It's funny but I find myself not caring for the new series because the dialogue is often muffled and the plots are confusing. The one about the "gangers" was not too interesting, I thought. I appreciate the Matt Smith is a good actor but I miss the swashbuckling sense of adventure that Tom Baker and Chris Eccleston brought to the character. They seemed like more fun than Tenant, who I liked, or Smith, who I haven't really gotten used to.

I like the character of Riversong, a kind of Dragon Lady but Karen Gillam seems too bland for my tastes. I liked the incoherence of Katherine Tate's character. I guess it's just a matter of opinion.

I wish they would sharpen up the dialogue on the new series so that it isn't reminiscent of a parody of "Actor's Studio" where the naturalized speech patterns are sometimes, at least for me, unintelligible. I know the Brits know how to speak well when they want to.

The monsters are beginning to look alike, as well, an elongated giant insect with the face of a human used in the last episode and on the one where the man tries to create his fountain of youth but takes a wrong turn with his DNA.

Maybe it's just me but I think the earlier episodes were a little more intelligent and less formulaic.