According to online reports, Doctor Who spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures, which wraps up its second season in the next two weeks, has been renewed for a third and final season to air next year.

The other Who spinoff, Torchwood, will broadcast its third season next spring, and has been renewed for a fourth and final season to air in early 2010.

It seems the BBC wants to give new Who showrunner Steven Moffat a clean slate without continuity-linked spinoffs, so both The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood will come to an end before the 2010 season of Who. This makes me sad.