That's right. After five seasons and two Doctors on the perennial British science fiction series, Steven Moffat has decided to end his tenure as the showrunner of DOCTOR WHO.
Moffat, a once Doctor Who writer who took over the series reboot from Russell T. Davies in 2008, is also responsible for the co-creation of the popular SHERLOCK series. Arguably responsible for the show's surging popularity in the United States, the Steven Moffat era of Doctor Who ushered in a decidedly more slapstick tone and spunkier companions.
He will be keeping things within the DOCTOR WHO family when he hands the steering wheel to the man behind another popular British series: Chris Chibnall, the creator of the acclaimed ITV/BBC America drama, 'Broadchurch.' (Starring former Tenth Doctor, David Tennant.)
Time will tell how the writer of the grim police drama will do with an upbeat scifi series, but fans won't find out until 2018. In the meantime, Moffat's sixth and final series of DOCTOR WHO will not air until the spring of 2017, with a Christmas special overseen by Moffat to go on as planned this year.
So, how do you feel about this news? Are you sad to see Moffat go, or are you more excited to see where someone with a firmer grasp on the understated will take your favourite Time Lord?