1 What I liked especially is the sense of scope and size that these stories have. Especially with Girl in the Fireplace and the Library two parter.

Thinking about it they are quite similar. Two worlds joined in some way. A central person as the pivot point between them.

Leaving room for some great visuals like the Doctor jumping a horse through the dimensional gate or his final ascent through the shaft to rescue River Song.

For some reason Moffat can zero in on an emotional core that drives things along. Especially working that romantic / desparate edge that David Tennant brings but isn't always expressed so well by other writers.

Throw in a touch of the creepy like something as simple as the statues from Blink, the Vashda Nerada spore in the books or motivating a space suit with a skeleton inside.

Great fun ideas all with an elegant touch delivered in an all ages science fiction show. Who'da thunk it.

2 Yup.

I downloaded and watched the Dr Who Confidential episodes for the Library two-parter last night, and it was very interesting to hear Moffat and Davies talking about how the story came together.  I generally don't like making-of shows, but Confidential I really enjoyed.

Then I went back and watched a couple of the Confidentials from the first season, and now I feel bad about what I said about the old series, because they had Doctors 4, 5, 6, and 7 and several of the companions (Sarah, Jo Grant, the Brigadier and others) discussing the old shows and how much fun they had making them...

But that giant snake from Kinda is pure cheese, regardless.

3 The old series will always be coloured by nostalgia. I kind of draw the line during Peter Davison's run when the ABC were playing silly buggers with the schedules.

The Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy runs left me stone cold. They seem to have lost the central themes of the Doctor which they've brought back with Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant.

I don't doubt it was fun to work on. Definitely cheesy, even during the classic Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker years. Garage Kubrick appeals to me more than big budget extravaganza most of the time.

I wonder how long before we run into the Doctor's daughter again ? If not then Sally Sparrow ?

4 Tom Baker was the Doctor for me, though I also enjoyed Jon Pertwee.  I stopped watching regularly sometime in Peter Davison's second season.  So I've seen very little of Colin Baker or Sylvester McCoy.

I'd love to see Sally Sparrow or Jenny make a return.  Interesting notes from Confidential about Jenny:  Georgia Moffet, who plays Jenny, is Peter Davison's real-life daughter, went to school with Colin Baker's daughter, and auditioned for the part of Rose.

5 As an additional note. Apparently Peter Davison was David Tennant's favourite Doctor. So much so his choice of clothing and glasses mirror him. Albeit without the stick of celery.

There was a fun little skit for charity during Christmas that was inserted between the end of the season and the Titanic crashing into the Tardis. In it the Davison Doctor meets the Tennant Doctor.

6 I've got that, but the file I downloaded has no sound for some reason (codec issue, I guess) so I haven't had a chance to watch it.