New Doctor Who boss Steven Moffat has revealed that running the show has taken over his life. "There will be a number of things I'll never, ever write, because I'm doing Doctor Who. There will be a number of things I'll never do because I'm doing Doctor Who," he told the show's official magazine. "Doctor Who is like an eclipse. It blocks out the sun. It's knackering."
The executive producer also admitted that Matt Smith did not fit his "imaginary profile" of the Doctor. "I thought it's mid-30s to mid-40s," he said. "I still maintain that's where most of your Doctors will be, in that age group - young enough to run, but old enough to look like they can be King of the Universe."
But on a more positive note the showrunner went on to proudly claim that his leading cast are "exactly right" for the show.
"All credit to [casting director] Andy Pryor, everyone we saw for the role of Amy was terrific. Genuinely, every single one of them. There wasn't a single bad audition, they were all brilliant.
"Karen was the very last person we saw and she just fitted better. She was just exactly right. And exactly right with Matt, in that she's a bit kookier, I suppose. A bit madder. To this day, I still don't know how Karen didn't know she had got the part. She didn't have a clue. We were all making faces at each other and waving cos she was just so good, so brilliant!"
In other exciting Doctor Who news, the titles and writers of the first three episodes have now been confirmed. The first two episodes of the Matt Smith era, The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below, will be penned by Steven himself while Mark Gatiss, who appeared as Professor Lazarus in The Lazarus Experiment, has written episode three, Victory Of The Daleks.
Other writers confirmed for Eleventh Doctor's first series include Simon Nye, Chris Chibnall, Gareth Roberts, Toby Whithouse and Richard Curtis.
And Corlaine author Neil Gaiman is also on board. He cryptically told SFX this week: "While I know it's cruel to make you wait for things, in about 14 months from now, which is to say, NOT in the upcoming season but early in the one after that, it's quite possible that I might have written an episode."
He added: "And if I had, it would originally have been called The House of Nothing. But it definitely isn't called that anymore. Countdown. You've got about 14 months."
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