Tennant took over the role from Christopher Eccleston, the Ninth Doctor and the actor responsible for revitalizing the character when Doctor Who returned to the screen. Eccleston left after just one season, and the two shared the role in the episode "The Parting of the Ways" as the Doctor regenerated into his new, Tennant form. Tennant stayed on as the Doctor for three seasons, becoming the iconic representation of the role for newer audiences.
In , Tennant announced he would be relinquishing the role of Doctor. While the last Doctor left the role on uneasy terms with the showrunners, it seemed Tennant was leaving on his own terms. He wanted to leave the role before the magic ran out and while people still wanted more, ensuring his character wouldn't grow stale and that the Tenth Doctor could bow out at the height of his popularity.
Davis return as showrunner, David spoke to Digital Spy about reprising the role. He said: "It all depends.
The moment you say yes to Doctor Who, even before you've done an episode, you're being asked whether you'd go back after you finish. I don't know if Pierce Brosnan gets asked if he'd go back to James Bond. Because there's that element of fantasy, anything is ultimately possible.
You should never say never to anything. I think that way madness lies. Eccleston has always declined to return for anniversary specials and didn't hit the convention circuit until very recently, but his Doctor is still the reason the show got off the ground again.
Davies made his second brilliant choice of Doctor with David Tennant. Lacking Eccleston's name recognition, Tennant still immediately made the role his own with his easy charm, quick wit, and, for the first time, his penchant for romance. His star-crossed relationship with companion Rose Tyler Billie Piper is one of the more polarizing aspects of his run, but it brought in a massive new audience of Doctor Who fans. Tennant stayed in the role for three seasons and an additional year of specials, but decided to depart the role when Davies stepped down as the show's producer.
He was tempted to stay on one more year with new producer Steven Moffat, but ultimately decided it was time to move on. Matt Smith had some giant Converse sneakers to fill. After Tennant's dizzyingly successful run, there was some trepidation over how the show would thrive without the Tenth Doctor and Russel T. Those worries were almost immediately alleviated when it became apparent Smith - the youngest actor to play the Doctor at 26 - was born for the role. His first season is still among the show's very best, and his tenure saw the show's popularity explode in America.
After three years in the role, and finding himself burned out by the show's intense shooting schedule, Smith decided to bow out, copying the "three years and out" rule established by Troughton and Davison.
Smith has admitted he may have left the role sooner than he should have, and seems like a sure thing to be back in the TARDIS for anniversary specials in the future. A lifelong Doctor Who fan, Capaldi was the oldest actor since William Hartnell to play the role, and brought an alien, slightly abrasive energy to the show that worked wonders. Like so many before him, Capaldi decided to leave the TARDIS behind after his third year in the role, citing the show's grueling schedule and a desire to work on other projects.
Most importantly, he wanted to leave the role while he still loved it, refusing to let his relationship with Doctor Who degenerate like it did for Tom Baker and others. Like everyone else, Peter Capaldi wants to always love Doctor Who , which is tough to argue against. Dusty Stowe has been writing for Screen Rant since A native of Yorktown, Virginia, he moved to Los Angeles in to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
He currently writes lists, features, and news articles covering movies, comics, and television. He is also a trained audio engineer with a degree from the Los Angeles Film School, and manages multiple corporate social media accounts. Series 4 would end up being the last full slate of episodes produced by Davies, who revealed in May of that he was stepping down to have Steven Moffat take over as showrunner though Davies remained in charge of both Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
The set of individual specials released between were a joint project between Moffat and Davies to transition the screenwriting teams. At that time and place, it would have seemed like a relatively painless and easy point of disembarkation.
Tennant got to have a coda for his iconic character, and the new showrunners got a clean slate to color on. The choice was pretty clear: Leave now and let new blood get to make their stamp on Doctor Who's history, or commit to something far more expansive. It takes time for new showrunning to really find its stride, after all, and leaving in a way that seems premature can materially damage a program's reputation in the press. Tennant read the writing on the wall.
He knew it was the best time to gain closure for Ten. In the end, it panned out quite well. Tennant is still on call when needed, and Matt Smith who became Eleventh Doctor went on to be an extremely popular Doctor in his own right.
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