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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

Doctor Who showrunner mimics Samuel L Jackson

Doctor Who
Doctor Who: giant lizards on a Tardis? Photograph: Steve Brown/BBC/Steve Brown

He may have faced some futuristic foes in the past, but Doctor Who's Matt Smith is to tackle rather older monster in the new series: dinosaurs, reports the Sun and Mirror. Executive producer Steven Moffat told the Sun, in a quote echoing both Samuel L Jackson film Snakes on a Plane and the Steven Spielberg classic Jaws: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship – what more do you need! The Doctor will come face to face with some of the most monstrous creatures evolution has ever produced, on some of the most monstrous sets we have ever built. We took one look at the brilliant script and said to ourselves, 'We're going to need a bigger corridor.'" Monkey hopes the script is better than Moffat's ptero-ble jokes.

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