I recently finished watching the first Matt Smith season of Doctor Who. I am not at all sure how Doctor Who has been able to remain so consistently good. Seriously--how does it do it? It's been five seasons since the reboot, and all five have been great. And that is three different actors playing the Doctor. Not many shows can make it for 5 really good season. And the ones that do are all heaped with critical praise--yet Doctor Who still lingers almost exclusively in the Geek Cave.
As with all new doctors, it took several episodes before the show felt normal, but somewhere along the time the Weeping Angels showed up again, it was hard to remember a time before Matt Smith was The Doctor. And, as an added bonus, this season has the best season-long story line since the franchise was rebooted--and what's even better, it sets up next season quite nicely. Amy Pond is great, and Rory, well, he grew on me too. But Matt Smith is excellent.
My kids still don't watch it with me. Every time I was watching an episode and Emma wandered into the room, she just shook her head and said, "Oh, the cheesy 70's special effects show." Sigh.
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