The End of Time is a two-part story from the British science fiction television programme
Doctor Who. It was originally broadcast on
BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 December 2009 and 1 January 2010. This is the last story for lead actor
David Tennant, who hands over the role of alien time traveller
the Doctor to
Matt Smith. It is also the last
Doctor Who story written and produced by
Russell T Davies, who shepherded the series' return to British television in 2005 and served as the series' executive producer and chief writer. Davies was succeeded as executive producer and
showrunner by
Steven Moffat.