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* The title of the story, ''The Next Doctor'', was announced in late September 2008, and is expected to further fan the flames of speculation regarding the future of Tennant with the series. ''During his acceptence speech for "Best Drama Performance" at the National Television Awards on 29/10/08, he announced that he would not return for [[Series 5]]. However it has been confirmed that he will appear in the four specials that will follow The Next Doctor.'' | * The title of the story, ''The Next Doctor'', was announced in late September 2008, and is expected to further fan the flames of speculation regarding the future of Tennant with the series. ''During his acceptence speech for "Best Drama Performance" at the National Television Awards on 29/10/08, he announced that he would not return for [[Series 5]]. However it has been confirmed that he will appear in the four specials that will follow The Next Doctor.'' | ||
* Prior to the official announcement, numerous "false alarm" titles for the episode were circulated among fans, the most common being ''Return of the Cybermen'' given this was the on-screen text seen during the ''Journey's End'' preview. However, in [[Doctor Who Magazine]], Russell T Davies said: | * Prior to the official announcement, numerous "false alarm" titles for the episode were circulated among fans, the most common being ''Return of the Cybermen'' given this was the on-screen text seen during the ''Journey's End'' preview. However, in [[Doctor Who Magazine]], Russell T Davies said: | ||
"One thing I would like to point out is that the title is NOT 'The Return of the Cybermen'. Even though those were the words that appeared in the big, silver letters at the end of [[ | "One thing I would like to point out is that the title is NOT 'The Return of the Cybermen'. Even though those were the words that appeared in the big, silver letters at the end of ''[[Journey's End]]'', that was more of tagline than a title." Other speculative titles were circulated after Davies announced that the title of the special would consist of three words. One mistaken title was ''Ghosts in the Machines''. | ||
*''The Sun''<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1702077.ece The Sun.co.uk 'Doc meets up with Doc Two']</ref> newspaper in the UK has reported [[David Morrissey]] will be playing ''The Doctor'' in this episode with [[David Tennant]] taking the companion role.''The BBC's official Doctor Who website, has confirmed that David Morrissey is playing a character that calls himself The Doctor<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080917_news_01 BBC Doctor Who - Who's in the Frame?]</ref>.'' | *''The Sun''<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1702077.ece The Sun.co.uk 'Doc meets up with Doc Two']</ref> newspaper in the UK has reported [[David Morrissey]] will be playing ''The Doctor'' in this episode with [[David Tennant]] taking the companion role.''The BBC's official Doctor Who website, has confirmed that David Morrissey is playing a character that calls himself The Doctor<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080917_news_01 BBC Doctor Who - Who's in the Frame?]</ref>.'' | ||
*The idea of a Pete's world Doctor seems to have been debunked as in the most recent issue of Doctor Who Magazine RTD explicitly said that Morrisey was playing a future incarnation of THE Doctor (I.E the one from "our" world) not a parallel world version or a con man claiming to be the Doctor (Like the one who appeared in the Big Finish audios) so would suggest that he maybe an alternate version the Doctor. The BBC website has the 'Fear Factor' which specifically states the Doctor recalls the night he regenerated (8th to 9th?), suggesting that it may have been less than straight forward, perhaps as a result of [[Time War]] and the eighth Doctor's involvement in it. | *The idea of a Pete's world Doctor seems to have been debunked as in the most recent issue of Doctor Who Magazine RTD explicitly said that Morrisey was playing a future incarnation of THE Doctor (I.E the one from "our" world) not a parallel world version or a con man claiming to be the Doctor (Like the one who appeared in the Big Finish audios) so would suggest that he maybe an alternate version the Doctor. The BBC website has the 'Fear Factor' which specifically states the Doctor recalls the night he regenerated (8th to 9th?), suggesting that it may have been less than straight forward, perhaps as a result of [[Time War]] and the eighth Doctor's involvement in it. | ||
