Doctor Who?

The new season of Doctor Who premiered in the UK this Saturday and if you haven't seen it, you really ought to. I know, I know, y'all are all obsessed with Lost, but you can watch more than one hour of tv a week, right?

Doctor Who has been running off and on since the early 60's (if you want serious sf kitsch, check out some of the First Doctor episodes) and was rebooted in 2005 by Russel T. Davies. The basic premise is that the Doctor, a Time Lord, travels around space and time with his companions having wacky adventures with some scary moments thrown in.

The new season has a new Doctor, played by Matt Smith who I was a bit leery of at first but who totally won me over ten minutes in, and a new writing and production staff, headed up by Moffat, who is awesome. The whole thing is very accessible to first time viewers; with all the changes to the cast and crew, it feels like an entirely new show, while still harking back to the (45-ish year) legacy of the show. There's a wonderful scene near the end where Matt Smith steps through a montage of Classic Who monsters and the past Doctors.

I'd put up links, but all the ones I know of are...um...a bit on the illegal side, so you'll have to do your own googling. I wouldn't want to bring the BBC down on all our heads.