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The Doctor is in<\/a>. Doctor Who<\/a> has returned with a new regeneration (played by Matt Smith), a new companion (Amy Pond, or Amelia Pond, played by Karen Gillan, who previously appeared as a guest star on the episode \u201cFires of Pompeii\u201d), a new TARDIS control room, but the same penchant for missed appointments. As with other series since Dr. Who received a new lease on life with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, there were allusions to mysteries that presumably will wind like threads through the season, if not indeed beyond, as \u201cBad Wolf\u201d and the prophecy about the Doctor\u2019s death did in earlier seasons.<\/p>\n

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First episodes with a new Doctor are always a bit awkward, and this tends to by symbolized by the Doctor\u2019s own awkwardness as he adjusts to his new body right along with us. Although lacking somewhat in originality, the \u201cDoctor as Tigger\u201d sequence eventually grew on me.<\/p>\n

Welcome back, Doctor!<\/p>\n

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