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"Steven Moffat has confirmed that Matt Smith is Doctor Who&amp;#039;s 13th Doctor. Smith is generally regarded as the show&amp;#039;s 11th Time Lord, but the introduction of John Hurt&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;War Doctor&amp;#039; and David Tennant&amp;#039;s aborted regeneration in 2008 episode &amp;#039;The Stolen Earth&amp;#039; means that he is in fact the 13th and final incarnation.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll find out [in the Christmas special] that Matt Smith is actually the 13th Doctor,&amp;quot; showrunner Moffat confirmed to Radio Times. &amp;quot;Although everyone knows that the Doctor can only regenerate 12 times. &amp;quot;That 12 times limit is a central part of Doctor Who mythology - and science fiction is all about rules, right? So if the Doctor can never change again, what&amp;#039;s Peter Capaldi doing in the Christmas Special?&amp;quot;      Moffat also addressed the Doctor&amp;#039;s regeneration limit last month - the concept first being established in 1976 adventure &amp;#039;The Deadly Assassin&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;[The eighth Doctor] Paul McGann turns into John Hurt so they&amp;#039;re not the same incarnation,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;He used up another regeneration and I expect he&amp;#039;ll be in trouble shortly.&amp;quot; Doctor Who&amp;#039;s 2013 Christmas special &amp;#039;The Time of the Doctor&amp;#039; will air on Wednesday, December 25 at 7.30pm on BBC One. Doctor Who series 8 won&amp;#039;t be split, says Steven Moffat "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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