Cult
Tennant feared playing Doctor into old age
Published Monday, Nov 3 2008, 16:20 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
Rex Features
Appearing on BBC Breakfast this morning, the Scottish actor admitted: "[I thought] I better take a deep breath and do it or I literally will never leave.
"It's hard when you love something so much and when something is going so well to ever think about moving on. I'd rather go when there's a chance that people might miss me than overstay my welcome."
He added: "I would be there until I was 86 and people would think, 'Is he ever going?'"
Tennant will depart the cult show after the 2009 Christmas special along with producer Russell T Davies.
> Watch David Tennant announcing his Doctor Who departure
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