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"Steven Moffat has revealed new details about Doctor Who&amp;#039;s 2013 return. The BBC sci-fi drama will air eight new episodes in 2013, leading into a 50th anniversary special in November.  &amp;quot;We have Doctor Who taking on the modern urban thriller, which is not very much like anyone else&amp;#039;s modern urban thriller!&amp;quot; showrunner Moffat told SFX of the new run. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve got your base-under-siege story in a new way. We&amp;#039;ve gone all-out to give you a fantastic alien planet, which is looking absolutely amazing. We&amp;#039;ve got a cracking ghost story, a really cracking ghost story. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve got Diana Rigg and junior Diana Rigg [actress Rachael Stirling] in an absolutely mental story by Mark Gatiss - all period drama will pale next to this monstrosity of nonsense! It&amp;#039;s absolutely glorious. You&amp;#039;ll watch other period dramas and say &amp;#039;When are they going to do the scary bit?&amp;#039; &amp;quot;And then there&amp;#039;s the finale, which has got some serious fanboy-pleasing going on in it.&amp;quot;  Moffat also promised that Neil Gaiman&amp;#039;s forthcoming Cybermen adventure - which features guest stars Warwick Davis, Tamzin Outhwaite, Jason Watkins and Will Merrick - will exploit the &amp;quot;creepy factor&amp;quot; of the iconic villains. &amp;quot;Part of the impulse there was to say, &amp;#039;Have we fully exploited the creepy factor of the Cybermen yet?&amp;#039; - I thought Neil would be a good match for that,&amp;quot; the writer explained. Doctor Who will next return to BBC One on Christmas Day with festive special &amp;#039;The Snowmen&amp;#039;. &amp;gt; Doctor Who to unveil new-look TARDIS in Christmas special &amp;gt; Doctor Who Matt Smith: &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m staying for at least another year&amp;#039; Watch a trailer for the Doctor Who Christmas special below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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