If its pleasures at first seem a tad modest, ‘The Woman Who Fell To Earth’ – the opening episode of Doctor Who Series 11 – is all with regards to’concerning’with respect to delayed gratification. The new Doctor herself (Jodie Whittaker, as if you didn't know) doesn’t arrive until nine and a half minutes in; she doesn’t acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure to say, “I am the Doctor” until the action finale, and she’s still wearing the previous Twelfth Doctor’s clothes until the epilogue, where she finds her new costume in a lovely visit to a charity shop. As in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the new opening title sequence, we wait and we wait, and it never comes. And don’t expect a rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent look at the renovated TARDIS yet. Showrunner Chris Chibnall is holding it all until Episode 2.###What the season opener does give us is a delightful introduction to our new Doctor and her gaggle of companions, Ryan, Yaz and Graham, making light, frothy work of drawing the connections between them. Chibnall manages the extraordinary trick of making us care with regards to’concerning’with respect to all of them by the end of the episode so we can’t wait to see how they continue to bond with each other and the Doctor in their expedition s to come.###Jodie Whittaker's Doctor is smart, but never a smart-arse.###As in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker is somehow bossy yet approachable’genial , brilliant yet grounded; she calls herself “just a traveller” and she has a solo tourist’s palpable desire to connect with anyone and e grossly one. Within an hour or so, she’s best mates with the first four humans she meets, and they eliminate’remove ly love hanging out with her. It’s no accident that Chibnall has dialled down on the Doctor’s eccentricity and egotism, and Whittaker’s perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mance is all with regards to’concerning’with respect to being open and having fun. She’s smart, but never a smart-arse.###Indeed, the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue as a whole has a new emphasis on feeling welcoming and approachable’genial – despite the villainous alien with human teeth in its head – while visually it feels enormous’vast’massive’tremendous ger in scope, more textured. From the propulsive music by new composer Segun Akinola to the stuck-in-space cliffhanger at the end, eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully element of this opening mission statement from Chibnall and his team is detoken ed to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure us excited with regards to’concerning’with respect to the pleasures to come. We’re onboard.###Read the review of Episode 2, The Ghost Monument###Read the review of Episode 3, Rosa###Read the review of Episode 4, Arachnids In The UK###Read the review of Episode 5, The Tsurunga Conundrum