SAY IT ISN’T SO!!!! The Fall of the Eleventh may be ultimately coming sooner than we had expected. Matt Smith will be leaving Doctor Who at the end of this year the BBC just announced as well as being reported by the UK press. His final trip in the TARDIS as the Eleventh Doctor will be in the 2013 Christmas Special. So who will cancel Christmas?
Per the BBC:
“The BBC is today announcing that Matt Smith is to leave Doctor Who after four incredible years on the hit show. Matt first stepped into the TARDIS in 2010 and will leave the role at the end of this year after starring in the unmissable 50th Anniversary in November and regenerating in the Christmas special. During his time as the Doctor, Matt has reached over 30 million unique UK viewers and his incarnation has seen the show go truly global. He was also the first actor to be nominated for a BAFTA in the role. Doctor Who is BBC AMERICA’s highest-rated series and premieres as part of the channel’s Supernatural Saturday programming block.”
“Doctor Who has been the most brilliant experience for me as an actor and a bloke, and that largely is down to the cast, crew and fans of the show,” Matt Smith said in the official statement. “I’m incredibly grateful to all the cast and crew who work tirelessly every day, to realize all the elements of the show and deliver Doctor Who to the audience.”
“Many of them have become good friends and I’m incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last four years,” he continued.
Bleeding Cool had a tip off earlier in the day and predicted the (embargoed) big announcement from the BBC that Smith would be leaving the show, not long after it celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
Smith had nothing but high praise for his loyal Whovians. “The fans of Doctor Who around the world are unlike any other; they dress up, shout louder, know more about the history of the show (and speculate more about the future of the show) in a way that I’ve never seen before, your dedication is truly remarkable.”
“Thank you so very much for supporting my incarnation of the Time Lord, number Eleven, who I might add is not done yet, I’m back for the 50th anniversary and the Christmas special,” he concluded to his fans.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, expect the already sky high expectations for the 50th Anniversary to amp up exponentially now that we now have merely two appearances remaining before the Eleventh Doctor regenerates to the Twelfth in the Christmas Special.
SOURCE: BBC, BLEEDING COOL, THE TELEGRAPHFollow @NerdyRScoundrel
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