves to do some digging about the Eleventh Doctor, and to plumb the depths of why people hate him.


So do a lot of people, I guess?

Just to give you a taste of what we've been dealing with here:

[9:47] whyareyoulikethis: JUST LOOK AT HIM THOUGH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw
[9:47] whyareyoulikethis: UGGGGGGGGGGGGGH
[9:47] whyareyoulikethis: GTFO
[9:48] whyareyoulikethis: BUT LIKE REALLY LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE BEEB SITE DON'T YOU HAVE THE URGE TO TAKE HIS BOW TIE AND RUN AWAY SHOUTING 'NEENER NEENER NEENER' ONLY TO RETURN TO PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE?
[9:49] stopitsomemore: ...
[9:49] whyareyoulikethis: fine, just me.
[9:51] whyareyoulikethis: HE WEARS MICKEY MOUSE TEES WITH STRIPED SCARVES: http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll48/Alli_Jean/BOYS/THISISMATTSMITHINMICKEYMOUSE.jpg
[9:51] stopitsomemore: oh my god
[9:51] stopitsomemore: you need to stop

( There's a lot of anger under this cut. )

The tl;dr of the conversation?: Smith, who is indisputably young, is raising the hackles of both traditionalists who find his lack of acting history dubious as well as newcomers still partially mourning Tennant's exodus. The storyline of the Eleventh Doctor promises to be promising, but is Smith up to the job? In terms of acting chops, at least whyareyoulikethis and thatneedslube feel there's reason for doubt. And profoundly terrible lead actors have been a blight upon network television for at least a decade now. In the end, Smith's up against a tough crowd with a WPM of 90+, average, probably and a lot of pent-up anger. Good luck, man.

Either way, new Dr. Who starts showing Sunday via BBC1. For those of you lucky (or...unlucky?) enough to see it live, Godspeed. For those of you who can but are too lazy to, the BBC iPlayer is here for you. For those of you trapped in the loose confederation of revolutionary states also known as Amerrrka or anywhere other than the UK and would like access to the iPlayer too, Lifehacker has kindly put together a visual guide on how to make that happen.