But that failure along with all the others aside... Matt Smith was good as The Doctor. Sure I hated Season 31 (one man: one and same show. I'm not calling it series 1-8) in general bar The Time of Angels two parter and Amy's Choice, but he really came through in 32 and by his last season, he was at his peak. The Time of Angels two parter, Amy's Choice, The Impossible Astronaut two parter, The Rebel Fish two parter, A Goodman Goes to War, The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, Cold War, The Crimson Horror, The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor (if only just for the regeneration) Dodge the rest of his era and watch any one of these first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BehwuPQm16A