'Doctor Who' season premiere review: Out with the old, in with the older

Matt Smith is out, and Peter Capaldi is in for a brand new season of 'Doctor Who.' Jump into the TARDIS for the most "unpredictable" Time Lord ever!

The word from Geek Street was that watching Doctor Who is like watching a tribute band: it's not quite the same thing, it's never as good as it used to be, but it tries valiantly, always clinging to the old ideas and trying to spark up the old magic

For a program known for its harum-scarum pace and keep-up-or-shut-up iconography, the Season 8 Saturday premiere of BBC America's "Doctor Who" opens slowly — even with the T. rex — and radiates a newly modern self-consciousness, albeit dressed in 

For a program known for its harum-scarum pace and keep-up-or-shut-up iconography, the Season 8 Saturday premiere of BBC America's "Doctor Who" opens slowly — even with the T. rex — and radiates a newly modern self-consciousness, albeit dressed in 

TV's longest-running science fiction program is about to get a new hero sort of. On Saturday, the BBC unveils the first episode of science fiction series Doctor Who with its new star, Scottish actor/director Peter Capaldi, playing the 12th version