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So in-costume shots of Matt Smith's Doctor and Karen Gillan's Companion (not to mention the Companion's name) have hit the interwebs. I'm not going to link them here since I'm sneaking this in on my lunch break, but if you can't find the pictures on Google or somesuch you're not really trying. (I'll probably link to them later.)

OMG.

You know how long it's been since I felt this excited about New Who? It has been a while, let me tell you. Because Eleven's costume neatly resolves most the worries I had about him being played by someone so young. I feared that, given some of Moffat's interviews, Eleven would be this swaggery hipster in tight pants and leather and emo hair and would possibly even sparkle in the sun, and while I can deal with the Doctor being swaggery I was not enthused about him being the latest in a long line of Broody Twentysomething Protagonists.

But if Eleven's dressed in professorial tweed and a bow tie that I just want to reach through the screen and tweak and suspenders omg that makes it all the more likely that he'll be written and played as an older man in a young man's body - much like Five, really. Which is exactly how I wanted Eleven to be, both to balance out Matt Smith's youth and to act as a counterpoint to the past two Doctors, who were more intense and occasionally manic for all their dialogue about how old they were. Which wasn't a bad thing, but it'll be nice to have a change of pace. I look forward to Eleven being grumpy to people and occasionally subtly insulting them a la Two.

Which is the other thing I like about his outfit - it looks like he nicked Two's outfit and topped it off with one of Four's jackets - the one from Planet of Evil, I believe. Old-Schoolery ftw.

Also Amy! Amy Pond! Clearly her last name is a clue that she will have major chemistry with River Song when she reappears. But it's a cute name all on it's own, and Karen Gillan looks darling in costume - the oversized shirt and sneakers (which she apparently swiped from Ten before he regenerated) look really works on her. Also she is wearing a miniskirt, and I tend to like companions in miniskirts, even if the skirt-and-leggings look doesn't really do it for me no matter who's wearing it. In addition I take this as pre-emptive evidence that Eleven is a legs man, thus giving him that much in common with my two favorite old-school Doctors. I'm all set to like them both already.

River Song is apparently coming back as well, mysteriously blonde this time! I have to admit, I didn't dislike River in Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, but I wasn't really enthusiastic about her. She had a lot of interesting potential as a character, but I didn't feel like much of that potential got explored. Thus I am happy that she might get a chance to be further fleshed out, given a bit more dimension and more life. The ballgown she's got on is very, very pretty as well. If I continue to get my wishes for S5 she will travel with Eleven and Amy for a while and have subtext with Amy team up with Amy to tease Eleven and be part of an awesome two-companion TARDIS because Moffat likes Five and Five always had at least two companions.That may be a bit much to hope for, though.

Also also also for some reason looking at Eleven in costume just makes me all the more excited for the possibility of Timothy Dalton!Master. I don't know why but it works even better if Eleven is played older. In fact I am envisioning something akin to Two and the War Chief in War Games or the conversation at the Master's desk in The Mind of Evil only played with Dalton and Smith. It is a beautiful vision and I shall treasure it forever.
Really must go back to work now; possibly I shall spam you all further this evening.