Can't wait to find out what happens in the big cliffhanger this year on Doctor Who, which just aired its season finale in England to huge success? (We'll see it later this month on this side of the Atlantic.) Well, guess that's not surprising. After all, we're not just talking about whatever madcap time-twisted fix the Doc got himself into;the show's being taken over by Coupling creator Steven Moffat, leaving the writers free to imply all sorts of crazy things.
Could (series star David) Tennant actually be leaving? Could (outgoing creator Russell T.) Davies and the BBC keep that kind of a story quiet? It's unlikely. There are ongoing reports of Tennant negotiating for as many as three additional seasons and a salary of £1.3 million. And fans already spied Tennant on the set of the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas special. But, those reports could be smokescreens.
Actually, we've got a theory about this. Meet you after the jump with more spoilers -- and how what you're really seeing is the writers figuring a way out of a Who-mythology based jam.
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