Yeah, it's very accessible to a new viewer. They pretty much come at the character and the whole "Doctor Who" thing from an outsider's viewpoint. The sidekick is really valuable for that. They also have this conspiracy-buff guy the sidekick visits who has info he's gathered on his own about the Doctor -- that was a nice nod to the X-Files' Lone Gunmen, whether intentional or not -- and it makes you think of the Doctor's place in the world the way you might think of UFOs or other strange phenomena which may or may not exist.

The inside of the Tardis looks too organic, though -- kind of like the inside of a whale rather than the classy joint it used to be. But that's just a small complaint.