Also wasn't afraid to call him out on being a silly arse when he needed it.

Your similes need some work.

I liked how they avoided Rose being shown as having a miserable life, and the Doctor being some escape from the drudgery. That would have been too easy.

Part of me would be dying to see an Andy Kauffman Doctor.

Posh scottish, the sort of scottish accent you hear from people like Gordon Brown.

I'd also say the moment where he has to confront the Nestene and his speech to it was a pure Who moment I got hooked by.
It sort of encapsulated what the Doctor is all about.

They did touch on it subtly too, what with him looking in the mirror at the Tyler's house to try and get a look at his supposed new face.

They're also the most iconic character after the TARDIS itself and a merchandise bonanza.

Oh no, a D would be Fear Her. Interesting idea, botched entirely.

Or sunscreen.

Oddly yes, they were a little too similar in personality and sometimes came across too precious.

So Avenue Q in space?

Overall yes.
Tennant and Smith could be utterly ruthless, but they always seemed to have this goodly motivation, just with a hard edge they'd reveal if you cross them.

I like the way they handled the effects in the RTD run.
Sure they're not as cheesy as the old BBC rubber suits and tinfoil were, but they weren't so slick that they didn't have some charm to them.
I sort of miss that from the RTD run, y'know?

I don't think it's really that controversial.
I felt she worked well with the 9th Doctor more than any of the others, and they probably should have put her out to pasture midway through series 2.

Also season 1 is all about him discovering his love and affection for humanity after he's become utterly disillusioned with everything.

I'd say because as it's for all intents and purposes a reboot for a good percentage of audiences who weren't fans when the show last aired on the Beeb or remember the last Doctor it's sort of pointless.
Also regeneration episodes tend to be all about the regen, and it really didn't need it here.

What the bloody hell is Farscape?

I agree with that. He's great on ideas, villains and concepts, but sometimes he's too clever for his own good.

I also liked how he treated this as an adventure he can have that provides a respite from all the Time War heaviness, but then he discovers of course nothing isn't about the Time War and it's repercussions.