I don’t like it now. Why? Because the old symbol is so iconic to me. Maybe it is the sound of the T.A.R.D.I.S. alone that gets my heart to skipping that extra beat, but there has always been something about the orange eye that scrolls across the screen before showing the title DOCTOR WHO, something that tells me that I am in for a thrilling ride.

I watched the trailer for the upcoming 5th season of Doctor Who starring Matt Smith and it is exciting. Vampires, Daleks and Blink, oh my! Also seen very quickly in military fatigues is River Song – Maybe not professor yet… Her appearance in the 5th series is maybe the most exciting for me. Yes, I’m excited about the new season, but I’m not getting that good ol’ lovin’ feelin’ when I see this logo.

Do I hate it though? No. To be fair, the current logo and sound/song is revamped as well and I didn’t complain too much. And who knows, maybe the first episode with Matt Smith will be so spectacular that I can’t help be go all Pavlovian over the symbol. Of course, that is my hope, but for now, every change only solidifies the death that we have already experienced. That, I am not excited about.

Be warned: Spoilers Abound

Russell Davies, why must you make me cry on my birthday?

The first part of the last episodes showing David Tennant as the infamous Time Lord was almost a complete travesty. The only truly memorable scenes, besides John Simm’s The Master’s inexplicable new mutant powers (he did kinda look like a Misfit, right?), were the scenes comprised solely of Tennant and Bernard Cribbons, Donna’s enthusiastic grandfather Wilfred Mott. From the silver cloak to the scene where he tearfully urges The Doctor to take his antiquated pistol. At the end of the first part, I was dreading what the second part would bring and I knew I wouldn’t be able to bear it if Tennant wasn’t given a grand and proper send off.

Davies redeemed himself with the second part. Not necessarily by the resolution of the story featuring The Master playing the part of the whole world or the Time Lords jumping time to take over the Earth’s place in space, though it was satisfactory, but by the goodbyes The Doctor was allowed to have that caused those of us watching to spend the last 20 minutes (plus 5 after the introduction of Matt Smith) in tears.

Like every companion throughout the 46 years that the show has run, I’ve grown to love each portrayal of the Doctor. Christopher Eccleston was a stone cold fox, so I cried at his regeneration because I wouldn’t be seeing his face every week. David Tennant started out as the stranger with The Doctor’s knowledge but, like Rose, I grew to love him in the role as well. That the loss of a television character could cause actual mourning is ridiculous, but I have never claimed not to be ridiculous. Matt Smith’s start is very promising. His Doctor had me laughing at the apex of tears. We will miss The Doctor. David Tennant’s Doctor will never be forgotten.

Now, we look forward to Matt Smith, the new Doctor Who logo, the new T.A.R.D.I.S. interior, the new companion and the new executive producer who has written some of the best episodes of Doctor Who I’ve been fortunate enough to watch. Steven Moffat taking over the reins is an exciting proposition to me. I know he won’t be writing them all, but I feel as if he’s had an idea of a direction and I’m encouraged that he wrote the Professor River Song episodes (because I want to see THAT story!) and I’m excited because I’ve seen previews for the next season and I’m very excited. And the end is most definitely the beginning.

News in the Whoniverse is that BBC America will carry the last episodes of David Tennant as the Doctor, proving that the soon to be SyFy network dropped the frakkin’ ball and that BBC America loves us.

Thanks to BBC America, I won’t have to pay for DVDs to traverse the Atlantic. Thanks to BBC America, I know I will see David Tennant go out in style. Thanks to BBC America, I will stay up to date on all things Who (that includes Torchwood, but will it also include the Sarah Jane Adventures, which I hear David Tennant’s Doctor will play a big part in this season?). We’ll even see Freema Agyeman’s Martha again, though not just as one of many companions rumoured to appear in the final Tennant episode of Doctor Who before Matt Smith takes over, but also in Survivor, which follows the final 10% of survivors after a virus wipes out the rest of the population.

Yay!

Also, in other Doctor Who news, Matt Smith, the soon to be new Doctor, has his companion. Lovely Scottish actress Karen Gillan has been cast in the role and even if you didn’t already know this, I love redheads, so I’m looking forward to this new season even as I wish a pox on the heads of those who are taking Tennant away from me.

Although that’s how I felt when I lost Eccleston, so I’m getting prepared to like Matt Smith’s Doctor. I already know I like his companion.

Hit the comments section to tell me how you feel about the rapidly changing Whoniverse.

Find out more about Doctor Who’s move to BBC America here and start your information search for Karen Gillan here.

Doctor Who. Oh how I love you. I love your T.A.R.D.I.S* and your frantic speech and the number of times you say, “What?” and how you can go from extremely silly to extremely serious in the snap of your fingers.

That is why I have been at a loss since the Christmas Special. With everything happening in David Tennant’s life, I haven’t been getting my weekly dose of Doctor. I have been searching the online video sites looking for little pieces of you. I follow you on twitter (http://twitter.com/DoctorJohnSmith), even though I know it’s not you. Now, I hear rumours that an Easter special is imminent, so I head to YouTube to ascertain the veracity of those rumours.

Hell yeah, there’s gonna be some Doctor Who action this Easter!

Doctor Who Easter Special Preview

It’s the Doctor. And I’m very excited. Allons y!

*No, it’s not a euphemism.