Russell T. Davies departs the TARDIS

As reported on TV Fix.

Russell T. Davies is stepping out of the TARDIS for good.

The Doctor Who mastermind, responsible for relaunching the classic science-fiction serial in 2004, will step down as executive producer at the end of the new series' fourth season, which is currently airing in the UK.

Davies will be replaced by Stephen Moffat, who has penned several episodes of the new Doctor Who - including 2007's 'Blink', a critically acclaimed instalment notable because it hardly featured the Doctor (David Tennant) at all.

Davies said working with Moffat had been "a delight and an hour". "I can't wait to see where his extraordinary imagination takes the Doctor," he enthused in a statement.

Moffat revealed that his entire career has been a secret plan to get the Doctor Who top job: "I applied before but I got knocked back because the BBC wanted someone else. Also I was seven," he quipped.

Moffat will take over at the start of season five, which isn't due to premiere on the BBC until 2010.

In addition to helming Doctor Who, Davies also created Queer as Folk and the Doctor Who spin-offs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. </td></tr></tbody></table>

Better than expected

My plan today was to go to my appointment in Mayfield at 9am (which involved a serious number of bus/train changes)and later go and work on my masters proposal at the nearby library.

Well, went to the appointment and then to the library. But, not only had I found that I'd left the style guides at home, but that a Wacky Wombat session was in full swing there. This is fun, but it made it impossible for me to be serious at all!

Gave up on the proposal for the day and took the bus to Glendale, where I was just in time for the noon session of the Indiana Jones film and watched that instead.

Loved it! Did a little bit of shopping and went home (and this time, unlike yesterday, I didn't drop and smash two bottles of Pilsener while boarding the bus) and felt much less stressed.

Which sci-fi crew would you fit in with QUIZ

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You scored as Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) You are a light and humorous person. No one can help but to smile to your wit. Now if only the improbability drive would stop turning you into weird stuff. Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 81% Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) 69% Serenity (Firefly) 63% Moya (Farscape) 63% Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) 63% Enterprise D (Star Trek) 56% Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) 56% Bebop (Cowboy Bebop) 56% Deep Space Nine (Star Trek) 44% Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) 44% FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files) 38% SG-1 (Stargate) 25% Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda) 19%

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

I think it was rather suspicious that the teachers in this state chose today to go on strike. Why? Because Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opened today as well, that's why.

I've been looking forward to this film every since I heard about it, and I was not disappointed. Lucas and Spielberg can make a decent adventure when they put their talents to it. I made sure to sit somewhere surrounded by kids who had the day off from school. They loved it, even if they didn't get all the "in jokes" in the film.

The action takes place in 1957 (I think, since it's 10 years after Roswell) which I liked since I was born that year. The action takes place about 20 years after the original film, which seems to match the passage in real time since the last film.

I loved the weaving of history, myth and fantasy in this film, which matches the previous three quite well (and also the references to earlier films that are key to the plot). It has plenty of "knees up, running around" type action and enough stunts and spectaculars to make it visually appealing (especially the denouement).

Will there be a final 5th film? It'd be nice, but I think like a 4th Mad Max film, that's unlikely to happen.