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Matt Smith On His ‘Doctor Who’ Departure And His Possible Return To The Show At Comic-Con (VIDEO)

By The Huffington Post News Editors

This will likely be Matt Smith‘s last Comic-Con as the titular character in BBC’s long-running hit “Doctor Who” and the actor is struggling to say goodbye. At Entertainment Weekly’s Brave New Warriors panel (above), which also included Tyler Posey (“Teen Wolf”) Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), David Guintoli (“Grimm”) and Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead”), the actor opened up about leaving the show after the 2013 Christmas special at the end of the year.

“It’s been four years and the best four years. It’s been wonderful. It’s been a privilege to work with [executive producer] Steven Moffat, but I think, ‘When you got to go, you go to go,'” Smith explained to the crowd, eliciting many exclamatory sounds from the audience. “It’s sad and I’m going to miss it. I’m going to miss Comic-Con — I love Comic-Con. The world should be more like Comic-Con. It wasn’t an easy decision to come to, but … you can’t play it forever. And look, they’ll get someone amazing [to play the Doctor]. They’ll get someone brilliant to do it. They really will. And that’s the great thing about the show is that it continues, and the strength of it survives, and it’ll get better, and it’ll get bigger, and it’ll keep up, and you’ll forget about me.” Cue even more “no’s” and “aw’s” from the crowd.

Smith went on to say that he’s having trouble hearing about how “Doctor Who” will go on once he’s left. “Steven Moffat was actually pitching all the episode ideas for next season to me last night — that was really hard,” he admitted.

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Peter Jackson Wanted For Doctor Who by Stars

Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann have told journalists in New Zealand that they’d like to see Peter Jackson direct a story for Doctor Who, amid celebrations of the series’ 50th anniversary.

According to Stuff, the trio agree with Who star Matt Smith‘s idea that The Lord of the Rings director should get involved with the show, with any episodes he’s involved in being filmed in New Zealand.

There’s a fair chance they may get their wish, too; it’s been revealed that Jackson has already met the show’s executive producer and head writer Steven Moffat to discuss the idea.

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From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/15/peter-jackson-wanted-for-doctor-who-by-stars