I think I was a bit disappointed with the first episode simply because of the expectations I had in my head. I was hoping that the Doctor had been captured by the Daleks or Cybermen and had possibly been immobilized in some way for 16 years so that he could be interrogated without being a threat to them - something more like that. So It would have been nice to have seen him escape. The new show is going to be different (a lot more humour) but I know that I will watch them every week just like when I was a wee boy. I share zulu9812's thoughts, everything was too easily resolved in one episode. Part of the appeal of Doctor Who was the cliff-hanger endings - are people's attention span that short these days? In the past I used to love the end of a story line when you where introduced briefly to the next story line - it was great when the mood changed and suddenly you were in a completely new environment. I think the new Doctor Christopher Eccleston will be good - he exhibits the characteristics of my favourite Doctors, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker; both were smart, intense and humorous. Hope we get lots of moments like the 'Spinning Earth' monologue from Christopher, that was brilliant.