I think the character of David Brent will live on and continue to be successful provided Gervais can continue to come up with interesting supporting characters that push and pull the David Brent character around.
Alan Partridge and Mid-Morning Matters could have gone horribly wrong but in Dave...
I think David Brent, like Alan Partridge, are brilliant characters, both psychologically flawed, both a politically correct accident waiting to happen.
It would be brilliant to see them together in the same scene - Red Nose Day should be all over it.