The most important factor which will determine whether or not the new series will be a success, will be whether it can appeal to children. The BBC have a difficult balancing act here. On the one hand they need to appeal to new, young viewers and on the other they have to please the large number of sad, spoddy men in their thirties, forties and fifties who have been desperately clinging on to the image of the series they watched as a child.
I loved Dr. Who as a child. Fucking loved it. I am a grown up now, and I can't even bear to watch it. Even the episodes I used to like. The same goes for the Six Million Dollar man, the Gemini Man and Space 1999. I've moved on, although I will always have fond memories of these things. You can't rely on the same programme to reproduce that old magic - the first time you heard the Tardis taking off/landing, the tinge of fear you got from the voice of the Daleks, the shrill and sudden interjection of the ending theme (Eastenders nicked this idea with their drum roll). It's time to let go, go out there and look for new things.
By the way Tom Baker was the best, followed by John Pertwee. All others were shit. I almost never forgave Pertwee for being Wurzel Gummidge.
