10 Awesome Doctor Who Ideas That Nearly Happened

In 2008, Russell T Davies announced that he was leaving Doctor Who, and that he would be replaced by Steven Moffat, who had written some of the most iconic episodes of the show under Davies.

Fans were relieved at the announcement because they knew they were safe in Moffat's hands, but one unanswered question was the fate of David Tennant, with even Moffat wondering if he would stay on under a new showrunner.

This was not the case however, as Tennant announced his departure in October 2008 - but Moffat was not unprepared for the possibility that he would stay, and in fact, he had an alternative version of the Amy Pond storyline ready to go.

This storyline would see the Tenth Doctor appear to young Amelia Pond, like we saw in The Eleventh Hour with Matt Smith's Doctor. But in a typical Moff twist, it would later be revealed that the Tenth Doctor was at the end of his life here, and had arrived in Amy's garden, dying, after travelling with her older self for an entire series.

There's no doubt that a series of Doctor Who led by Moffat and Tennant would've been amazing, and though this would've robbed us of Matt Smith's wonderful incarnation, we wouldn't have known that at the time!