I am DEFINITELY a madman with a box

So. New Doctor, new companion, new TARDIS...

Still the same brilliant Doctor Who. Finished "The Eleventh Hour" a few minutes ago, and can I just say that was absolutely brilliant? Because I just did. And it was. But back to that in a minute...

I saw "How to Train Your Dragon" today. In 3D. And it is a pretty darned good movie. Tell you what, skip the Clash of the Titans remake, skip the crappy Miley Cyrus movie, go see this one. You will not regret it.

I kept the 3D glasses, by the way. I kinda like them.

So, back to Doctor Who...

First of all, anybody who doubted Matt Smith as the Doctor was an idiot. Okay, so we already knew that, but we now have definitive proof. I think that dropping him straight into things was a good idea, having to follow a Doctor like David Tennant was a big enough challenge as it was and you know some people really had to be sold... but this new Doctor is going to be as much a joy to watch as all the others. His character is everything the Doctor should be- funny, smart, clever, witty, caring, brilliant- even though he's younger than ever and a bit different than each of his other lives (as he should be), this is still our Doctor. Y'know, that final confrontation on the hospital roof is probably the best part of the whole episode for me. The Holograph-O-Continuity-References was pretty awesome all in itself (were those the Sea Devils? And why were half the guys there villains who have never actually been on modern Earth?), but basically it's the new Doctor finally working out exactly who he is- he even picks out a bow tie! Not to mention the music is freaking amazing during this sequence! And while he's getting dressed, he points out that, not only are humans brilliant and harmless, the planet is defended. By HIM. So, he tells the Atraxi quite politely, if they know what's good for them, they will GET THE EFF OUT OF THERE. And they run off with their hypothetical tails between their hypothetical legs.

He pulls off what Ten did in his first episode without the shouting, or the baddies blowing up, and without having to depose the Prime Minister afterward. And he puts his outfit on while doing it. And then he steps through David Tennant's face.

It's basically Steven Moffat's way of saying "Hey, all you Smith haters. He's the Doctor now and he's mother****ing awesome. Deal with it, suckers."

And hey, that's just one scene of the whole thing! Do you know just what else the episode's got? A crack in the wall, a shapeshifting monster that can't get the voices right, evil beans, flying eyes, the world saved thanks to a porn addict, the new companion being a kissogram, a sweet new opening theme, time travel mishaps, epic foreshadowing, the phrase "WHO DA MAN?!", Sir Patrick Moore, a screwdriver blowing up, a stolen fire truck, and a totally awesome new TARDIS interior.

And then we get the preview for the rest of the season... and did I mention Neil Gaiman's writing an episode next year? So yeah. Time to jump into the Matt Smith years head-first, and there's really only one way that I can properly express that...

GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!