DAVID TENNANT - TENNANT STEPS DOWN AS DOCTOR WHO

TENNANT STEPS DOWN AS DOCTOR WHO

Actor DAVID TENNANT will quit his role as DOCTOR WHO next year (09).
The star has decided to step down as the Time Lord after filming wraps on four TV specials of the cult sci-fi show, due to be screened in late 2009 and 2010.
Tennant announced his departure on Wednesday (29Oct08) night during the National TV Awards in London.
Appearing via video link, he told the audience: "I'm very excited because in January I go back to Cardiff to do four new specials which will see me through to 2009 - but when it returns in 2010 it won't be with me.
"Don't make me cry. The 2009 shows will be my last, I love this show and if I don't take a deep breath now, I never will and you will be wheeling me out of the Tardis in my bath chair.
"It's been the most brilliant, mad, amazing, life-changing time over the last three and a half years. There is a whole 2009 before I leave. Thank you for watching it, loving it, and being so enthusiastic."