I’ve very happy that he’s been checking out the the revised Dr. Who series including the new season with Matt Smith this year. I totally approve both of him checking it out and the series in general.
I haven’t talked much about the Matt Smith episodes because there is a three week gap between England’s broadcasts (which I have watched using a proxy server) checked out the new season of Dr. Who that I think has been absolutely fantastic.
Matt Smith soars in the role. He reminds me of the best parts of Jon Pertwee & Tom Baker only younger. The Eleventh Hour ranks as one of the best re-generation episodes of the entire series. You have to go to Castrovalva to find one as good.
There has only been one episode (this week’s Vincent and the Doctor) that I would consider mediocre and one episode that was pretty much good but had a poor resolution (Vampire’s of Venice) but other than that is is really first rate.
He is also spending some time with the wife in Baltimore. It is unfortunately just as cheap to go to Baltimore to watch the Red Sox than it is to go to Fenway and pay the prices there.
Ah the joys of being a Red Sox fan.



Just about as expensive. The two Baltimore seats we paid for in advance ($88 total in Baltimore), go for $260 in Fenway. A difference of only $172. This nearly pays for the hotel and the tickets (it’s possible we could have gone on priceline for the hotel… and we did pay more than that altogether, but we were looking to have fun). The characters in our row and behind us were more than worth the price of admission. The game was pretty good too.
It’s hard to get into Matt Smith as Dr. Who he just seems so young. It took me a while to like Tennant and then I loved his Doctor. I haven’t watched that many older Doctor Who’s although I should to really be considered a fan. It’s just when they have the shows with the Daleks they really hurt my ears when they talk. My husband has almost all the Older Doctor Who’s on VHS :)