Let's hope they've ditched those feckin' awful 'new' Daleks.

That's all.

But why is the 9th/10th Doctor's TARDIS interior in one of the clips (with a-probably not but...-regeneration type light show going on)? Just who is River Song? What/who is Amy shooting? Soooo many questions.

Jesus. Jesus Christ. I'm so excited.

Tennant seems like a distant, gurning memory. And I liked him at the time.

God, I'm excited.

I'm really excited.

Actual goosebumps. I don't care what anyone else thinks, I fricken love the new series. Matt Smith is well on the way to replacing Tom Baker as The Doctor.

All of these teasers ... they never really add up to anything, do they? All of those little hints of back /future stories just pile up like so much uncollected rubbish.
Smith and Gillan are great, but the standard of writing has dropped significantly.

Sorry ... this is neither the time nor the place to piss on anyone's chips. I'll be watching it and hoping for the best.

Anyone know when it actually starts, other than "soon". Because that's not overly helpful.

The new season starts over here very soon, and I've been lead to believe our local cable TV company is supposed to be adding BBC America HD to their channel line up any day now, which will make a good thing even better.

I'm sure they could figure out a way to bring him back somehow.

Kneeel, insect!

"Cry 'God for Harry Sullivan, The Brig, and Saint George!'

Apparently the new series will feature a character who we've not seen since 'the War Games'. My guess is Philip Madoc

Is my new friend on Facebook. Which is nice and made my day.

"Fear me, I killed all of them"

what a line.

Like a little kid, I can't wait for Easter Saturday.

*does a little happy dance*

*grins like an idiot*

I thought the last series was disappointing. Fanboys seem to love it and cite Matt Smith as a favourite doctor of all time, but I don't see it.

Still, I'll watch it. I'm going to the launch on Monday so that might give a little more away.

Think he knocks Tennant into a cocked hat, as good as DT was. I always felt the Tennant era was compromised by two things: his own inability to avoid gurning and mugging and generally stretching his face and vowels far too much, and - more crucially - Russellty Davies's even greater inability to avoid throwing the kitchen sink at half the episodes. And the quality of the writing declined hugely in Davies's closing series, only really picking up in the last few minutes of the last Special.

Don't understand DCE's point about the writing. I think the last series was incredibly well-written, apart from the Dalek episode and Amy's Choice. And what loose ends haven't been tied up? Apart from the Silence, that is (which is being resolved this coming series)?

And let's face it - heresy though this might be - the writing and acting was often fucking shocking in the days of the "classic" series. When you remove the nostalgia factor, the old Doctor Whos weren't a patch on what we've seen since 2005 (Freema bloody Agyeman aside).

I really don't feel even half as geeky as I did, now I've seen you all out-geeking me.

I am baffled by anyone who says the writing wasn't up to scratch in the previous series. I was a fan of Russell T Davies, but he had a tendency for pat endings and over-sentimentality. Moffat is an extraordinary story-teller who doesn't favour narrative convention and has a real taste for the genuninely spooky, yet he never forgets he's writing a show for kids. Matt Smith's performance is utterly unique and pitch perfect.

For me, I watched and enjoyed the RTD series as an adult; something about the last one made me feel like I was a kid when I watched it. I can pay no higher compliment.

despite some funny lines and a bit of Churchill (oh yes). Mark Gattis is usually so reliable . Amy's Choice could have done with a little more Toby Jones who was superb.

FC as you don't like it, can I have your ticket to the launch Monday? :-p

I'm looking forward to it too.

Apparently the series is going to be split in two, with a cliff-hanger left over the summer. I quite like that idea, the ending of the penultimate episode of the last series was fantastic, but all too quickly resolved.