Yeah. My problem is that I first encountered the Tom Baker Who when I was over 18, so was amused by the effects rather than scared.

This Doctor is pretty scary himself. Whoo, boy.

I think #9 is creepy as well as scary. The old Doctors were less on the creepy stuff. More "Boo!" and less steal under your skin and leak out when you're not expecting it.

Aha! You pegged it. For me, scary is "Will our heroes survive?" Creepy is "Gah. I won't be getting that image out of my head for weeks." The ninth Doctor is *way* creepy.

Furthermore, Rose's mother explicitly asks the Doctor to promise he will keep Rose safe, and he is silent. Later, he admits to Rose that he cannot promise to keep her safe.

I'm really hoping that Torchwood will amp up the creep factor. The tenth doctor already looks like he might not be as black and white as even the ninth. Which I like quite a bit.

I saw a Tom Baker Doctor episode when I was probably 8, and it scared the everliving daylights out of me. So much so, I have never seen a Doctor Who episode all the way through since.

(It was the invisible monsters that strangled people. Monsters I can see, okay, whatever, but invisible monsters? That is just a paranoid child's worst nightmare!! )

Nutty I think I know which episode you are talking about.

I never remember being really scared by Dr. Who...maybe a little creeped out. The only kid's show that ever freaked me out was the Bloodhound Gang on 3-2-1 Contact. I can't even remember the episode, just that I had to go through the dining room to get to the kicthen and the dining room was dark and creepy (of course I as about 6 at the time).

The only kid's show that ever freaked me out was the Bloodhound Gang on 3-2-1 Contact.

I wonder if it was the same episode that freaked me out. I also can't recall the details of it, but I know I was freaked.

I was freaked out by storm warnings and "Do not adjust your set, we are experience technical difficulties" announcements.

I HATED it when the TV set talked to me. That wasn't its job.

Kevin Smith talks about his love for BSG (or as he calls, "B-Star-G") in his blog.

This is a great paragraph:

Without changing much of the original “Galactica” premise, the creators and folks involved with the show have done the equivalent of taking a covered wagon and creating a BMW from the design: it still takes you from place to place, but now it does so while keeping you safe from the elements, getting you there quicker, warming your ass with heated, leather seats, and bathing your ears in audio delights from an iPod-friendly sound-system. With the mini-series alone, these people managed to not simply just teach an old dog new tricks; they taught that bitch to speak, travel to alternate dimensions, fold space, and cure cancer.