A Letter to Matt Smith
by Apollo
Last night, Matt Smith announced that he was leaving Doctor Who after the Christmas special this year. I thought I would write an open letter to him to thank him for the time he spent on the TARDIS.
Dear Matt Smith
It is with a heavy heart that I write this to you. If David was the man who made me fall in love with the Doctor, then you are the man who made me see the Doctor as my best friend. Through your Doctor I have seen the old man with the young heart. I've felt the rage of a thousand year old Timelord and seen the kind-hearted spirit of the Doctor.
Saying goodbye is hard and, like the Doctor, I hate endings. Whenever it does come to goodbyes, I never know what to say and I usually regret everything I've said afterwards. So, I'm not going to say goodbye, I'm going to say thank you. Thank you for all the times you have made me cry and laugh and say, "What the hell just happened?" Thank you for making me feel special and for those amazing moments when you made me feel like I was part of a community of people who were just like me. Your Doctor, like everyone who has entered the TARDIS, will always hold special place in my heart. I learnt to love, forgive and treat every battle like it's my last. Through your eyes I have seen new worlds and met great people and I've grown up. Thank you, Matt Smith, for being there. For crawling into my heart and making me love you even when I was still upset about David leaving. Thank you for being my best friend.
I know that I'm just a seventeen year old girl from South Africa with big hopes for the future, but thanks to you and the entire Doctor Who community, I have learnt to fight for my dreams and one day I hope to write for Doctor Who. Speaking as myself, you are always welcome back and you will always be part of this family. Always. Twenty years from now when you've won Oscars you will still have us, rooting you on and supporting your every decision. You are always in our hearts.
Lots of two-hearted love from
Rasmika.
I understand that Doctor Who is show about change, but that doesn't mean that I don't get upset when I find out that someone is leaving the show. I highly doubt that Matt will ever see this, but I thought I would just write it show the internet how I really feel. I'm sure the next person to play the Doctor will fill his (or her) predecessors' shoes well and that the legacy of Doctor Who will still live on.
