Dr Who is funny and English, so if you like that and like science fiction-y stuff, then it's really cool. Oh, and last season and this season there were ... uh ... cats. Sorta. :)

I'd recommend Rats Saw God, too--actually, he wrote a few YA books, and they aren't mysteries or anything, but they read like the show. Snarky and cool and slightly over-the-top.

What clicnched Veronica for me was when she did the "Pulp Fiction" thing--"Look at the big brain on Brett!"