On the subject of Matt Smith, I have seen him in a few other shows and he is pretty damn good. When I first saw Eccleston regenerate into Tennant I thought: "Oh god! This new guy looks terrible, there is no way he's ever gonna live up to Eccleston!"
And here we are
I'm prepared to give the guy a chance. The episode? I loved it! Enough to ignore the complete rubbish that was and always has been RTD's writing. However, Timothy Dalton stole the show in my opinion. I would be hard pressed to select somebody who would make a more awesome narrator...except maybe Liam Neeson. He has a nice voice