Pretty much my sentiments too. Didn't mind Back to Earth, it gave me a few chuckles ("I want more life, smegger!") and was a vast improvement on the abortion that was S9. I will remain ever hopeful that there's some life in the old dog yet.
Thirded. There were some obvious issues that have been accentuated by the constant highlighting of them. I enjoyed Back to Earth far more than the majority of Series 8, which for me was the real abomination.
It obviously won't be as good as the first 6 series, but I bet its still better than 90% of the rubbish (reality) tv we have on these days. I'm looking forward to it.