Showrunner Steven Moffat Departing BBC's DOCTOR WHO.

the writer of the dire police drama has written criticaly acclaimed episodes of Doctor Who and Torchwood.

I'm cool with this.

Wait wait wait... he's still doing Series 10? and we have to wait until 2017? Seriously?! No offense, but does he really need a whole "farewell" series? The last christmas special might as well have been his sendoff since it wrapped everything up with River, the definition of his run. The only thing that could be "farewell" and a "huge event" is if Capaldi had a Multi-Doctor special with Matt Smith, and that's too soon. But 2017?! This is Sherlock all over again.

@SuperDude001 Right you are. In the States, Broadchurch aired on BBC America, so I had had the two mixed up. It has been corrected.

Chibnall wrote DW episodes 42, The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Power of Three. Eight episodes of TORCHWOOD. And Life On Mars.

Interested to see what the new showrunner does because, while I've enjoyed Moffat's time on the show, I'll admit it is time for someone new to step in.

Having said that, I'm annoyed that 1) we'll have to wait until next year for more Doctor Who (not counting the 2016 Christmas special, and 2) Moffat's departure (and the series delay) will both probably result in Capaldi leaving as well, which is a shame as he's my favourite Doctor so far and has sort of struck the perfect balance between the best aspects of old and new Doctor Who (seeming to particularly draw from the First, Third, Fourth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors while also putting his own unique stamp on it) but I feel he hasn't yet had the chance to truly stretch his legs with the role as these last two years (despite being two of my favourite for the series) seem to have been mostly spent setting up his time as The Doctor, so that coming to an end any time soon would feel far too abrupt.

Not sure what to make of Chibnall based on what he's previously written. Thought The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood were both pretty good, hated Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and don't really remember The Power of Three.

@Nubase I think he means dire as a way of saying the series has a dark tone, not that it's in some sort of dire state of poor quality.