Doctor Who: World War Three

Just finished watching "World War Three", episode 5 of the newest Doctor Who season. And I must say, this show has everything. And I do like the new Doctor; he's a bit hip, and that takes a bit to get used to, but he grows on you. He's just quite a change from the goofy old Doctors of the "classic" series (as they're calling it now).
One of the great things about Doctor Who is that the aliens are never mindless killing machines who just want to destroy things for the sake of it (well, almost never... EXTERMINATE!). They always have some other motive, that's almost justifiable in a way. They're often lost, or refugees, or out for profit. And the Doctor handles it like no other protagonist. Were Doctor Who to be an American program, our hero would jump in guns a'blazin' regardless of the aliens' intentions. However, the Doctor is always more diplomatically minded, and wants to try & understand the aliens' situation. The great characters, combined with time travel, makes for a series who's limit is only the imagination of the writers. And they've proved to be very imaginative over the years.
I'm not too keen on the drama crap though. Rose's mum & boyfriend are kinda annoying. I know you're supposed to have adventurous natives who help out the Doctor in certain stories, but the whole soap opera drama thing is a bit much. All the old companions rarely had all this baggage from their home time. Most of them were stragglers and wanders, ready for a life of adventure with the Doctor. Rose seems too connected to "home" to really be a true companion. Oh well, she'll be gone eventually.