Moffat's style is more similar to RTD's than to, say, John Nathan-Turner's (who ran the show from about 1980 until its cancellation in 1989), if only because the format of the series is the same. You're forced to tell a different sort of story in 1-2 45-minute episodes than 4-6 25-minute ones. That said, I do think the new series is more like the old than RTD's series' were, so you're right there. I've seen a fair bit of classic Who, and there's elements of each classic Doctor (William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Tom Baker and Sylvester McCoy in particular) in Matt Smith's performance. Hartnell, Baker, McCoy and now Smith seem to be the most "alien" Doctors.
RTD did do a good job with Who on the whole. Tennant got a bit wangsty toward the end, and I think Davies wrote too much of the series himself, but I'd certainly rather have Davies Who than none at all, and much of it was significantly better than a fair chunk of the old show. Then again, I liked Colin Baker's Doctor (at least in "Revelation of the Daleks" and "Trial of a Time Lord") which apparently fans aren't supposed to do, so what do I know.
How many episodes have you seen so far? Just the one?
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RTD did do a good job with Who on the whole. Tennant got a bit wangsty toward the end, and I think Davies wrote too much of the series himself, but I'd certainly rather have Davies Who than none at all, and much of it was significantly better than a fair chunk of the old show. Then again, I liked Colin Baker's Doctor (at least in "Revelation of the Daleks" and "Trial of a Time Lord") which apparently fans aren't supposed to do, so what do I know.
How many episodes have you seen so far? Just the one?