Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of 2013

Its been officially confirmed by the BBC that the 11th Doctor Matt Smith will leave the show at the end of 2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Matt-Smith-to-leave-Doctor-Who

Let the casting rumours begin...

@sheenlantern: I concur.

While I didn't hate him as the Doctor I do feel like its time for a new one and I real hope they changed that regeneration limit so the twelfth won't be the last

And this is part of being a Doctor Who fan. You are absolutely guaranteed to see the show die in front of you, and then get replaced with a strange, different show using the same name. Eventually, everything that Doctor Who is comes to a crashing halt and something new happens instead. Sometimes it's wonderful. Sometimes it's heartbreaking. But it's inevitable. It's why one of the few sections of fandom I get actively angry at are the "bring back David Tennant" crowd. Because, frankly, you only got David Tennant because nine previous versions of the show got cancelled. You knew your turn would come. You don't get to pull a version of the show other people enjoy away from them and replace it with your own. If you did, we'd bring Ian, Barbara, and the Doctor back.

Philip Sandifer writing on the first time a Doctor left.

I LOVE Smith but this has to happen

Good. I was never a Matt Smith fan, to be honest.

I would appreciate if Doctor Who became a little more serious. I want the return of the done from Tennant's run.

I know that it would never happen (too much money), but I would love to see none other than Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston, become the Twelfth Doctor.

Good! Take Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara Oswald) with him. She fkn sucks.

This thread makes me sad.

That's cool

It seems like its only you folk in the USA care about doctor who

Wish the "writers" were leaving. It is the way the show itself has being written that is the issue not Matt Smith.

Shoot, I love Matt Smith as the Doctor. But I've loved all of the new generation of Doctors, so I have faith they'll get someone good for the next one :) Unless...they end it...

I heard he's bald now lol