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" Doctor Who will return to BBC One this Easter, it has been confirmed. The sci-fi drama will begin its new eight-week run from Saturday, March 30, 2013.  Matt Smith will appear alongside new companion Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara) in a series of adventures written by showrunner Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Luther creator Neil Cross. Celebrated author Neil Gaiman will also contribute a new episode featuring iconic monsters the Cybermen. Moffat previously revealed that the show&amp;#039;s 2013 run would include a &amp;quot;modern urban thriller&amp;quot;, a &amp;quot;base-under-siege story&amp;quot;, an &amp;quot;absolutely mental&amp;quot; period drama and a &amp;quot;fanboy-pleasing&amp;quot; finale. A one-off special - celebrating Doctor Who&amp;#039;s 50th anniversary - is expected to follow the eight new episodes in November. &amp;amp;gt; Doctor Who will take over television in 2013, says Steven Moffat Watch a trailer for Doctor Who&amp;#039;s 2013 episodes below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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