I have to say I am saddened by this news. The BBC is reporting that David Tennant is leaving the role of “The Doctor” when the 2009 specials are over.

Frankly, I don’t know why this is being reported now. The 2008 Christmas special is coming up soon, and with the bad news of Tennant leaving the role all of the specials in 2009 are going to have a shadow cast over them.

It seemed pretty clear from the beginning that the 2009 specials were happening to give Tennant a break from the role, but if he’s not sticking with it, I don’t know why we couldn’t have just moved on straight into another series. (yes, I’m a pull the band-aid off quickly kind of guy).

So – now for an entire year we can all speculate on who is going to be the next Doctor, and Tennant will go out with a whimper instead of the bang he deserved.

Bummer.