The Regeneration Game

Doctor Who returned to mainstream television last Saturday. Essentially, most things were in place for it to be enjoyable. First of all, Matt Smith isn't David Tennant - yet. As debuts go, it was just as successful as his two predecessors who needed time to become favourites in the nation's consciousness. New doctors have to be fleet of foot as well as of mind. Not sure about his sidekick - she seems a bit too chippy that's always warned me off Scottish Nationalists (she's kept her accent despite living in an English village for most of her life), but maybe its good acting at being astonished by the Doctor (again and again). Don't like what's been done with the Tardis which looks like an overgrown pinball machine. Also not chuffed with the theme music tinkering, which has now lost its urgency and now more resembles atmospheric sounds for a Ghost Train ride. Teh new logo also looks like its fallen through time from the Communist bloc - if it had been hewn out of London's South Bank I wouldn't be surprised. Overall though, I felt it lacked Russell T Davies' sure hand on the tiller - revealing the series macguffin at the start was a bit risque -but it's probably just early wobbles for the new relaunch.