Well, finally Doctor Who is back on the BBC. Tonight on End Of Show we’re going to be live blogging Matt Smith morphing into the new Doctor.

Matt Smith talks to the Times today, where he introduces his new boss, Steven Moffat, gushingly, then says “Don’t get me wrong, Steven’s a peculiar man! We have a strange relationship in the press where we lambast each other. His last one was that I’m in a constant state of wonder at my own limbs, so I’ve been calling him peculiar.”

They both seem pretty peculiar to me! Let us get this show on the show…
5:56:28 PM: Is this thing on? 25 minutes to go, enough time to make a brew…

5:58:46 PM: I’ll be sadly missing Tenant’s Browncoat. Oh Rusty, you’re such a Joss Whedon fan..

6:01:13 PM: Total Wipeout is still on at the moment. This thing is possibly more surreal than Doctor Who…

6:03:00 PM: You know who Matt Smith looks like? A young John Kerry. Like a little haunted tree.

6:04:08 PM: The BBC just told us Matt Smith, Karen Gillan & Steven Moffat will be visiting New York the week of April 12

6:05:49 PM: 15 minutes! I haven’t read a review for this. It better be good, or Moffat won’t be on my Christmas Card list any more.

6:08:13 PM: Off topic: seriously, what on earth is Total Wipeout? It’s just a way of watching people fail, then fail, then… yes… fail.

6:13:03 PM: This airs on BBC America on April 17. Sorry, poor Americans! Except not really, we have to wait for everything usually.

6:17:41 PM: Please Doctor Who, save me from Total Wipeout.

6:20:30 PM: My clock says 6:20pm, but still it hasn’t started. Come on!

6:22:08 PM: And we’re in. Earth!

6:22:22 PM: Doctor Who bingo: Tardis!

6:22:40 PM: Next Doctor Who requirement: one liner.

6:23:15 PM: It’s the old Tardis set! That won’t last. Now, we’re at titles. I think?

6:23:26 PM: Okay, titles ROCK.

6:24:13 PM: Creepiness. Love it.

6:26:11 PM: Dr opening line…?

6:26:28 PM: “Can I have an apple? All I can think about. Apples.”

6:28:29 PM: Matt’s Smith’s face? Still odd. Matt Smith’s Doctor performance? I’m bonding. Writing is solid so far.

6:32:39 PM: Yes, that custard fish fingers scene will divide people. I liked it. Showed the Doctors are different.

6:35:00 PM: Prisoner zero? Oh dear.

6:37:11 PM: Loving the musical score. Blissful.

6:39:53 PM: That’s the Doctor introduced. Now on to a plot which I somehow think will involve saving the world…

6:43:14 PM: It’s the worlds shortest policewoman skirt, ladies and gentlemen.

6:45:50 PM: Aha. The police woman thing makes sense.

6:47:10 PM: The CGI isn’t too shabby.

6:51:35 PM: “I’m the Doctor, I’m worse than everybodies aunt”.

6:53:12 PM: Aha. It took half an hour, but we have the end of the world. Doctor Who bingo complete!

6:59:27 PM: Spot the location shoot in Llandaff

7:02:49 PM: That video conference scene was… odd. And a computer virus – very ID4.

7:04:19 PM: Yep, there’s a porn joke and I love it.

7:06:11 PM: It’s kinda gone 24 now. Keep expecting Jack Bauer to torture somebody.

7:10:03 PM: “Who da man? I’m never saying that again.”

7:11:06 PM: Amy Pond is a great name, by the way.

7:16:51 PM: Really enjoying this. A great reintroduction.

7:26:52 PM: And that’s that. I planned this live blog so I could joke about things, but it wasn’t exactly mockable. Actually a highly enjoyable romp.