Dr Who Fundamentals

The new Doctor Who, Matt Smith, has taken me a few episodes to really appreciate.

Matt's bouncy youth was initially quite distracting. This is, I suspect, the legacy of one year of the handsome Christopher Eccleston, and three years of David Tennent.

Change can be difficult.

But episode 4 and 5 (of season 5) have exploded as good old fashion science fiction / fantasy, with the return of the stone angels, rips in time and space, a future partner of the Doctor with a mysterious, untold past ... and many more unexplained wonders in a bizarre world.

Now I understand the new direction. The story is returning to the fore, with the doctor becoming a troubled hero. David Tennent became grand and beloved, but his presence overwhelmed the story sometimes.

These episodes have returned to the type of Doctor Who stories of old. Full of fear and trepidation. I have become a very young man again, needing to hide behind the couch because of the fearful monsters.

I love it....