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**bevischief** · 07-12-2013, 07:04 AM

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Doctor Who: Steven Moffat on the anniversary special, the Twelfth Doctor & more...
News Louisa Mellor 11 Jul 2013 - 07:45
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Steven Moffat has been chatting to EW about the 50th anniversary special, the Twelfth Doctor announcement, and more...

"It's certainly well over an hour," Steven Moffat tells EW about Doctor Who's fiftieth anniversary special. "You could call it movie-length, yeah." That'll do nicely, thank you.

In conversation with EW, the Who showrunner discussed all manner of things, including Matt Smith's departure, saying it was always Smith's plan to do three series, the 50th anniversary, and the Christmas Special before vacating the role. That doesn't mean he didn't try to talk him out of going, though. Comparing Smith's decision to leave with David Tennant's, Moffat said that both wanted to leave on a high to pursue other things, and both reasoned, "If I do another series, I think I might do two more series, or three more series. I think I might never leave."

Moffat called the search for a Twelfth Doctor "terrifying", adding, "There’s a very big range of people who could play it and different ways you could go with it. We must get this right. One false move and the show’s over.” When might the public find out who the final choice is? "Unless we have an insane plan, we’ll announce a new Doctor within days of finalizing the new Doctor. Because it’s very very hard to keep any kind of a secret [...] I think we’ll go public pretty fast."

How will the new Doctor be introduced? "It’ll be the traditional regeneration. You know, the eleventh will fall and the twelfth shall rise. And you’ll see that in the closing moments of the show. I mean, you sometimes sit and think, 'Are there better ways of doing it? Is there a different way of doing it?' But quite honestly what could be better than that?

Unsuprisingly, Moffat was full of praise for John Hurt, describing his role in the anniversary special as "a lovely 50th anniversary treat, I suppose. You get a whole new Doctor played by a proper screen legend". Similar praise went to the fiftieth pairing of Matt Smith and David Tennant's Doctors, "I think the other one that worked brilliantly was Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton. They were incredibly funny together. This is very different from that but it’s a sublime double act."

Moffat also gave vague confirmation that we can expect series eight proper to air in late summer 2014, "I think that's probably right. But these things change so often."

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bevischief .... Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere Kansas Casino cash: $8659352 VARSITY	http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-w...th-doctor-more Doctor Who: Steven Moffat on the anniversary special, the Twelfth Doctor & more... News Louisa Mellor 11 Jul 2013 - 07:45 Share on printShare on emailShare on stumbleuponShare on twitter Steven Moffat has been chatting to EW about the 50th anniversary special, the Twelfth Doctor announcement, and more... "It's certainly well over an hour," Steven Moffat tells EW about Doctor Who's fiftieth anniversary special. "You could call it movie-length, yeah." That'll do nicely, thank you. In conversation with EW, the Who showrunner discussed all manner of things, including Matt Smith's departure, saying it was always Smith's plan to do three series, the 50th anniversary, and the Christmas Special before vacating the role. That doesn't mean he didn't try to talk him out of going, though. Comparing Smith's decision to leave with David Tennant's, Moffat said that both wanted to leave on a high to pursue other things, and both reasoned, "If I do another series, I think I might do two more series, or three more series. I think I might never leave." Moffat called the search for a Twelfth Doctor "terrifying", adding, "There’s a very big range of people who could play it and different ways you could go with it. We must get this right. One false move and the show’s over.” When might the public find out who the final choice is? "Unless we have an insane plan, we’ll announce a new Doctor within days of finalizing the new Doctor. Because it’s very very hard to keep any kind of a secret [...] I think we’ll go public pretty fast." How will the new Doctor be introduced? "It’ll be the traditional regeneration. You know, the eleventh will fall and the twelfth shall rise. And you’ll see that in the closing moments of the show. I mean, you sometimes sit and think, 'Are there better ways of doing it? Is there a different way of doing it?' But quite honestly what could be better than that? Unsuprisingly, Moffat was full of praise for John Hurt, describing his role in the anniversary special as "a lovely 50th anniversary treat, I suppose. You get a whole new Doctor played by a proper screen legend". Similar praise went to the fiftieth pairing of Matt Smith and David Tennant's Doctors, "I think the other one that worked brilliantly was Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton. They were incredibly funny together. This is very different from that but it’s a sublime double act." Moffat also gave vague confirmation that we can expect series eight proper to air in late summer 2014, "I think that's probably right. But these things change so often."
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