So much room for twisting and turning, but:
After months of media speculation, the BBC can confirm that the BAFTA award-winning Doctor Who will return for a fifth series in Spring 2010.
Viewers are in for a treat this Christmas, as a special episode starring David Tennant and Kylie Minogue will be broadcast on BBC One in December 2007.
Series Four, which went into production in July 2007, will hit UK screens in Spring 2008, followed by a special episode for Christmas 2008.
In 2009 Doctor Who will return with three specials starring David Tennant, with Head Writer, Russell T Davies.
The full-length fifth series will transmit in 2010.
No one's saying not nothing about who's around for the 2010 series though.
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September 3, 2007 | Reply
Not exactly the news most of us were expecting, I reckon.
September 3, 2007 | Reply
Right.
I'll be in my last year of school in 2009, studying for A2 levels. One episode every four months is going to mean far less distraction from the revision. (Fresh Doctor Who has been a devious procrastination tool in the past.)
Very hopefully, by September 2009, I will have left for University. That means that the 2010 series will air once I'm there.
This is going to work out very well, from what I can see.
September 4, 2007 | Reply
There is a rumour going round that the fifth series has been delayed to allow time for Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham to become available to take over show running duties. I know this because I just invented it.
September 4, 2007 | Reply
You forget the DVDs. Never forget the power of DVDs - or daytime TV - to distract during times of revision. And it only gets worse as university beckons...
September 11, 2007 | Reply
Rosby: you expect to be less distacted at uni?
Trust me, that's not going to quite work out...