VL would clean the floor with the silly prat...

And I think he couldn't make a new hero because he couldn't. I don't think he has as much clout with the Beeb as people think. He couldn't sell Excxalibur, which was the original idea for Torchwood, and created for Eve, until he put it in the Whoniverse and brought Jack over.

I am really, really concerned for Jack and his ultimate fate in the last Tennant special. RTD seems to be going out of his way to smash the toys on his way out.