Me and Doctor Who: introduction

So, one of the reasons I started this journal is that I want a place where I can babble all my thoughts and feelings about Doctor Who. I thought I'd start with a kind of an overview of where I am with the show now and what my favourite things about it are, etc. before I launch into more detailed tirades.

I'm usually bad at watching TV series, because I don't easily find something I really like, and I suck at following something for a long time, tuning in every week to watch the new episode. I'm better at suddenly falling in love with something that has several DVD boxes out and then watching them in quick succession, but I still do it quite rarely. So I only found out about Doctor Who last year, pretty much exactly 10 years after the new series began airing. I'd known about its existence, of course, but it took quite a lot of people talking to me about it before I realised it'd be something I might love. I borrowed a DVD box of the new Series 1 and fell in love right from episode 1, 'Rose'. ( Long ramblings about favourite characters, other things I love, pairings and fanfic interest; some spoilers for all the Russell T. Davies seasons )