MUMBAI: Matt Smith is almost inseparable from the character he plays on Doctor Who. On one of the longest running sci-fi series, the actor has made a special space for himself. But then like everything else, this three-and-a-half year journey too has come to an end. The actor is set to leave the show by the year end to start a new chapter in Hollywood.

Interestingly, Matt has already done an American fantasy-neo-noir film, How to Catch a Monster, the directorial debut by Ryan Gosling opposite Christina Hendricks. It is a story of a single mother who is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.