Matt Smith may have found his next project in the Whoniverse following the conclusion of House of the Dragon Season 3. The English actor is best known for portraying the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who, appearing in three seasons and five specials from 2010 to 2013 with a brief cameo in 2014. Since his last appearance, Smith has never returned to the long-running sci-fi series, unlike franchise favorites like David Tennant, who portrayed the Tenth Doctor in three series and nine specials before returning to the role in 2023 as the Fourteenth Doctor.
Now, Smith could be reuniting soon with two of his most beloved Doctor Who companions in an exciting new spin-off project. In a recent interview with Doctor Who Magazine, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill revealed that they hope to have Smith as a guest on their new rewatch podcast, The Pondcast. The podcast, which has not yet received a confirmed release date, sees Gillan and Darvill revisit their time on the show as Amy Pond and Rory Williams, the Eleventh Doctor’s companions.
“We must get Matt Smith!” Gillan said via Radio Times, to which Darvill responded, “We will get Matt, and we have spoken to Matt about it.” Gillan added that Smith “keeps saying he’s coming on,” but the trio still need to “lock it down.” If the appearance comes together, the episode could potentially be recorded in person at Darvill’s house, which would undoubtedly be “so fun!”
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
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🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
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Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
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You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
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You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
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You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
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You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
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You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
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Matt Smith May Reunite With Another ‘Doctor Who’ Favorite
Doctor Who Alex Kingston Arthur Darvill Matt Smith Karen GillanImage via BBC
Matt Smith as The Doctor and Alex Kingston as River Song get married in Doctor Who, Season 6, Episode 13, The Wedding of River SongImage via BBC
Smith may not be the only Doctor Who alum joining The Pondcast. During the same interview, Darvill revealed that he had also “spoken to Alex Kingston” about appearing on the podcast. Kingston portrayed River Song, the time-traveling daughter of Amy and Rory who became one of the Eleventh Doctor’s most important recurring characters. Her appearance on The Pondcast has not been confirmed either, but Kingston and Darvill are already set to reunite as River and Rory in The Death and Life of River Song: River and Rory, a four-part audio drama set to be released in January 2027.
For now, fans will have to wait for confirmation of whether Smith and Kingston will actually appear on The Pondcast. One guest, however, is already guaranteed: former showrunner Steven Moffat. Moffat served as Doctor Who‘s showrunner and lead writer throughout Smith’s tenure and remained in charge through Peter Capaldi‘s era as the Twelfth Doctor. He also wrote for Christopher Eccleston‘s Ninth Doctor, Tennant’s Tenth Doctor, and Ncuti Gatwa‘s Fifteenth Doctor.
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Stay tuned to Collider for an official premiere date for the Doctor Who rewatch podcast, The Pondcast.
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2005 – 2021-00-00
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BBC
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Graeme Harper, Euros Lyn, Douglas Mackinnon, Jamie Magnus Stone, Charles Palmer, Rachel Talalay, Joe Ahearne, James Strong, Jamie Childs, Saul Metzstein, Toby Haynes, Wayne Che Yip, Nick Hurran, Richard Clark, James Hawes, Daniel Nettheim, Colin Teague, Keith Boak, Azhur Saleem, Adam Smith, Andrew Gunn, Nida Manzoor, Lawrence Gough, Paul Murphy
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