'Sherlock' Star Benedict Cumberbatch Not offered 'Doctor Who' Role after all?

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who just finished a first and very successful run as Sherlock Holmes in the Steven Moffat - Mark Gatiss co-created BBC series Sherlock (series 2 has been confirmed last week), made some very interesting revelations in regards to the Doctor Who role.

Doctor Who 5.13 The Big Bang: Matt Smith Hints the Return of an Important Character!

Matt Smith was on This Morning, and gave a few hints about what to expect on this saturday's series 5 finale of Doctor Who, The Big Bang:

"There's an important character coming back, but I can't say who," he said. "But it is very significant - it's a cracker!

"I watched it and was quite emotional probably because it was the end of the series and we'd worked so hard and we'd got there. I watched it with Karen [Gillan] and we were like, 'Woo hoo!'"

[Digital Spy]

There are many who are speculating that this character is Omega, who was a Time Lord, and an important figure in the history of Gallifrey. He is as important as Rassilon (who recently appeared in The End of Time, played by Timothy Dalton) and is the co-founder of Time Lord society. You can go and read about him here.

If this is the character that's returning, there are theories or rather spoilers as to who may play him and you can go read up on it here.

Only one day to go!

How excited are you about the upcoming finale?