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The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.
Steven Moffat
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Steven Moffat
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: November 18
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You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.
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