I found myself avoiding
Doctor Who for a very long time, mostly because it has such a long, long history (in its first incarnation, it still holds the record for longest running sci-fi series of all time), and I'm one of these guys who, if he gets hooked on something wants to know all about it from the very beginning, which is almost impossible with
Doctor Who--catching up on the past history of the show and characters would take up a career in itself.
But BBC America started running the last episodes of The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) in the runup to The Eleventh Doctor's (Matt Smith) series, and I got hooked. I'm enjoying the hell out of Matt Smith's take on the last of the Time Lords.
And it doesn't hurt that Karen "Amy Pond" Gillan is a hot redhead (bcg has a weakness for hot redheads, especially when they look good in miniskirts).*
The latest series (i.e., running in Old Blighty now(?)) will be showing on BBC America sometime soon... starting sometime in the period from March to May, I think. Keep an eye on the BBC America website to make sure you don't miss it.
Cheers,
bcg
* And speaking of hot redheads, they can keep bringing River Song (Alex Kingston) into the episodes as often as they want... especially if she's wearing heels.