Sorry I have to let the girls down on this one, Sara Jane seems to be a bit Nancy Drew to me. It wouldn't surprise me that the reason that this program came about was because they knew that once again a female would not be picked to be the (new) Doctor and at the same time keeping the female viewers at bay by trying to be politically correct. I would rather someone be upfront and say that the part would not be effective if done by a woman rather than by cusioning it by making Dr. Who alternatives like Sara Jane that's how it seems to me.

Torchwood is a little bit more of a Doctor who for grown ups. I think it was in Doctor Who (or the other way round) that they passed one another in the same episode. It would be good if that happened a bit more often, a bit like a sci-fi Holby/Casualty moment. I've often thought that about soaps too but that's another subject.