Agree on all counts!
I was bored with Doctor Who, to the point where I didn't bother watching any of the episodes from season 4. My interest has regained.
Season 4 had 3 good episodes - Moffat's "Silence in the library" & "Forest of the dead" and, immediately following it, great, RTD written(gasp, i know!) episode called "Midnight"
EDIT: About iPad. I really wanted to hate it, but then I got a chance to play with my boss's one and was amazed with how beautiful and responsive the screen is. Time magazine was frigging amazing, Marvel app looked fantastic, photos and videos were breathtaking. Seriously, this thing seems to be crap right until you get to hold one. I tried reading couple of pages of a book, and while the backlight was too bright for comfortable reading, there was a handy slider to adjust it.
Now, I'm NOT going to buy it. Right now, that is. I want to see where it goes first. I want it lighter, with stereo sound and a camera. Which means that I'll probably have to wait for third generation or so(which is what I did with an iPhone) but at least now I see a clear use for it in my home and understand a reason to buy it.