Just watched the season opener & really liked it. Then again I enjoyed the Donna character from that Christmas episode. She breaks the traditional mode of the Doctor's usual pretty assisants. For the guys who don't care for her, from what I've read about the rest of the season you'll have lots of eye candy. We already got a cameo from a "ghost" at the end of this episode. For me I've liked both Rose, Martha & Jack but it's neat having someone more average thrown into the mix.

BTW the theme music seemed different from the Christmas special or at least this time I detected what sounded like the drums the Master was always hearing.

Fair play!