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"Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has spoken to Digital Spy about this year&amp;#039;s Christmas Special. Moffat told DS that the Doctor (Matt Smith) is in a dark place when festive episode &amp;#039;The Snowmen&amp;#039; begins.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s rare that you get to do moments like this in Doctor Who where you get to talk about the impact of his lifestyle on him - it&amp;#039;s usually about the companion,&amp;quot; the sci-fi drama&amp;#039;s head writer and executive producer explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s going to affect him now and then and he&amp;#039;s a right old misery at the beginning because he&amp;#039;s suffered a really quite traumatic loss. &amp;quot;I think he&amp;#039;s probably reached the point in his life where he&amp;#039;s saying, &amp;#039;Friendship for me is just postponed bereavement - I want to be on my own for a while&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Doctor Who Christmas special &amp;#039;The Snowmen&amp;#039; - Spoiler-free preview Moffat also dropped a few hints about what to expect from the eight new Doctor Who episodes that will follow in 2013. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll have a fantastic alien planet, we&amp;#039;ll be under the sea, we&amp;#039;ll be in the sky - it&amp;#039;ll be quite a rollercoaster!&amp;quot; he teased. The Doctor Who Christmas special will air on December 25 at 5.15pm on BBC One. &amp;gt; Doctor Who will take over television in 2013, says Steven Moffat &amp;gt; Doctor Who Steven Moffat on new TARDIS: &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s quite a scary place&amp;#039; Photo gallery - &amp;#039;The Snowmen&amp;#039;:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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