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[Bobby Roberts]

My hope is that it's not just "Smith is out" but "And here's who is replacing him!"

edit: and even further, I'm hoping it's "And his name is Chiwetel Ejiofor!"

 

[infiniteloop]

come onnnnn missing episodes.

Could be something to do with this:

Ian Levine ‏@IanLevine 30 May
I just heard this rumour - Start date last week in Aug 2014 12 eps. New Doctor. BBC Worldwide email ACCIDENTALLY sent out today to employees

 

[Exterminieren]

Interestingly, Bleeding Cool are suggesting that they've heard that the news may contain multiple John Hurt appearances.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

come onnnnn missing episodes.

Could be something to do with this:

That sounds like it's probably it, then.

 

[JonathanEx]

A full proper run again? But no more Matt Smith? Not sure how to feel.

 

[infiniteloop]

Also

Doctor Who Online ‏@DrWhoOnline 3h
"Its the end... But the moment has been prepared for" Keep you eyes and ears peeled in the next few hours folks!

Does sounds very much like an announcement Matt is leaving. However, it could be that Matt is doing one more series (2014) and then leaving, giving them a good amount of time to cast #12.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

According to our sources, the BBC are tonight going to announce that Matt Smith is leaving the show and that we’ll get a new Doctor as of August next year. They’ll also be announcing how many new episodes we’ll get, and it won’t be one of those cut-in-two seasons like we’ve just been through. In fact, we’ve heard talk that it’s going to run right up to a finale that is also the Christmas special.

And Jenna is staying on.

If he regenerates in for August that means he is getting killed off in the Xmas Special or the 50th.

From Bleeding cool.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Wonder if he suffers the wound that causes him to regenerate in the 50th, and the Xmas special is his "goodbye"

OR

The S7 finale, the 50th & the Xmas Special are a loose trilogy that wrap up his run.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Man... Christmas until August 2014 is a long time to wait for a new Doctor. The hype levels come August '14 are going to be insane.

 

[RichardAM]

Last I heard Matt Smith was going back to filming this summer for post xmas episodes?

Calling it as Smiths departure date, along with maybe just maybe a casting reveal for his successor. But, being Moffat, wouldnt be surprised if both doctors had some overlap rather than a direct changeover, a kinda silver lining to the announcement perhaps?

Either that or its an announcement of a shitty Jenny/Vastra/Strax spin off

 

[SuluDance]

If I had to guess-if it's not an announcement of Matt leaving-it's the announcement of the rumored web episodes with

Spoiler

Eighth Doctor

 

[zychi]

With Matt shaving his head, he's either done after the 50th, or they're going to film more episodes NEXT year(Moffat has Sherlock now, and something else after I forget what, still to film) and Matt will be done by Xmas 14.

Matt leaving makes me sad Some of his stories were crap, but he's been my favorite doctor since the reboot.

 

[Quick]

11's stories have been great. Series 5 really set the bar for the series overall, but there are questionable decisions made in his run, production-wise. Splitting Series 6 and 7 into two parts was really dumb, and other story arcs have yet to be resolved and looked to be abandoned.

I'm really hoping Moffat wraps up the exploding TARDIS/Silence arc with 11. I'd like to start off with 12 on a clean slate.

 

[RichardAM]

Hope there's more two parters if it is a full episode run.

 

[JonathanEx]

If I had to guess-if it's not an announcement of Matt leaving-it's the announcement of the rumored web episodes with

Spoiler

Eighth Doctor

Fingers crossed!

 

[Quick]

Hope there's more two parters if it is a full episode run.

I'm assuming they're going back to the old format (except, 12 episodes), so I'm sure there'll be a couple of two-parters. Series 7 was all about self-contained stories.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

12 episodes, 2 parter mid season. 2-3 parter for the final.

That would make me happy. I'd like to see some sontarans again. Maybe the ice warriors back. I'd like the new cybermen to get a better episode than the one gaimen wrote.

 

[Quick]

Wouldn't mind seeing a Doctor Lite episode starring Vastra, Jenny, and Strax in Series 8. Come on, Moffat.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

I hope that they for once, just this one time, do not have the Doctor kiss or act flirty with his companion.

It's getting really awkward and tiresome.

 

[Exterminieren]

Actually, if they're doing 12 episodes...

Sarah Jane Adventures-style series, with 6 two-parters?

 

[gabbo]

Actually, if they're doing 12 episodes...

Sarah Jane Adventures-style series, with 6 two-parters?

Go serialized and make it 2 six-parters

 

[Diablos54]

Go serialized and make it 2 six-parters

Nah, I think a 2 parter at the beginning, middle and end would be best.

 

[FillerB]

From http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=60633693

CONFIRMED. Matt Smith to leave.

Front pages are out with the news on it.

https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/340934013889957888

Further details still to come.

He's leaving in the Christmas Special.

 

[Htown]

From http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=60633693

 

[King of the Potato People]

I hope he goes out in a dignified way... like the 9th.

 

[zychi]

He's gonna regen into John Hurt or regen attempting to stop the entire Time War isn't he?

 

[StalkerUKCG]

He's gonna regen into John Hurt or regen attempting to stop the entire Time War isn't he?

Neither since its going to be the Xmas episode.

 

[Blader]

And Jenna is staying on.

If he regenerates in for August that means he is getting killed off in the Xmas Special or the 50th.

From Bleeding cool.

A 12-episode run that begins in August and concludes with the Christmas special as its finale? That doesn't make any sense.

 

[Hot Coldman]

The best part of this is getting to see a companion react to a regeneration again. We haven't had that since the end of Series 1.

 

[CorrisD]

I'm going to miss Matt, but at the same time this is what Doctor Who is about, and that makes it sad and exciting at the same time. Having a new actor bring something different to the table, a new personality and mannerisms, how he deals with situations, and a new set of clothes, lol.

I wonder if they already have someone picked.

 

[Exterminieren]

The best part of this is getting to see a companion react to a regeneration again. We haven't had that since the end of Series 1.

Nah, the best part of this is that we get another glorious Moffat post-regeneration episode. The Twelfth Hour, baby!

 

[Batigol]

The best part of this is getting to see a companion react to a regeneration again. We haven't had that since the end of Series 1.

Just a shame it has to be Clara and not Amy

 

[Gawge]

Perfect next Doctor:

NO! Not David Tennant.... Jessica Hynes.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Nah, the best part of this is that we get another glorious Moffat post-regeneration episode. The Twelfth Hour, baby!

That too. (It better be an hour.)

 

[Future Foundation]

The Telegraph article said Damien Lewis was considered a favorite. I don't care if it's just speculating, I WANT IT.

 

[CorrisD]

Perfect next Doctor:

NO! Not David Tennant.... Jessica Hynes.

I know some people do want a woman, and some have made a right noise about it only being male white guys, but I really have no interest in a woman being the Doctor.

The Telegraph article said Damien Lewis was considered a favorite. I don't care if it's just speculating, I WANT IT.

Finally a ginger? lol.

 

[Blader]

The Telegraph article said Damien Lewis was considered a favorite. I don't care if it's just speculating, I WANT IT.

Never gonna happen as long as Showtime wants a decade of Homeland.

 

[DrForester]

David Thewlis for #12.

Or Rupert Grint.

 

[Slime]

So he's leaving this year? Shit.

 

[CorrisD]

David Thewlis for #12.

Or Rupert Grint.

Or #13...
Maybe we wont be getting just a new Doctor, maybe we will be getting a Doctor and a Valeyard.

 

[FillerB]

So he's leaving this year? Shit.

He'll be leaving in 2 episodes. About 2 more hours of Smith and that's it.

 

[odiin]

Whatever else happens, I just hope we get some better writers next series. Matt Smith has been my favourite of the new Doctors by far, but looking back, his best episodes haven't held a candle to the best in the Tennant era. There's been no Paul Cornell, no Russel T. Davies (who, while mostly shit, had the occasional moment of brilliance here and there) and only a neutered Steven Moffat who was more concerned with telling overblown self-important spectacle episodes than telling great stand-alone stories. This series was especially bad with multiple episodes by some of the worst writers the show has had in the past 8 years.

 

[Zeppu]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Matt-Smith-to-leave-Doctor-Who

 

[Blader]

Whatever else happens, I just hope we get some better writers next series. Matt Smith has been my favourite of the new Doctors by far, but looking back, his best episodes haven't held a candle to the best in the Tennant era. There's been no Paul Cornell, no Russel T. Davies (who, while mostly shit, had the occasional moment of brilliance here and there) and only a neutered Steven Moffat who was more concerned with telling overblown self-important spectacle episodes than telling great stand-alone stories. This series was especially bad with multiple episodes by some of the worst writers the show has had in the past 8 years.

The Eleventh Hour, The Doctor's Wife, The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, and the Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang are all top-tier Who. I'd rank them among the best of the Eccleston/Tennant years.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

The only acceptable non-Dylan-Moran choice for Doc 12.

 

[odiin]

The Eleventh Hour, The Doctor's Wife, The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, and the Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang are all top-tier Who. I'd rank them among the best of the Eccleston/Tennant years.

See, none of those even come close to the likes of Human Nature and Blink for me. I feel like, while the Matt Smith era has been the most consistently good, the highs just aren't as high, and conversely, the lows haven't been as low.

 

[Randdalf]

It's got to be... Alan Davies!

 

[RedShift]

Amy and Rory better get cameos at Christmas.

 

[infiniteloop]

It's got to be... Alan Davies!

nah, Paul Daniels

 

[Hot Coldman]

It's got to be... Alan Davies!

if this happens I quit the show