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" Miranda Hart has responded to being named the top female candidate to become the 12th Time Lord in Doctor Who. The comedian recently topped a poll to find out the fans&amp;#039; favourite choice, after the show&amp;#039;s producers were rumoured to be considering a woman for Matt Smith&amp;#039;s replacement.  Hart has laughed off the possible role in an interview with Heat saying: &amp;quot;Really? Who, me? Are you serious? That&amp;#039;s hilarious!&amp;quot; The Call the Midwife actress admitted that she doesn&amp;#039;t even watch the sci-fi series as she finds it too scary. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t watch it when I was younger - it scared me. I started watching some Doctor Who recently on my own and got too scared. I had to watch it in the daytime - I&amp;#039;m pathetic. &amp;quot;I might be alright if I&amp;#039;m in it, though, and I don&amp;#039;t have to watch it.&amp;quot;  She added that she was &amp;quot;surprised&amp;quot; to be the top candidate for the part, having gained 18% of the overall vote. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m just surprised constantly by [my] popularity, let along the fact [people] want me to be Doctor Who,&amp;quot; she said. Bookmakers Ladbrokes recently suspended betting on the next in line to play the Time Lord after Rory Kinnear was rumoured to have been offered the role. Executive producer Steven Moffat has however insisted that the BBC has &amp;quot;barely started&amp;quot; looking for the new Doctor. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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