I largely agree about Catherine Tate. As a comedian she is actually as funny as a traffic accident involving two school buses, however it seems she can play a straight role a million times better. It is also unusual for the Dr to have an assistant who is 40 years old.

Another good point: while it is annoying that the Doctor’s travels through time and space normally result in him visiting London around “now” (unlike good old Tom Baker, I might add…) I think this was one of the better ones.

My main complaint about Dr Who is that it is too short. just over half an hour is no where near long enough to build a plot and then see it to a decent conclusion. Every episode either rushes the start or seems to end much too fast.

Pacing, BBC, Pacing.