"You Stand As This World's Champion?"

"Thank you. I have no idea who I am, and you just summed me up."

I don't care how big a geek it makes me. Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion filled me with obscene glee. It was like everything good about when I was twelve years old crammed into a half hour. UNIT? UNIT?! And add on the previews of the new season ... gahhhh.

Too often in American television, we're so damn self-aware, and so worried about seeming ridiculous. One of the reasons I occasionally run into trouble with suited humans -- I like writing Big Damn Moments and Speeches. Sure, when they fall flat, a bad day. But when they hit: that's WHY WE DO THIS in a nutshell.