Yeah, Matt Smith was awesome. I didn't really have any prejudices one way or the other so was happily surprised.

I'm so glad someone else likes her, she gets so much shit in fandom - I try to stay away from wank and don't frequent comms or boards (on this or any other fandom really, I kind of trust my flist to keep me up to date with the important stuff), but yeah, that's the impression I've gotten. I really like Alex Kingston (she was fab in E.R. and don't anyone tell me otherwise) and I'm really glad they're doing something with her storyline.