I watched it last night - not terribly sure about Billie Piper as Rose, but Christopher Eccleston is very good as the doctor. His dress sense is very understated (no wacky scarf/umbrella/hat) - I read that that's because Eccleston wants the flamboyancy to come through in the performance, and I think he pulls it off admirably. I am a bit concerned about the lengths of each plotline. Back in the day, each story was spun out over 6 episodes. Checking the transmission schedule, it did look as though each story was now going to be completed over one episode, or at most two. I'm just worried that everything will be too easy, e.g. in last night's pilot, it didn't take a whole lot of time to kill the Nestine Consciousness.