I loved season 3 itself, but the finale was the godawful part. And after that it all went downhill with Davies turning Tennant from a quirky awesome guy to a predictable character with predictable plots. I hoped he would go out with a bang in the 'specials', but for the most part they felt like shallow 40 minute episodes drawn out to an hour. On the other hand, the new series feels far more dense, and complex enough that you have to pay attention and concentrate to get it all. I just prefer Moffat by far, and I think he's done far more justice to it. The ending of this season kept the epic scale without being rediculously overdramatic. Oh no, the doctor is all old, let's get the entire fucking world to pray for him, that'll work. And yes, I went around the whooole world and told everyone the story. Yup, way to kill off my character even more after everyone still loves Rose.