Matt Smith

If Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant and their predecessors are anything to go by, Jodie Whittaker should be lining up some villain roles after she ...

More than that though, the qualities that make an actor a great Doctor are simply the ones that make a great villain. [Thor: The Dark World](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/thor-the-dark-world-recap-legacy-mcu-connections/). [Jon Pertwee](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/doctor-who-william-hartnell-jon-pertwees-film-careers/) took a villainous turn in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which means images exist of the Third Doctor in a Nazi uniform. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.” And of course, Capaldi’s first season might have been subtitled “Is the Doctor Actually a Bastard?” The Doctor has always been prone to a bit of villainy. “The Doctor”, the theory goes, is a mask to comfort companions and children, that covers up something far older, darker and stranger than they can imagine. Colin Baker, meanwhile, preceded his run in the TARDIS by playing the villain Bayban in [Blake’s 7](https://www.denofgeek.com/blakes-7/). Yet even when he is tied to a chair and threatened with torture, you cannot escape the feeling he is somehow in control of the situation, and his apparent innocence belies a much darker truth. This can be more of a feature than a bug. McCoy plays a doctor (Ha!) who at first glance appears like a sweet little old man, with an almost paternal attitude to the young characters he encounters. Kilgrave is a rapist, abuser and murderer, but he also has the Tenth Doctor’s estuary accent, his taste for a smart suit, the Tenth Doctor’s cheeky grin and yes, also his anger. Smith is not the first do this either.

Helmed by Miguel Sapochnik, Clare Kilner, Geeta Vasant Patel, and Greg Yaitanes, the series roped in George R. R. Martin, Ryan Condal, and Miguel Sapochnik, ...

It was a prequel to the events of Game of Thrones based on the book A Song of Ice and Fire. In some ways, they are a normal family, but in others, they are a very strange family – with dragons,” the actor added. House of the Dragon is rooted in George R.R.

The Daemon Targaryen explained, "I watched all eight seasons of Thrones. I had a lot of friends in it, and I'd been a fan along with everyone else who watched ...

It was a prequel to the events of Game of Thrones based on the book A Song of Ice and Fire. In some ways, they are a normal family, but in others, they are a very strange family – with dragons,” the actor added. "But I think it’s important to state that we are not making that show.

In the HBO series "House of the Dragon, actor Matt Smith plays Prince Daemon Targaryen, a character who will — should "Dragon" last long enough — no doubt ...

Later, in [a 2016 interview with yours truly](https://www.mandatory.com/culture/949971-interview-matt-smith-new-take-pride-prejudice-zombies), Smith was only proud of his work on "Christopher and His Kind," saying: Bowles would also appear in Insherwood's 1939 novel "Goodbye to Berlin," and eventually appear in a 1951 play called "I Am a Camera." Also based on his works was Tom Ford's 2009 feature film "A Single Man," taken from the 1964 novel. Smith, then, wasn't able to talk to Isherwood directly when preparing to play the man in 2010. [In real life](https://bookshop.org/books/christopher-and-his-kind-a-memoir-1929-1939-9780374535223/9780374535223), Isherwood and Nedermeyer fled Berlin in 1933, and traveled all around Europe hoping to find a place where the couple wouldn't be targeted for their sexuality. It was in Berlin that Isherwood would meet — and briefly share a flat with — a cabaret singer named Jean Ross. Isherwood's constant travels kept him nimbly away from the wrath of the Gestapo, but he was dangerously close to the dangers of WWII often. It was his stint on "Doctor Who" that made Smith a household name, and led to high-profile acting jobs on " Isherwood was, briefly, a famed gay rights advocate and author of the works that inspired the Kander & Ebb musical "Cabaret." Isherwood also once wrote an autobiography called "Christopher and His Kind," which was adapted to film by screenwriter Kevin Elyot and director Geoffrey Sax. Smith's screen acting career began in 2006 with his appearance on a TV adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel "Ruby in the Smoke" and its sequel "Shadow in the North." In the HBO series "House of the Dragon, actor Matt Smith plays Prince Daemon Targaryen, a character who will — should "Dragon" last long enough — no doubt commit multiple acts of murder, perhaps a few acts of torture, certainly several acts of incest, and, just for good measure, two separate acts of enthused cannibalism.