Thank you; I'm glad it's not just me! And yes, exactly. When we first met Rose, and the Doctor took her to the end of the world, I felt her wonder and awe, right down to my toes. This ... it feels very paint-by-numbers to me; it's fun, and there are some neat ideas (Britain-in-space was hilarious), but like you said, it feels like we're more being told about the characters' wonder and awe and fear than experiencing it for ourselves. And a big part of the problem for me is that I'm having a hard time getting inside the characters' heads and relating to them as people.