I only watched maybe one or two episodes of the 5th season and stopped torrenting them for some reason, so I'm glad to watch the DVDs, but I love this scene since it's, in a way, a big fuck you to RTD/fanfic moron crowd and how they basically turned the Tennant Doctor in to a gigantic baby who just wants TWUE WUV
Yeah, I watched a few eps on youtube and decided to just stop torturing myself and wait for the DVDs. I really only started watching the new series properly with the latest doctor, and it seems a lot more even than what I saw of Tennant/Eccleston - I watched about 6 or 7 eps and I have never seen a series that varied so wildly in quality, from awesome to total squirming-in-my-seat-with-embarrassment crap. Still, I will never forgive Steven Moffat for the star whale wanting to stop the tears of children.
Speaking as someone who ended up pretty much having to watch Doctor Who from infancy because Mom was a drooling, smitten fan -- yes, yes it is. And a sorely-needed HA-HAH! it is too. It's a cheesy show about some weird guy/alien guy who shows up and takes random people on weird adventures throughout space and time, isn't that enough?
I guess I enjoy the show, in a nostalgic sort of way, but fuuu-uuuuck, are Who fans annoying people. And that applies to Mom too.