I haven't seen the new Doctor yet. I meant to at least watch the episode where the Doctor changes from male to female. I'll make a point of watching, next time it is on.
I was a big fan of the first Doctor. I spent more than ten years of my childhood and teens without television but I had the first Dr Who annual to remind me of what I was missing. The theme music was catchy but weird for the time and the concept of something being larger inside than outside was mentally stimulating. The story in which the Daleks were introduced was also my introduction to neutron bombs, which had devastated their world. I thought that neutron bombs were fictitious until President Carter threatened to use them in the Middle East.
I hope that they bring in another elderly Doctor. It is good to remind both the old and the young that old people can still have adventures and explore new places.