richardbarley.com

Yesterday was A Bad Day. Not only did we witness the mockery that was the Ross/Brand affair descend to such depths of stupidity that now 27,000 people have complained and Brand has resigned…..

We also witnessed the end of an era.

The end of one of the finest pairing of actor-to-role that has ever graced the small screen.

As he accepted his much-deserved National Television Award last night, David Tennant announced that after the 2009 specials he will no longer be The Doctor.

Stunned silence met that announcement in our household.

Followed by cries of “Noooooo!” and “He can’t!” and “There’s no-one gorgeous enough to take over!” (that last one from my missus, just to be clear…)

It’s a hugely sad announcement as I had really hoped he would do at least one full season under Stephen Moffat. But sadly it is not to be. Russel T Davies, who will leave the show at the same time, has said that Tennants exit would be ”the most enormous and spectacular ending”, so I suppose we have that to look forward to.

But putting aside our grief for one moment, I do wish David all the success he truly deserves. he is such a huge talent and the world really is his oyster now. I can see him going from strength to strength and quickly becoming a global star.

And so, after the 4 specials, that will be it. Hopefully they will find someone to take over who can grow into another great doctor. Early front-runners are David Morrisey and Russel Tovey, neither of which I really know much about.

Perhaps the people’s choice is Stehpen Fry? I spotted a few people on Twitter last night asking him if he’d be interested.

Stephen’s response?

So there you have it! Or not…