Hey guys, as an American who doesn't get BBC America, I don't get much exposure to British television. Now, somehow at that point I had known that a show called Doctor Who existed on British television, but that was it, really. I had no idea what it was about, I had no idea who or what the Doctor was, etc. etc. A little while ago, I finally got the chance to see Doctor Who and my first episode was "The Girl in the Fireplace" from Season 2 and I absolutely fell in love with it. I still didn't grasp everything that they  were talking about, but I didn't care. David Tennant's acting just drew me in. The next episode I saw was "The Idiot's Lantern", and that's when I realized that the show didn't particularly follow a specific storyline from one episode to the next.      

Anyway, I decided to go on the internet and see if I can find the previous episodes. I then started watching all the David Tennant's episodes one by one. Apart from an episode here or there, I personally thought they were all stellar! Simply brilliant. He was incredibly humorous when he needed to be, and spine-tinglingly serious when he needed to get his point across. When he went on one of his tangents trying to get a solution for one of his many problems or when he was just trying to explain time and his TARDIS to a normal human being, it really was magical. 
 
Then it came time for Matt Smith to take over as the doctor, and while I was a bit hesitant, I was still optimistic about the whole thing. I started watching Season 5, and unfortunately I just wasn't getting the same vibe. I understand that the new incarnation isn't supposed be exactly the same as the previous one. And I can respect that. Matt Smith certainly looks the part with his bow tie and all, but for some reason I just can't watch an episode of Season 5, whether it be his monologues or him threatening The Weeping Angels, without thinking, "Man, David Tennant would've been really good right now."             
 
Like I mentioned earlier, since I live in America, no one here has even heard of Doctor Who(which is a shame, really), I can't really have a conversation regarding this with anyone here. Literally, no one! Therefore I came to you all, my fellow Bombers, with this. I was really curious as to what people thought of Matt Smith and even the whole regeneration/changing of actors and the character's personality. 
Since I haven't been watching Doctor Who from its beginning in the '70's, the whole notion of completely reinventing the main character every few seasons is really alien to me and maybe that's why I didn't get into Matt Smith's performance, because whenever I think of the Doctor, I think of David Tennant. I wanted to know what Britain in general thought of Matt Smith compared to David Tennant. I was also curious as to where David Tennant ranked compared to the previous 9 doctors? 
 
Also, I wanted to know whether Season 5 got better? I've watched until the 2-Part Weeping Angels episode, and Amy's Choice looks intriguing, as does the overarching storyline of the crack in time, but I really get bummed out because of Matt Smith's performance. Am I crazy or are there others that feel the same way? 
 
Thanks!