Well, this is brilliant. I borrow Knife, start reading it as soon as I finish Scott Westerfeld's 'The Last Days', and finish it in 3-4 hours.

Then I find out the author is a Doctor Who fan, and I'm in heaven.

I've gotta say, I really agree with you on the 'Victory of the Daleks' episode. It just wasn't... good for me. Which is strange, since usually I'm completely wrapped in any episode of Doctor Who (I'm slowly rewatching series five. Not up to Tennant yet though).
'The Eleventh Hour' certainly had me wrapped as well, thanks to the introduction between Doctor and Amy - it almost makes me want to try fish fingers with custard!

I've yet to watch the next two (I'm in Australia, unfortunately), so I'm not going to read the opinions on them yet :3

So sticking around though xD