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Thanks dw_10rosefan - this is fun!  :)

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It's rather addictive - just like Ten... hmmmm... ;)

They do.  Whether we want them to or not. 

That's why wise people say, enjoy the moment because you never know how long it'll last, I suppose.

Still, as I say, it's never easy to say good bye. 

Some people are better at it than others.  Sometimes, it's not really that hard. 

Sometimes the time is just right.

I guess for David, that time came sometime before we started watching S4.  Remember Catherine Tate's remarks about thinking this would be David's last series?  At the time, he didn't so much deny it as simply mollify people by giving the impression that CT had spoken out of turn. 

From that moment on, the possibility of David leaving DW bloomed in my consciousness and while I refused to even consider the possibility for a long while, slowly the inevitability took root and while his announcement the other day did come as a shock because I'd convinced myself that he would be doing S5, I realise that he'd decided to leave DW long ago... and I'd made the decision to go with him.  Not literally, of course ;)

I have no problem with him leaving at all.  If that's what he feels he should do, so be it.

It's just that Doctor Who has been a favourite programme of mine ever since he became The Doctor and I am going to miss it... a lot.

I am going to miss it because I will not be watching it after David is gone.

Because it will not be the same.  It can't possibly be as good without him. 

I'm sure it'll be fine for others, as it always has.  Just not for me.

David is my penultimate Doctor.  There's no point in my continuing to watch the show once he's left.  No one else will ever be The Doctor for me ever again.

I have tons and tons of fantastic memories, though.  It was great while it lasted, wasn't it?  :)

Still sad that it's all over so soon but, life goes on.  Doctor Who will go on... just not with me.

I thought that I was dealing with *The News* pretty well until today.  I 'd had my little cry.  Had a bit of a tantrum.  Then I started reading stuff from other fans and my heart started breaking all over again!

This is not the first Doctor that I've known to regenerate.  I remember my first Doctor - Tom Baker - and then the Fifth Doctor regenerating.  I hated it then.  I hate it now.  If possible, I hate it even more now!

Because although I liked the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, I didn't love them.  I love Ten. 

What's upsetting me most right now is the mere thought of my brilliant, messy-haired, bouncy, geeky, grinning, enthusiastic Ten *dying*!  <sob>

I just do not want to watch that happen.

Yeah, I know there are lots of fans who just can't wait to see who Eleven will be but I could care less.  When Ten goes - so do I.

Speaking of those above-mentioned *fans*, shame on you all!   David Tennant still has a year or so to go and you are already clamouring for his replacement!  I thought you people liked the guy and yet here you all are, even before he's properly gone, eager to replace him?!   Talk about a bunch of disrespectful ingrates!

To sum up - I was *so* enjoying New Who - now... it's ruined!  :(

Well, this was certainly not the first time a favourite actor of mine has left a programme or a favourite athlete has left *my* team and it'll certainly not be the last, either.

It happens all the time.  It's disappointing and upsetting, of course.  We've come to love a certain someone and now he or she is moving on.  After the tantrums and tears, comes acceptance and reality. 

I mean, if you really love anyone, you cannot not want them to do what they feel is right for them.  Sometimes that means change.  Very few people like change, especially when it comes out of the blue.

I've been expecting - or rather, dreading - this kind of announcement for a while now.  It was so typical of David's respect for his fans that he made the announcement in person.  I just wish that it hadn't been at an awards ceremony; it spoiled a lot of peoples' night out. Big. Time!

Anyways, so I've had my cry.  I'm still a little broken hearted.  As silly as it sounds, I really wanted David to stay The Doctor forever!   In my heart, he will always be The Doctor.  I may someday be able to accept someone else's portrayal but I highly doubt it.  For me, no one else will ever be as perfect in the role imo as David Tennant.  Right now, I just do not have the heart to even consider watching anybody else take his place in the TARDIS.  I understand regeneration is a basic tenet of Doctor Who but I'm first and foremost a fan of David Tennant.  Not of Doctor Who, the show.

I don't even know if I can bear to watch the upcoming specials.  Despite it being the last time I may see David as The Doctor.  I am very wary of what RTD will do to Ten in those specials.  I remember all too well the terrible atmosphere of foreboding and downright morbidness that permeated the last few episodes of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors eras.  I do *not* ever want to experience anything like that again.  RTD loves his angst and crack.  I fear that Ten is in for a nasty send off, the likes of which only RTD's uniquely evil mind could concoct.

Instead I'm leaning towards keeping my memories of Ten fresh and alive by watching & re-watching episodes and reading tons of fan fic and DW novels.  

I'm looking forward to all of the new, brilliant roles that David will be doing in the future.  Maybe he can do The Riddler in that Batman movie.  Or perhaps James Bond.  He'd be a smashing 007!  :)  There's no limit to what he can do and I plan on doing my very best to be there watching him do it all.  :)