He doesn't do things by halves, does he?
Explaining the decision to revamp the Time Lord's time machine, show runner Steven Moffat said: "I thought we'd been getting progressively whimsical with the interior of the TARDIS. I started to think, 'Well, why is that? It's not a magical place. It's actually a machine'. And actually potentially, as you'll see more spectacularly later, quite a scary place sometimes. We make a lot of use of that."
Meanwhile, Jenna-Louise Coleman will make her debut as Clara in this year's festive special, The Snowmen, and The Moff went on to address the mysterious link between the new companion and Oswin Oswald - the character that Coleman played in the episode Asylum of the Daleks earlier this year.
"You will know eventually," he promised. "You are going to get the answer but as ever on Doctor Who, we make you wait a little bit longer."
The changes to the title sequence and theme tune were announced on the BBC show's blog, which stated: "We can’t give too much away about the new-look titles except to say they are wonderfully dramatic and striking, with a couple of unexpected touches. In short, they’re a perfect way to welcome back the Doctor!
"And fans of the famous Doctor Who theme tune needn’t worry… This new arrangement remains true to the original, written by Ron Grainer back in 1963, but on Christmas Day you’ll hear it as it’s never sounded before. This latest version is more thrilling and powerful but retains that slightly scary quality that remains stirring no matter how many times you catch it."
So it seems we're entering a new era with the Doctor, but The Moff has assured fans that the show won't lose momentum as it careers towards its 50th anniversary celebrations, calling the 2013 episodes "immense" and "considerable".
"They will be full of tremendous surprises," he said. "But they wouldn't be surprises if I accidentally said them now, would they? I promise you, we're going to take over television. Trust me."
In The Moff we trust.
Doctor Who: The Snowmen - an hour-long special - will air on December 25 at 5.15pm on BBC One.
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