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Tumblr Doctor Who Q&A - 2012

Just in case anyone missed it… Or just wants something slightly easier to read. I’ve compiled all the questions and answers from the Q&A into one post, yay!

Doctor Who Q&A

Q: I just wanted to know if your mum still checks your fanmail :) -imnotanegganymore

MATT:Yeah, she does all my fan mail. She’s always gets cross with me because I never… It’s hard, I have to go home and sign as many cards as I can. I’ve got no cards! So to all those fans waiting for fan mail, it will all come back at ya I promise!

Q: Please spill the beans on the stuff Karen Gillan told and/or texted you about Matt? I’m sure a lot of us are dying to know! :D -the-crack-in-my-wall

JENNA: I’ve been keeping it from Matt for months. Between the girls I’m afraid.

MATT: I know. She basically said, “Look, try and stay away from him. You don’t want to get to close.”

JENNA: How did you know that?

MATT: Well you know, I sensed it.

Q: What is the first thing you will do when time travel is invented? -roam-stuff

JENNA: I’d go to the future I think.

MATT: Okay, I’d go ride on a Tyrannosaurus Rex and adopt an Agilisaurus.

JENNA: hmm…

MATT: And then I’d go see the World Cup in 1966.

MATT: And then I’d go and try and seduce Marilyn Monroe.

JENNA: The Doctor has done that right?

Q: I was wondering (as a huge Whovian) what kind of things do you do on set to pass time between takes? -thatnightlock

JENNA: [to Matt] We did the whole going around and you have to name a pop star. And at the end of that letter you have to go and name another pop star using that letter…. We did that for quite a few days.

MATT: We’re such good friends with the crew that we just hang. Keep it real with the crew, man. That’s it. Listen to music. But you know, generally, you sort of work between takes. There’s always a photo to do or you are catching up with whatever you’re having to do with on your phone…

JENNA: Trying to get ahead on scenes.

MATT: Learning other scenes. There isn’t a great deal of, like, just down time.

JENNA: Lots of changes, like costume changes…There really isn’t a still moment is there?

Q: What has been the funniest thing to happen on set while filming? -randahiddleston

MATT: I try to wind up and annoy my costumer Kat, long suffering Kat. she’ll come in and she’ll go to check me… [To JENNA] Go on, you be Kat. [JENNA adjusts MATT’s “costume” and MATT suddenly yelps in surprise. They laugh.]

MATT: You know, I’m just appalling to her.

JENNA: I like to hide.

MATT: Yeah, a bit of hiding when they come to check you.

JENNA laughs: Check time! You’re jumping from the costume assistant and I’m hiding underneath the set.

Q: Do you have fun with the wardrobe? What, in your opinion, is the best costume you have gotten to wear? - futurequeenofasgard

MATT: Yeah. We’ve got this new costume designer called Howard— [JENNA: The Big H!]—who has just really, reinvented the show in an amazing way. For me he’s given me this great purple coat.

JENNA: (wait a sec…) That’s the fandom trying to figure out where I come from? That’s a sneaky little trick! I think just Christmas, the two Victorian ones which Howard handmade from scratch. Oswin was fun, there was a great utility belt that I got to play with.

MATT: I really liked that red costume.

JENNA: Yeah.

Q: Okay, I HAVE to know — who is the bigger goofball on set: Matt or Jenna? - palindromepoet

MATT: Is it me?

JENNA: You’re a bigger goofball than me.

MATT: I probably am the bigger goofball.

JENNA [to Matt]: You like to tease. You like to wind people up. As time’s gone on you can see Matt try to find his way in on what he can tease me about.

MATT: Yeah, I’m still trying to work that out.

Q: Jenna, What’s the best thing about being on Doctor Who? - a-burgler-who-rings-the-doorbell

JENNA: The fact that every single day is something completely new and different. You can literally walk onto a set and be in one world and then the next day it’s ripped down and suddenly you’re like in Victorian Yorkshire. It’s kind of like by locations and casting… I don’t think there’s any other show like it.

Q: Jenna, how are the avocados? (When Jenna found out that she got the part on Doctor Who, she was in a shop holding an avocado.) -life-in-the-macro

MATT: Dude, she eats avocados, like, every hour. Breakfast this morning: chopped avocado on toast.

JENNA [laughs]: I did!

MATT: She loves avocados. It’s no surprise to me that that’s what you would buy.

JENNA: But I was literally holding it. It was in the palm of my hand as I answered the phone. That’s why I didn’t know what to do.

MATT: Did you eat that avocado?

JENNA: No I had to put it back.

MATT: No way!

JENNA: Because I can’t check out now! I can’t! I was just like “What do I do?” I had a basket full of things and I just left it. I didn’t know where to go or what to do. I went for a walk. And I had no socks on and I got sore feet. I just slipped out of the house to go to the market.

MATT: Classic.

Q:What is your favorite thing to cook (with or without avocados)? -battysoprano

JENNA: I do like to cook but I haven’t cooked for awhile.

MATT: Avocados on toast!

Q: What was your weirdest encounter with a fan? - mattsmithhasabadger

MATT: I don’t know, many things. One told me I look like a hedgehog.

JENNA [laughs]: A hedgehog?

MATT: A pet hedgehog. This was in Wales. She said I looked like her pet hedgehog.

JENNA: That is the weirdest.

MATT: One, hedgehogs are flea ridden. Who has a hedgehog for a pet? And two, that is bordering on insulting.

JENNA: You know it’s funny because, you’d think this would be the weirdest one [for me], but it’s not because it’s true: “So you’re a Dalek?” That’s kind of the question I get asked the most.

Q: I LOVE YOU GUYS <3 -sagemerchant

MATT: Thank you very much! We love you too!

Q: What can we expect for the rest of the season?! -thefacelessdoctor

Matt: Can’t reveal much but there are eight episodes [and the Christmas Special] on their way!

Q: What are on your Christmas lists? - cumberkitty

MATT: Record player. Old vintage record player.

JENNA: Oh that’s cool! I have not got that far yet. Just lots of nice food with all my family.

Q: Has your experience with the show thus far met your expectations? -ladysilverserenity

JENNA: I don’t really know if you can ever really know what to expect. I mean it’s such high energy and it goes so quick. I didn’t know what to expect.

Q: If you could master any one skill instantly, what would it be? -bafflinglauren

JENNA [immediately]: Piano!

MATT: Oh yeah. Piano is a big one. That’s a big one.

JENNA: I just, I love it.

MATT: Yeah, piano would be amazing.

Q: What secret hidden talents have you got that we may not necessarily get to see on the show? -westendmelody

MATT: I’ve got quite a few actually.

JENNA: Really?

MATT: The secret super talent? I am telepathic but I just don’t tell anyone.

Q: Hello Matt and Jenna! A quick doodle for you. My question is: Which of your characters would win in a snowball fight? -allrightcallmefred

MATT: Pfft, there’s only one winner…

MATT & JENNA [simultaneously]: Me.

MATT: Are you joking?? [JENNA: Are you kidding?]

MATT: Alright, let me tell you the advantages I have. Wisdom, 900 years. Height. Pace.

JENNA: He is clumsier!

MATT: Man, there wouldn’t even be a fight.

JENNA: No The Doctor would get it wrong. He’d melt it by accident. Like, you’d think you’re gonna do it really really well and then suddenly something would go wrong. Or you’d get distracted or you’d come up with this incredible, amazing plan and then like stumble over a rock and then I’d win.

MATT: Definitely not…. Agree to disagree? Doctor. Come on, we all know Doctor.

Q: If you had to choose the first song someone would ever listen to, what would it be? -girlwiththeredcamera

MATT: I listen to it all the time. Herb Alpert, “This Guy’s in Love with You.” It’s great. Get it in your ears.

JENNA: I’m gonna go for “I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5 because I used to dance to it in my bedroom and it always makes me happy.

MATT: Good song!

Q: What bands would you recommend me to listen to considering the fact that your taste in music is exquisite? -chasingmyinstinct

MATT: Oh yeah. This is an important question to me. Radiohead, Arcade Fire…. People need to check out a band called Tribes as well.

JENNA: Yeah, I’ve heard a lot about them. They play in Camden right?

MATT: Yeah.

JENNA: I like Oasis.

Q: Anything you’d like to say to the many doctor who cosplayers out there? -jayuna

MATT: Yeah, I love cosplay. If you go to Comic Con, all the guys are in bow ties and tweed jackets or David’s old coat. Or they’ll be in an Oswin dress.

JENNA: I saw, the day before I moved to Cardiff to start this job, a little boy, a mini Doctor! A mini Doctor like literally walked past me with a screwdriver and everything. Just walking past me on the street.

MATT: I think it’s brilliant and it makes those events even more exciting for us to see everyone dressed up.

Q: When you were younger did either of you have imaginary friends? If so, what sorts of adventures did you go on/pretend to have? -ihoptowaffles

MATT: Yes, I had an imaginary kangaroo friend called Roo.

JENNA: Awww!

MATT: I was very clumsy and I used to break things and my mum went, you know, “Who’s done that?” And I would say, “It’s the kangaroo!” I was only three. [JENNA laughs] Honestly, swear to God! I had an imaginary friend called Roo. [To JENNA] Did you have one?

JENNA: Nah, I didn’t but I wish I did.

MATT: Hey, come hang out with Roo anytime.

JENNA [laughs]: Aw, thanks. You’d share Roo with me?

MATT: Yeah he’s great.

JENNA: I’d like to meet Roo.

MATT: Oh he’s wild!

Q: As you know, a lot of us are part of the Doctor Who fandom. Do either of you have any ‘fandoms’ you feel passionately about? -tinacohenchangs

MATT: Yeah, Blackburn Rovers. Breaking Bad. Walking Dead. You know, and movies. Movies, movies, movies.

JENNA: Yeah, Breaking Bad. [I’m] just getting back to watching films.

Q: Who would you like to see play a baddie on the show? -rubenlikestheinternet

JENNA: Oh, that’s a good question! I know who you [Matt] would. Michelle Pfeiffer!

MATT: Yeah, but I don’t know if she’d be my sole baddy. Do you know who I love at the moment? Kevin Bacon.

JENNA: Really?

MATT: Yeah. I love his adverts. [JENNA laughs] I think they are amazing. I kind of love Kevin Bacon.

JENNA: Ah, there are so many people…who would be a good baddy? Toby Kebbell! He’d be a good baddy!

Q: have you ever successfully baked a souffle…? -thesouffleegirl

JENNA: No I have not but I feel like maybe I should try.

Q: Can either of you moonwalk? -

JENNA: No.

MATT: No but I want to.

Q: Where is you favorite place to shop? -imthegirlinthecorner

MATT: In New York, I like a place called Opening Ceremony. And I like Acne. And a place called Dover Street Market. [JENNA: Ahh, Dover Street Market!] If any of those shops are on Tumblr….

JENNA: Ehmm, where do I like to shop…Where did I last go when I was in New York? Apparently there’s a place called Number 6 that I’m going to try. Artists and Fleas is really cool. [points to her blouse] I got this from Artists and Fleas last time I was in New York.

Q: could you please tell me about the first thing that pops into your head righhhhhhht NOW? -alwaysmyraggedydoctor

MATT: You’re wearing a lovely blue jumper!

JENNA: You have to say it again and see what happens!

MATT: Please tell me the first thing that pops into your head! Right now!

JENNA: Cold Diet Coke!

Q: What is the best piece of advice you have ever received that you still use to this day? -i-absolutely-trust-him

MATT: “Time is an imposition on one’s dignity” —my father.

Q: Do you two have any nicknames for each other? -jedidoctor

MATT: Do you have a nickname for me?

JENNA: Matty. [Matt laughs]

JENNA: What do you call me? ‘J’? Jen?

MATT: ‘J Lo. Coleman.’ I’ve actually started calling you ‘Coleman.’

JENNA: Yeah you have. In fact, you are the only person who does that.

MATT: Hey, that’s what I do with people!

Q: How has being on the show affected your beliefs about the world and the importance of humanity in all of time and space? -constellations-through-time

MATT: Yeah, it’s really encouraged an interest in science—genuinely—and thinking in a scientific way. I read a lot about Einstein, Richard Dawkins, and all that sort of stuff. And I love the idea and notion of time travel. I think it’s magic! It’s got me thinking about it a lot. And the morality of The Doctor is a great benchmark for anyone.

Q: Matt, in your opinion who is the greatest football player ever? -captainslogst

MATT: Can I give you my top 5 though? In no particular order: Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldo (Brazilian and Portuguese), and Messi.

Q: Matt, do you ever get weirded out or overwhelmed by the fan following? -an-excess-of-tennant

MATT: No! Because it’s what makes the show special and we LOVE the fans.

Q: If you ran a Tumblr, what would the main focus be? (e.g., Cats, Socks, Bowties…) -imthealphabutt

JENNA: I’d like to do a photography Tumblr. Or I’d like to do one about anything that inspires you during the day. Like pictures, or a poem, or a little quote or a thought. I do have loads of quote books and things I read.

MATT: My best friend Alex Bond because he is an extraordinary human being.

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That concluded all of the questions. Now here’s the Doctor Who Tumblr’s little closing statement….

Thank you everyone for joining us for The Absolutely Brilliant Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman Tumblr WHO&A of Christmas 2012.

This was SOOOOOOOOO much fun even if it meant spamming our own dashboards for a couple of days. Matt and Jenna are both super nice and adorable and funny and everything we would have hoped for in a cast. Huge thanks to BBC America for making this happen!

And while it shouldn’t come as a surprise after reading their answers, Matt and Jenna have a lot of love the fandom on Tumblr — they actually stayed way late just to be able to get a few more answers in when they were supposed to leave for their next official thing. We actually have a few answers that we’re holding back on — stuff that we’ll reveal in the second half of the new season.

To Matt and Jenna: on behalf of Whovians on Tumblr we want to say thank you so much for hanging out with us in the place where most of us find ourselves every day: the Tumblr Dashboard. It means a lot.

To the Whovians on Tumblr: on behalf of the Doctor Who Tumblr Team, we want to say thanks for making this — the first ever celebrity Tumblr Q&A (Who and A) — really real. Not only did you have really good questions but your reblogs have been equally awesome.

If you’ve missed any of Matt and Jenna’s responses, we’ll be putting up a Super Mega Answer Post (that’s a technical term) tomorrow. You can also read all of their answers now by visiting doctorwho.tumblr.com/tagged/tumblr-who-and-a

Before we close, Matt and Jenna finished off the Q&A with this bit:

MATT: Thanks for writing in everyone! And this Tumblr is cool. Keep adding to it and making it amazing. And [we’re] going to contribute to it by posting some stuff in the future!

JENNA: Yeah, we’ll come up with some treats!

If we had proper use of our limbs we’d insert ‘overwhelming-squee-reaction.gif’ here.