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Steven Moffat gets just what the Doctor ordered for Christmas

Steven Moffat with some Daleks.
Steven Moffat with some Daleks. Photograph: David Levene/David Levene

Most of us take our work home with us now and again. But spare a thought for Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat, who simply can’t escape his BBC show – even if he turns the telly off.

Not only does the sci-fi showrunner have to put up with wall-to-wall Who trailers in the lead-up to the traditional Christmas special, he even gets Doctor-themed presents from his family.

“My wife got me a Dalek for last Christmas,” he tells the Daily Express. “It’s in the corner of my office. I never got a Dalek as a kid but I got one as an adult.

“I don’t think I ever got a big Doctor Who thing when I was a kid”.

Well Steven, at least your family are making up for it now, eh?

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