Doctor Who: New Season 1&2

I've made up a tag (below) solely for this entry, and I suspect I'll have cause to break it out again.

( Spoiler-rific talk for the first two new episodes of Who, The Rings of Akhaten and The Bells of Saint John. )

Short version: they're fun, but I can't help feeling like something is missing. I think this series needs to get its sea legs more, and I'm optimistic that this can happen.

Speaking of sea legs, next week, it's snakes (or possibly just one snake) on a sub! Whee!