Matt Smith leaving ‘Doctor Who’ at Christmas?

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The Sun today claims: “Matt’s contract is understood to expire in November but we understand he doesn’t want it renewed.”

The BBC has responded in a statement: “Sorry folks but even we don’t know what’s going to happen at Christmas. It’s not been written yet! But Matt loves the show and is to start filming the unmissable 50th anniversary, and the new series starting on Easter Saturday.”

Filming begins on the 50th anniversary special next month, following which Smith will head to America to shoot How to Catch a Monster, the directorial debut of Ryan Gosling.

New companion Jenna-Louise Coleman has confirmed that she will be in Series 8, but Smith has been noticeably less committal.

Speaking on ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show at the weekend, Smith commented: “I go and I do the anniversary special, then I go away for a bit and then I come back and do the Christmas special. It’s one of those jobs that you have to take year by year, it’s ten months a year, it’s all-consuming. So I don’t think you can plan five or six years ahead, or even two years ahead. It’s a year by year thing and at the moment it’s 2013 and we’ll see what 2014 holds.”

Doctor Who returns at 6.15pm on Saturday 30 March on BBC One with Steven Moffat’s ‘The Bells of Saint John’.

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