Yep. He used to produce under the SIVA brand in Dorchester (South of England). The best known model was the Spyder, which had a Matchbox die cast made after it. Gull wing doors, pop up headlights, and a (then) throaty 1.6 VW engine. What's not to love?!
Here is a YouTube clip featuring one of his cars, a pseudo Edwardian roadster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRusuZsxijY
Personally, this is just the continuing thread of Moffat trying to fix much of what Davies put into the rebooted series. Davies made it darker, put the Doctor in an angry place, and over-exposed the Doctor in the universe (multiverse?!). It was fun, don't get me wrong, but you can't keep outdoing yourself when it's gotten that big. This was just another step in that process - I think we're going to see some great stuff moving forward.
Which I'm really hoping for, 'cuz the second half of this past season really was the worst of the rebooted series to date. 
WHAAAAAT? No... Nightmare in Silver was great, and Name of the Doctor was fantastic!
Maybe the term I'd use is least-best. It may be less good than the others, but it's still not bad.
I agree Rabit. The whole, this episode is bigger and more epic than the last shtick got old quick, and the last season has been a drag as they built up to more epicness.
I loved when they reset and had no one know about the Doctor, but they didn't really do much with that. I was hoping they would transition from every episode being a huge galatic conflict, or the newest super villain to want the doctor dead, and go back to the stories where the doctor meets interesting people and solves their little problems.
I'd love to see them develop the stories more (yes I'm an old school Who fan and love the 4-6 episode arcs, those would be two or three in the new format, and two episodes to a story would give a lot of time to develop characters and stories more than just run around really fast and point your screwdriver at stuff. (anyone else LOVE Hurt telling them off for doing that?)
I liked the old plots where the problems of the first two episodes weren't the real issue at all, where the Doctor and friends had to deal with people not trusting them while the Doctor was trying to save them. Times before a screwdriver could solve all the worlds problems and a sheet of paper would convince anyone you were OK.
I still love Dr. Who, but I'm a cranky old 34 yr. old man, and I like the doctor that was on TV a decade before I was born.
I can understand a lack of enthusiasm for the second half of series 7, but I still liked it. The introduction to Clara was interesting and mysterious, and I was genuinely interested in the character. And at least we have a companion who's fun again. Clara is charming and entertaining and doesn't brood all the damn time. Moffat has proven his chops for storytelling, and I'm willing to put up with a mediocre season if it leads to something fantastic, which it looks like it will.
Edit: Got a bit ahead of myself with the season numberings.
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Angst was never really the Doctor's shtick in the old series. Davies decided to go in that direction for a while, and it worked. But going back to a lighter tone for a while is perfectly reasonable. After all, what good is it being a time traveler if you can't fix your past (or future) mistakes?
I'm sick of Moffat treating the show like it's his own little fan fiction.
Oh like you or anyone else would do otherwise if given the chance.
8.5?
But yeah, I second the poster who suggested Dr. Hurt. After all, he's the "War Doctor". "My prescription? PAIN!!!"
It seems that I'm the only person in the world that didn't watch this...
I didn't either, I'm just discussing it based on rumor and hearsay.
I rather liked that Hurt (as the War Doctor) set up Eccleston's Doctor as the one immediately after the time war. It always felt to me that Eccleston was the most "raw" emotionally- really quick to anger, cheer, regret, melancholy, and the most mercurial in his decisions. (He was also where I started watching the show- I've seen a few of the old ones, but all of the "new" ones). Then it moved to Tenant, who was starting to live again, but could still be brought ot some very dark places. Then Smith, who alternated between brooding and carefree. It seemed like his incarnation of the Doctor was trying his level best to forget his past- except that it kept catching up to him in the shape of all his enemies and past decisions.
I thought the Day of the Doctor was an excellent story of the three perspectives, and how they became each other.
I loved Eccelston as a transition from the old days to the new. He successfully channelled the older doctors at various times, and was believable as a man that had lived all of the previous stories.
Tennant did a lot of Davidson-esque seriousness and running, and Matt Smith was the closest we've seen to replicating the Troughton era, at least his early stuff.
I have only ever seen TBaker and the new doctors, and I know CBaker and Pertwee by reputation. What were Troughton and Davidson like?
Hartnell, the first doctor was a grandfatherly curmudgeon with intelectual superiority, he talked down to people, even though he cared about them. He was always in charge, never afraid to get into trouble, rarely backed down and always was tinkering in somebodies lab, or spouting facts.
Troughton turned the role on its head by playing a space hobo. He was he first "mad man in a box" and brought the "never has a plan but always figures it out in the end" attitude to the role. He also played a recorder, it helped him think. He had the best companion team (Jamie and Zoe) in the show's history. How can you go wrong with a scott in a kilt and a girl who blows up super computers for fun?
Davison (Spelling Error Has Been Exterminated, Daleks Are Masters Of The Edit!) had the unenviable position of following Tom Baker, and he struggled early on, like the show didn't know how to move forward with him. He had a celery tucked into his jacket and he was a cricket player. He had a ton of companions (up to four at once) and was much darker than his predecessors. His final few story arcs were brilliant, and it seemed like he came into his own right as his time ended.
Davison*
And although he was really dark, he was also one of the most compassionate and caring Doctors as well. He's 10th's favorite incarnation.
That's what happens when you marry someone's daughter. Or did it go the other way?
David Tennant living the ultimate nerd boy fantasy. He loved Doctor Who as a kid, and not only got to be the Doctor but is married to the daughter of his favorite Doctor, thus becomming that Doctor's son in law.
No, I mean he's the 10th DOCTOR'S favorite incarnation. Not David Tennant.
I don't know if there's anything official, but there are assumptions that Peter Davidson is Tennant's Doctor given that he was the one who came back for the Time Crash special. It might also just be because he's the only classic Doctor who's still in shape and actually resembles the Doctor he played.
Pretty sure it's in one of the Confidentials that Tennant specifically modelled his Doctor after his favourite, Davison's Doctor.