(delete as applicable)

The final days of the Ponds are coming. It's during the next series – I'm not telling you when and I'm certainly not telling you how - but that story is going to come to a heartbreaking end. We have only so many more adventures with the lovely Amy and the lovely Rory. So that story, next series, during the series, will be over.



And then, the Doctor is going to meet a new friend. And I'm not going to tell you anything about he, she or it.



You're going to get the new companion tomorrow so you've got that. I'm not going to blow the gaff on that the night before.

(with thanks to Edward Russell)

Theare to announce the new co-star to joinheadliningtomorrow at a press conference.Lead writerfirst indicated that a new companion / assistant / sidekick / talking cabbagewould feature in the new series back at the Q&A session for the BFI preview of, when he said:This evening Steven Moffat has told reporters he got who he "wanted" to play Doctor's new companion but stayed tight-lipped about their identity. Speaking backstage at the Royal Television Society Awards in central London, he saidThe announcement will also be made online via the BBC's official Doctor Who Twitter feed