Doctor Who:

It took about five minutes, and then Matt Smith became transparent in the role for me. Loved it! It's just so damn fun.

DW: The teaser was very silly, and I was a little worried, and then the Doctor was kind of ass-y about food, and I was worried, but then Karen Gillan's legs were awesome. So there was that.

I was very amused by the whole setup with Amy, and it could be fun if she retains some of that bitterness. I liked the Doctor's big power moments, too, which helped Matt Smith win me over.

DW: I really didn't like the slapstick at the beginning, nor the start of the new theme. But I think it picked up well, and he was kinda badass at the end. But charmingly excitable.

Aldo, in Doctor and brides: what's up with that? She's the second after Donna, and my mind is going all Jung about it, and it's never fun in this level of analysis.

And I think that the core of the Tennant-Eccleston era (haven't watched earlier Doctors) was fairy tale gone bad - just by the character of the Doctor himself. With Smith and Moffat on board, it'll be a strictly horror fairy tale, I think.

Jars, from what I've read, that angle is not going to be an issue. Thank goodness. (They've pretty much done that to death with Rose, I think).

Glad most others here are feeling the new Doctor love !

On rewatching, Amy didn't annoy me as much, and other bits of the Internets were impressed, so maybe that was just me .

I liked the slapstick. Anything which set up that Scottish line is fine by me. Mostly I liked the way the atmosphere spun from funny to scary in one second with the line about "You're not afraid of anything. So why are you afraid of the crack in your wall?"

Jon, Patrick Moore is a British institution. I'm trying to think of a US equivalent, but I can't. Hope Wikipedia cleared it up for you.

With Smith and Moffat on board, it'll be a strictly horror fairy tale, I think.

The fairy tale report was from an interview with one of the writers of the new season.

I'm trying to think of a US equivalent, but I can't.

Fiona: Carl Sagan, perhaps?

Thoughts on New Who: I liked Eleven very much, and even though it's early days yet, I think I may wind up liking him more than Ten. It seems to me that the anger that was always simmering under the surface with Ten has been replaced with a sort of gentleness. I also thought his speech to the aliens at the end was much less blustery and snarly than it would have been with Ten, and relied on reason as much as threats to convince the aliens to back off. In short, he reads as a Ten who has come to some sort of terms with his grief/rage/guilt/fear.

Jon: certainly in terms of knowledge and scientific standing, but with a big heap of English eccentricity thrown in.

Oh, the white font, it burns with temptation! Okay, so it's more of a tingle. I'm getting excited, though.