Waaaah! I never thought I’d like him as Doctor Who, but I really love him now and I’m going to miss him. It will be interesting to see who they get next.
We’ll see five more specials with him in them and then see a new Doctor in 2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7698200.stm
You’re not leaving immediately – you’ve got another year for the specials. Can you tell us about that?
We’ve already shot the Christmas special for this year called The Next Doctor, which in the circumstances is perhaps a more intriguing title than it was before. We see the 10th Doctor meeting another Doctor.
And then in January we’ll film four more specials, which will be screened throughout next year, and they’ll be the four last stories that I do.
I don’t quite know when they’ll go out, but they’ll go out sometime throughout 2009.
Damn. I just got used to those wildly googly eyes.
No!
No, no, no! Maybe it’s because I started watching the series at season two, and then backtracked to see Chris Eccleston’s take on the Doctor, but David was my favorite Doctor. He won me over from the first episode I saw him in with his charm and energy and enthusiasm and charisma… Waaahhh.
Bummer. Then again I had thought Tennant could never fill the shoes of Eccleston, but I was wrong. Of course with Russel Davies no longer involved with the show, it may go careening off the tracks with or without Tennant. Only time will tell (it’s ok to groan at that bad pun)
I didn’t know Russel Davies wasn’t doing DW anymore. For some reason I thought it was Torchwood he was pulling back from. Hm, that might be reason for concern, you’re right!
I had to go look it up, and it was actually both:
On 20 May 2008
it was announced that his tenure as Lead Writer and Executive Producer
of Doctor Who would end in 2009, and that he is to be replaced by Steven Moffat.[7] Davies will write two of the four specials that are set to air before Series 5 (including the 2008 Christmas special) and co-write the other two.[8]
however, he has said that he will not write any more episodes once
Moffat takes over, as “it’s time to move on and I’d hate to be just a
ghost haunting the corridors that I used to walk.
and
Torchwood is set to return in 2009 with another change of channel, this time to the flagship BBC1,
and a change of format to a single story delivered in five parts over
consecutive nights. Production is to start in August, 2008. [12]
Davies has not written for Torchwood since its opening episode but shall be writing the first and final episodes of its 3rd series.
I got excited by Stephen Moffat taking over. More stories like, the Empty Child, the Girl in the Fireplace and Blink? And others with his stamp on them? Yes, please! lol He’s very good at seriously creeping you out with everyday things.
I hope it’s not James Nesbitt – Jekyll and Hyde – who takes over. But there’ll be fun over the next few month as *every* British/Irish actor – and actress – is touted as the 11th Doctor.Eeep, only 2 more regenerations left after that…
It’ll be interesting to see the Torchwood eps Davies writes. Didn’t know about that. Thanks for the info!
So it’s back to the old campaign.
Tennant was great, but so were Tom Baker (my favourite), and all/most of the others. The Doctor is bigger than any of them.
There are rumours that John Sim, who played The Master is in the running, but I think he is too Tenanty. And in any case, the Doctor is getting too romantic-y. Doctor Who is not a romance!
The old campaign? There are quite a few of us who want to see Eddie Izzard have a crack at the role. He’s alien enough, he can do serious, he can do funny (oh lord, Cake or Death!) and he can definitely do quirky.