Russell T Davies

"goodbye from me but hello to a big new future for the show"

"You’ll have to wait a bit longer for new Doctor Who... but you’ll be waiting for more Doctor Who than a one-off. So it’s worth it!"

"this decision was not taken lightly, and we know it will be disappointing for fans"

""This decision was not taken lightly, and we know it will be disappointing for fans.""

""And so GOODBYE from me to 'Doctor Who,' but HELLO to a big new future for the show...""

"And so GOODBYE from me to Doctor Who but HELLO to a big new future for the show, as the BBC announces it’s putting the show out to tender."

"For the record: there’s no script, I never wrote it, and no actor was ever approached to play the next Doctor."

"And so GOODBYE from me to Doctor Who but HELLO to a big new future for the show, as the BBC announces it’s putting the show out to tender."

"You’ll have to wait a bit longer for new Doctor Who… but you’ll be waiting for MORE Doctor Who than a one-off. So it’s worth it!"

"And so GOODBYE from me to ‘Doctor Who’ but HELLO to a big new future for the show, as the BBC announces it’s putting the show out to tender."

"For the record: there was no script, I never wrote it, and no actor was ever approached to play the next Doctor."

"Now I’m as excited as anyone to see what comes next! Will they keep the theme tune? Will they lose the blue box? Will they bring back the Drahvin?!"

"no script for the Christmas special was ever written and that no actor was approached to play the next Doctor."

"And so GOODBYE from me to Doctor Who but HELLO to a big new future for the show."

"I’m as excited as anyone to see what comes next!"

"I think if I can write this stuff forever, then I will. I'm already planning a new one."

"Doctor Who's future was unpredictable and new and I was excited to see what comes next."

"There won't be a Christmas special - we only cooked that up to guarantee a future when no-one knew what would happen."

"It was decided that rather than bridge the gap with a one-off special, we are choosing to push forward to invest in the long-term future of the show, which ensures that when the Tardis lands once more, it does so in all its glory."

"I would have gone through it for another 50 years without a single complaint."

"He said it's a brain tumour. I said 'what sort of brain tumour?' And he just couldn't remember."

"It was completely to my surprise."

"I'm really glad he was at home."