My Doctor?

Not an easy question really is it? Well it used to be. I'd have said David Tennant without a second thought.  But now we've lived with a series of Matt Smith's Doctor with Steven Moffat at the helm I'm a little more conflicted. Towards the end of Russell T Davies' tenure I found myself more than a little frustrated with the way he finished things.  Not to say I could do any better, I couldn't but I felt there was an over reliance on things he's touched on before. I was ready for something new.

Matt Smith was mostly something new. He shared enough traits with David Tennant's Doctor for it not to feel quite so jarring but he was the new Doctor and like the hussy I am I loved him straight away.

Ten was amazing because a lot of the time with the coat and the energy he felt more like a superhero. Eleven, well he's kind of geeky all thinky and much more awkward. This doctor seems that little bit less human and more prone to disengage.

So when eleven turned up in the Sarah Jane Adventures I was joyful, because it was lovely to see him interact with the scooby gang.  I'm not old enough to remember Sarah Jane from the first time around, so I'm really not old enough to remember Jo Grant. I thought their interactions were very sweet, there was a very big sense of Mallory Towers between the two of them, they were altogether dotty but marvellous.

I loved the episode but I have some reservations to do with the idea that RTD was treading on an already well trodden path. I know SJA is a kids show. But in the past RTD has written some incredible things for children's TV. Century Falls anyone? This felt a little derivative for me. I  liked it but it felt like I'd eaten too many sweets after it was over.