I be another viewer who have be a long-time fan of the original show . when I first hear about the new series a few year ago , I be unsure . in fact , I be sure that I be go to hate it . after all , I would hate the tv movie and I know that nothing new could ever live up to the best of the original series . -lrb- Though of course , rot pond scum would be a improvement on the WORST of the original series . -rrb- then I catch the first episode of the new series -- and shocked myself by love it . Enough to immediately buy the region2 dvd , which be the only one available at the time . -lrb- which be then replace by region1 as soon as they become available . it do not feel quite like `` Dr. who '' , but it be entertaining nonetheless , with good acting and good production value . now , onto series 2 . I have not see all of it yet . -lrb- Disc 2 of my set be defective , so until the nice folk at Amazon send I my replacment set , I have to miss out on Sarah Jane 's return . -rrb- and ... I like it ... the worst story -lrb- `` New Earth '' -rrb- be a bit better than rot pond scum , and the best come very close to the best of the original . but yes , it be a new series . yes , it be wonderful that it have the budget to do thing with a thousand time more flash than the original . but flash can not replace heart , and there be a definite lack of heart . and the sexual tension between Rose and the doctor -lrb- which be much stronger in the second series than the first , if only because Tennant be so much younger and classically hearts-throb gorgeous than he predecessor -rrb- be a poor replacement for the more fatherly love and concern that we see in the original . yes , any one of the doctor would have sacrifice he life for any one of he companion . sexual love be not require for that sort of emotional attachment . Tennent also seem to never quite convince that he be a alien -- a non-human character with exeptional intelligence , but with real characer flaw . he seem to teeter between utterly human and utterly god . on the positive side , the 2nd series get point for make at least a effort to remember its root . too often the doctor , and indeed the series -lrb- think console room -rrb- seem to completely forget that it have a existance before Rose appear . but here we see real Daleks and Cybermen . the doctor mention , however briefly , previous planet and previous adventure . and my daughter and I have a blast tick off all the similirity between the alternate universe Cyberman story here -lrb- forget the title -rrb- , and Troughton 's `` Invasion . '' now , if they could just remember that they be suppose to be tell compelling story rather than demonstrate they ability to generate fantastic cg character , they 'll really have something worth watch .