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Twins are under-represented in the media. Hamlet - never twins. Hamlet Twins Of Denmark. King And Queen Lear. It would work. Come on, more twins on television.

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Steven Moffat
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: November 18
Executive Producer
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