Well the Matt Smith era of Doctor Who got off to the best start of all the other Doctor's, so far. I don’t think any of these episodes had any down time and seemed a lot more focused than the other standalone episodes and seasons of the previous Doctors. As my wife Jess said the hardest thing about this season of the Doctor was adjusting to Matt Smith because he was following up the best actor to ever play Doctor Who (David Tennant). And it was hard adjusting to him. He brings a totally different approach to the Doctor than David Tennant brought, but knowing that before you go into watching a season where a new Doctor takes over helps with the adjusting to the acting and mannerisms.
Matt Smith is a good Doctor. He brings his own unique spin on being the Doctor and, in my opinion, it serves well for creating a different Doctor, which is what it’s supposed to do. The best thing this season does is fully take advantage of the whole Tardis being a time travel ship and as the season goes on the mold of the show has a Back to Future kind of feel to it, as the time travel concepts start to really kick in.
They even bring back the wonderful Professor Riversong who further enhances the time travel concepts that no other season of Doctor Who has ever done like this season has. Let me tell you the show is better for it. Really looking forward to seeing more of Professor Riversong in later episodes as it’s clearly hinted she’s the Doctor’s wife or at least someone who is really close to the Doctor. This brings up all kinds of interesting things from a storyline perspective and character development of the Doctor that I’m really looking forward to seeing played out over the next season or seasons.
Another thing, this season has brought, is the full time writing and producing of Steven Moffat who wrote some of the best episodes in the previous seasons and his influence from characters to dialogue can clearly be seen. There’s a lot more banter and great talking scenes that just add to the show as a whole. I’m not saying it wasn’t there before, but Moffat’s presence sure has brought a lot these elements to the forefront.
The one thing, fully brought back from the previous seasons of Doctor Who, is the overall arch for the story line that continues in each episode, further adding to the menace of the final two episodes of the seasons, which bring some mind bending, twisting time travel excellence. I must say adding Karren Gillian as Amy Pond was a stroke of genius as she bring a sexiness to the role of the companion, that as far as I know has never been there. Her red hair and Scottish accent only enhance everything about her and basically are another character unto themselves and all the better for it. Also there's just a pluckiness and fire by adding a red head - I should know I'm married to one. But I also like how the writers used her story as basically the template for the entire season and they let her be married and bring her husband along for the time travel. That was brave of the writers to do and I really like them for doing that because it makes for a more interesting dynamic as they deal with character, situations, and dialogue than they before. There's just that much more to work with now than there was before by adding a husband and wife as the traveling companions. Plus it also plants little seeds for the Doctor about marrying.
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