He 's not going to leave Moffat any of his toys to play with
That could be at Moffat's request.
Moffat wants a clean slate to start S5 to build his own who-universe. He's said he is not interested in old companions, families, enemies, monsters, etc... He wants to start his own mythology for S5 with his own characters. RTD has said in interviews that he promised to write the finale up to the point Moffat wants to start. I don't think he will kill off the companions though, well not all of them anyway.
JB was only on set for half a day (location, maybe he did some extra studio work) and he shares his screentime with Midshipman Frame (Russell Tovey), I don't think there will be enough time to have an entire sub-plot dedicated to him.
Moffat also wants nothing to do with the spin-offs so cross-overs or even coordinating the storylines would no longer be possible, a bit impractical when all three series are supposed to evolve in the same universe. Maybe CoE was written to be the end. Only now with the unexpected rating success they have a bit of a dilema.
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Date: 2009-07-28 08:44 am (UTC)That could be at Moffat's request.
Moffat wants a clean slate to start S5 to build his own who-universe. He's said he is not interested in old companions, families, enemies, monsters, etc... He wants to start his own mythology for S5 with his own characters. RTD has said in interviews that he promised to write the finale up to the point Moffat wants to start. I don't think he will kill off the companions though, well not all of them anyway.
JB was only on set for half a day (location, maybe he did some extra studio work) and he shares his screentime with Midshipman Frame (Russell Tovey), I don't think there will be enough time to have an entire sub-plot dedicated to him.
Moffat also wants nothing to do with the spin-offs so cross-overs or even coordinating the storylines would no longer be possible, a bit impractical when all three series are supposed to evolve in the same universe.
Maybe CoE was written to be the end. Only now with the unexpected rating success they have a bit of a dilema.