Agreed. So sad.
On a related, but more upbeat note, I got a chance to see the first two episodes of Series 6 at the Chicago "premiere" screening last night!
I don't want to spoil anything for anybody, but damn I don't envy you guys having to wait a week between those two episodes.
Here's what I will say about the opening two-parter (no spoilers, unless you count vague hints as spoilers):
Doctor Who Series 6 Premiere Spoiler-Free Mini-Review
(6.01 The Impossible Astronaut & 6.02 Day of the Moon)
Moffat has stated recently that Series 5 was all about reassuring the audience that, despite the fact that there's a brand-new Doctor, companion, and showrunner, it was still fundamentally the same show. Hence, the structure was very similar to Series 1-4, and there wasn't a whole lot of "rock-the-boat" type developments.
Series 6, on the other hand, if the premiere is anything to go by, is Moffat basically saying, "Oh, you thought you were safe in your 13-episode, standalone-adventures-with-a-loose-story-arc comfort zone, right? Well ... not anymore, bitches!" All bets are off now. Series 6 is all about Moffat making his mark as showrunner, and it's certainly distinctly different from Davies'.
It begins in a way unlike any other season of the series, and by the time the first 15 minutes have gone by you'll have lost all preconceived notions of what to expect from this season. More than that, by the end of Day of the Moon (part 2, which will air on the 30th), you're left with at least two potentially-season-spanning arcs that are so mind-bogglingly huge in their implications, they make River Song look about as important as that asshole who got kicked out of the TARDIS in Series 1.
The monsters in the episode are absolutely the best since the Weeping Angels. Technically, they could exist in the real world. There could be one standing behind you right now, and you'd never know...
And that's all I'll say. I've already typed and deleted several paragraphs because I thought they had too many potential spoilers within, so I hope I've kept this mini-review-thing as spoiler-free as possible.
If anyone has any questions or wants more spoileriffic information about the premiere, PM me and I'll gladly oblige. I won't post any definite spoilers in the open forum, though.