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"Steven Moffat has said that Doctor Who fans have a right to complain about the show. Speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, the show&amp;#039;s head writer discussed aficionados&amp;#039; frustrations with the Doctor Who canon and confessed that being a fan of the franchise sometimes makes it hard for him think of the broader audience needs.  &amp;quot;The first thing you have to do is shut out [your own] fan voice,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;You have to [ignore] your own whiny little voice saying &amp;#039;But in 1977...&amp;#039; - which it does all the time, believe me! &amp;quot;You absolutely have to address the mainstream audience,&amp;quot; he continued, &amp;quot;the kids and the people who watch it in families.&amp;quot; Moffat admitted that he wants the show to retain its status as a &amp;quot;mainstream hit&amp;quot; and so tries to &amp;quot;aim the show at absolutely everybody&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;We had 15 years of being an obscure thing that people thought we were strange for watching,&amp;quot; he said, &amp;quot;so [the fans are] all very happy with me doing that. &amp;quot;In a way, the forums and these obsessive fan conversations... I shouldn&amp;#039;t listen to them - that&amp;#039;s eavesdropping,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;[Fans] should be allowed to sit and complain about Doctor Who - what is the point in loving something if you can&amp;#039;t complain about it incessantly?&amp;quot; The new series of Doctor Who returns to BBC One and BBC America on Saturday, September 1. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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