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"Homeland star David Harewood has admitted that he would be interested in replacing Matt Smith on Doctor Who. Smith will depart the BBC sci-fi drama this Christmas, with Harewood telling ITV&amp;#039;s Loose Women that playing the next Doctor would be an &amp;quot;exciting&amp;quot; prospect.  &amp;quot;It would be really difficult to turn down,&amp;quot; said the actor. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s very exciting. It would be very exciting if the phone rang.&amp;quot; However, Harewood added that he &amp;quot;doubt[s]&amp;quot; he will be offered the iconic role. &amp;quot;Get the BBC on the phone,&amp;quot; he joked. &amp;quot;We should start a pressure group or something!&amp;quot;  Other actors linked to Doctor Who in recent weeks include Domhnall Gleeson, Dominic Cooper, Rory Kinnear and Ben Daniels. The series returns in November for its 50th anniversary special, starring Matt Smith and David Tennant. &amp;gt; Doctor Who Matt Smith departs - Who should play the 12th Time Lord? Watch Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Geek TV special on Matt Smith&amp;#039;s exit and the 12th Doctor below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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