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What a great opener for a new season... Explosions, corridors, evil plastic dummies, a new, improved Tardis interior (which you could see when The Doctor opened the door of the Tardis), a companion who was very pleasing on the eyes and a new Doctor who captured the mystery of Hartnell, vulnerability of Davidson, madcap humour of Tom Baker, buffoonery of Troughton and action hero of Pertwee. All in all, I don't think the BBC could have done much better. It's a great introduction to for the 21st Century...

I hope they do a retrospective regeneration scene just so we get to see the wonderful Paul McGann in the Doctor guise one last time (or perhaps a 2 Doctor adventure) as I really feel that he wasn't given a fair crack of the whip, but at the moment I am perfectly happy with Mr. Eccleston in the role. Bravo to him, Billie and the BBC!

Did people keep comparing Frasier to Cheers? Of course not. It was a completely different show. I saw the first two episodes last night and was impressed. I like Gina and Michael and I especially like his agent, Bobbie, played with gusto but the ever talented Jennifer Coolidge.

Out of all the characters, Joey stands the best chance of making it alone and I really think people need to let the show move through the natural teething problems that it will have. It's NOT Friends, just the same as Mork and Mindy was NOT Happy Days. To compare the two is asinine. Will it be better than Friends, who knows. Remember that Friends had it's own teething problems in the early days and was not necessarily the greatest show on the planet. Star Trek: The Next Generation was absolutely lousy in the first season. That moved on to spawn one of TV's greatest shows. Hell, The Simpsons was not great in it's first season. However, a show will never work if all people can say is "This is not Friends"!!! Give it a chance. It's worked for Angel from "Buffy"!