Dr Who used to be entertaining years ago when it was a kids' programme.

Agreed. But is that because it was a kids programme or because we were kids? Going back to the point that I cannot treat light entertainment too seriously I think that you may have grown up more than me! I can still enjoy the Doc, plot flaws and all. I have a couple of DVDs with old episodes on and I cannot say, watching them now, that they are better than the new ones. In many ways they were very poor. Plotlines, scripts, acting and all. I cannot say I find the new series particularly pretentious either. But, as you so rightly pointed out - each to his or her own.

On which note I think some may be well advised to remember that this is a discussion on personal taste concerning a fictional series on TV. Maybe a bit of light discussion goes better with light entertainment? :-)

Cheers

DtG