Let's put it this way: it was better than I first anticipated. I was all up for giving Matt Smith a chance, although I did think that David Tennant was amazing. However, the episode itself was alright - we'll have to accept the fact that it was the intro to the new doc, so it wasn't great, but Steven Moffat always writes good episodes ('Blink' was among those). The part where the Doctor observes the whole area, zooming in on every individual character until they see the 'man' and his 'dog' was, to be fair, a little boring. It dragged out a bit.
I have a strong feeling that the 'silence will fall' quote we reoccur somewhere along the line - then again, the 'he will knock four times' thing last series was a little misleading (it was only Wilf).
Karen Gillan was very good - Doctor Who seems to be getting a little sexual though, doesn't it? Amy Pond - a kiss-o-gram, and a woman who watched the Doctor get dressed, despite the fact that she's engaged...
Also, the little girl that portrayed the young Amy Pond is in fact Karen Gillan's cousin, hence the look-alike...ness
So overall, I think we're in for a fairly good series - with Steven as head writer, the return of the weeping angels
and a new Doctor, who's better than I thought he was going to be - it should be good
Although one last thing... I was very,
very disappointed in the new title screen/music.
All I could do was laugh.
