Chris Carter discussed the possibility of X-Files continuing on in light of Gillian Anderson leaving after this season.
"I think that certainly The X-Files has more life in it, there are more stories to tell, with Gillian or without," Carter said. He compared it to when David Duchovny previously left the show; "I always thought of David the way I thought about the child William [Mulder and Scully's child], as an absent centre. Even when he wasn't there, he was the centre of everyone's concern, and the stories revolved around him. I think that's an interesting problem for storytellers and I think that if The X-Files is to go forward then Scully would be a similar absent centre."
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