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"Comic-Con&amp;#039;s famous Hall H is packed, and there are bow ties, TARDIS outfits and fezes aplenty. It can only mean one thing - it&amp;#039;s almost time for the Doctor Who panel! It might be a sad affair what with Amy and Rory&amp;#039;s exit approaching, but there should be some good gossip too. Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill are all going to appear along with exec producers Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner. So stick with Digital Spy for all the scoop...  13:42The clip looks amazing - with Rory&amp;#039;s dad going on a bit of a trip, Queen Nefertiti making advances on the Doctor, and some really stonking dinosaurs on a spaceship, too! We wish we could watch the entire episode, but sadly, that&amp;#039;s a wrap for the panel. We&amp;#039;re counting down the days until Doctor Who is back! 13:33Steven says the secret of television success is putting dinosaurs on a spaceship! Eeee! Clip time... 13:33Matt has a piece of advice - if you ever see him in an airport, don&amp;#039;t say, &amp;quot;You didn&amp;#039;t bring your TARDIS, then.&amp;quot; He adds: &amp;quot;No, I didn&amp;#039;t. Because if I did, why the hell would I be queuing up?&amp;quot; 13:31&amp;quot;More Daleks than you&amp;#039;ve ever seen in one place,&amp;quot; Steven promises for the new season. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;wow&amp;#039;. It&amp;#039;s lots and lots and lots of Daleks. It&amp;#039;s what we all see when we close our eyes in our TARDIS-wallpapered bedrooms.&amp;quot; He says there&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;absolutely everything&amp;quot; - comedy, a Western, tragedy - and stuff he&amp;#039;s just not going to reveal. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t think we&amp;#039;ve had a bigger variety of episodes than the ones we&amp;#039;re about to show you,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s truly exciting.&amp;quot; 13:30Matt and Karen agree Arthur turns into &amp;quot;dad mode&amp;quot; when he&amp;#039;s grumpy. Arthur also reveals that he likes looking at Karen for ages until she realises he&amp;#039;s looking. Matt also plays the &amp;quot;uncomfortable touch&amp;quot; with any new actor that comes on set - getting more and more tactile until they freak out! 13:29Have the cast and crew got any weird or interesting habits? Matt reveals that when Karen&amp;#039;s nervous she picks her lips. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s my thinking face!&amp;quot; Karen protests. But Matt&amp;#039;s not getting off easy - he brrs his lips like a horse. Matt didn&amp;#039;t even know he did that! 13:27What plays would the cast like to be in? Matt wants to be in The Crucible, while Karen says she&amp;#039;d love to play Lady Macbeth. Arthur says he could play Macbeth! Arthur admits he wants to get a villainous role. 13:26Matt says his sonic screwdriver was never meant to flick - it just kind of happened by accident, because he thought it looked cool (He thinks each Doctor should get to keep their sonic screwdrivers, by the way). 13:25The next audience member wants to know if any of the cast have been tempted to steal anything from the set. Karen has done it - she took binoculars! &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve robbed various bits of TARDIS,&amp;quot; Matt murmurs, while Arthur says he&amp;#039;s asked for bigger costumes so he can hide things! 13:22Karen says she really likes pianos, so something to do with playing a piano that traps people and they have to dodge all the hammers inside. Matt reveals that actually, Karen&amp;#039;s a great classical pianist! Arthur&amp;#039;s also feeling musical - he wants the Doctor to join a band. 13:22The next fan asks what plots the cast would love to have in the show. Matt says it isn&amp;#039;t affordable, but he&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;really intrigued&amp;quot; by Atlantis. Steven says there have been at least three versions of Atlantis already... &amp;quot;But we could do it again. To hell with continuity!&amp;quot; 13:20Have there been any scenes Caroline and Steven haven&amp;#039;t been able to do? Steven says they mostly get the &amp;quot;really amazing&amp;quot; ones on screen. &amp;quot;If it&amp;#039;s really extraordinary we&amp;#039;ll find a way to do it,&amp;quot; he says. He jokes that the writers - unlike him - know the limits and how to keep it restrained. 13:19What have been the cast&amp;#039;s craziest fan encounters? Matt says they were shooting in Wales once, and when they got in the car there was a lady there who told him he was &amp;quot;an exact replica of her pet hedgehog&amp;quot;. Then she kissed him! Karen reveals the same woman grabbed her and asked if she was Matt&amp;#039;s girlfriend! Arthur says the woman has pictures of Matt and hedgehogs on her wall. &amp;quot;Like that&amp;#039;s going to flatter me!&amp;quot; Matt jokes. &amp;quot;A hedgehog!&amp;quot; 13:17What are the characters&amp;#039; favourite costumes... and Matt&amp;#039;s favourite bow tie? Arthur says his favourite is the Roman Centurion (getting so many cheers), and Karen admits her favourite is the Kissogram. Karen asks Matt if his favourite is the tweed and bow tie. &amp;quot;Maybe tweed, bow tie and fez,&amp;quot; Matt replies. He jokes that he asked Steven for a hat... and ended up with a fez! 13:15Are there going to be any more alliances between the evil guys, like in The Pandorica Opens? Steven says he thinks putting that alliance together must have taken so long... and then they accidentally blew up the universe. So, maybe not? 13:13Arthur says he loves working with so many &amp;quot;great people&amp;quot; in the show, while Matt says Diana Rigg is &amp;quot;totally wonderful&amp;quot; in her upcoming scenes. 13:11Steven says the question of who the Doctor is is &amp;quot;tremendously important&amp;quot;, adding: &amp;quot;And only I know why!&amp;quot; Steven says he&amp;#039;s found out the truth about the Doctor&amp;#039;s name but he can&amp;#039;t pass it on. Matt says this is their life - Steven knowing things, withholding them and smiling at them. &amp;quot;He won&amp;#039;t tell me!&amp;quot; Matt complains. 13:10A Dalek has come to ask a question! Will there be a multiple Doctor episode? &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not going to tell you, not even for the Daleks,&amp;quot; Steven says, as the crowd sighs as one. 13:07First up? An adorable young girl wants to know what Matt&amp;#039;s favourite gadget, button or screen in the TARDIS is. &amp;quot;In the TARDIS, each area has a particular job so when you get there, no word of a lie, you get a handbook of what it all does,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;My favourite bit is the gear and the lever that flies it because of the rhythm of it.&amp;quot; 13:05Aww, the clip is short but such good fun - lots of classic Who humour. Why can&amp;#039;t we have the whole episode now? Still, it&amp;#039;s time for fan questions now. 13:03Steven reveals that Doctor Who is doing a Western - and for extra authenticity, they went to Spain! Ooh, we&amp;#039;re going to get to see a clip! 13:01What&amp;#039;s next for Karen and Arthur? Arthur puts on a Scottish accent to imitate Karen and talk about her new projects, Not Another Happy Ending and Oculus. Karen&amp;#039;s got the giggles: &amp;quot;That was weird!&amp;quot; Karen worries she can&amp;#039;t do an impression of Arthur, before doing an adorable: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m bumbling, that&amp;#039;s just me.&amp;quot; She reveals Arthur&amp;#039;s going to do a play and a new series called Broadchurch with David Tennant and Olivia Colman, written by Chris Chibnall. Huge cheers! 12:59Arthur says it&amp;#039;s great playing characters you know well, and still getting scripts that surprise you. Matt praises the quality of the writing - &amp;quot;It makes our job infinitely easier.&amp;quot; 12:58Karen admits that she&amp;#039;s going to miss running down corridors away from imaginary monsters! And she&amp;#039;ll miss the cast and crew - &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve made some of my best friends on the show.&amp;quot; Arthur adds that they spend so much time together, they can&amp;#039;t have conversations between the three of them anymore - it&amp;#039;s just noises and silly phrases. &amp;quot;We like to call them episodes,&amp;quot; Steven jokes. 12:57Karen says she likes episodes which teach us about something we&amp;#039;re familiar with, like with Idris. 12:56Matt says the show is the star, and will continue without the current cast and crew. &amp;quot;It is about regeneration and it is about welcoming in Jenna and a new era and a new time and that&amp;#039;s what&amp;#039;s exciting,&amp;quot; he says. He reveals that he likes how Doctor Who can be anything - it&amp;#039;s not &amp;quot;bound by genre&amp;quot;. 12:55What kind of storylines does Caroline like? &amp;quot;I love them all!&amp;quot; she says, though she likes the historical ones because there&amp;#039;s something &amp;quot;magical&amp;quot; about travelling. As for this season, all the episodes are &amp;quot;so different&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re huge, these episodes, and I love them all for different reasons.&amp;quot; 12:54Steven unsurprisingly refuses to reveal any details about how Amy and Rory will exit! The moderator suggests there&amp;#039;s no way to write out Amy and Rory completely in the world of Doctor Who. &amp;quot;You reckon?&amp;quot; Steven says. &amp;quot;Enjoy the episode...&amp;quot; 12:53Steven admits it was a &amp;quot;tough one&amp;quot;, writing Amy and Rory&amp;#039;s final episode. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not just fiction you&amp;#039;re ending,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re actually ending a real-life experience.&amp;quot; He confesses it was &amp;quot;genuinely, properly sad&amp;quot;. 12:52What&amp;#039;s the season been like for Caroline? &amp;quot;Incredible!&amp;quot; She speaks about Daleks, Weeping Angels, shooting in New York and Spain... but adds: &amp;quot;Saying goodbye to these guys was the big one.&amp;quot; 12:49Moderator Chris reveals that in the elevator, Matt turned to Karen and Arthur and joked: &amp;quot;Didn&amp;#039;t you guys use to be in Doctor Who?&amp;quot; 12:48But of course, we&amp;#039;re saying goodbye to the Ponds. The audience cries out in sadness! &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t stop crying for two weeks,&amp;quot; Amy says, revealing even tenderstem broccoli set her off! &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t hold it together,&amp;quot; she says. Arthur agrees that it&amp;#039;s been a &amp;quot;huge part&amp;quot; of his life but it was exciting to film the final moments. &amp;quot;And film them with the Weeping Angels as well,&amp;quot; Matt says. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a climactic, fitting and I think brilliant end to what I think are my two favourite companions.&amp;quot; But he jokes he&amp;#039;s glad to see the back of them really! 12:46The audience cheers when the moderator talks about the brilliance of the Doctor-Amy-Rory trio. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve loved the way the dynamic between the three of us has developed,&amp;quot; Arthur agrees. 12:45Arthur reveals that he&amp;#039;s spent the whole time at Comic-Con hearing people screaming and jokes that he likes sharing the lift with, say, Batman. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been very cool.&amp;quot; 12:44Karen&amp;#039;s pleased a lot of people have worn ginger wigs when they&amp;#039;ve dressed up as her. &amp;quot;Power to the gingers!&amp;quot; she grins. 12:44Karen says Comic-Con is &amp;quot;the most fun ever&amp;quot;! She says she came down in her hotel lift next to a girl dressed as a Dalek, but it took them a minute to register each other... 12:43Matt&amp;#039;s still waxing lyrical about Comic-Con. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just 100mph the whole time,&amp;quot; he says, revealing he got to meet Peter Jackson. &amp;quot;You get to meet your heroes.&amp;quot; And he admits to nerding out when he met Bryan Cranston! 12:41Matt says his time on Doctor Who has transformed his life. &amp;quot;Working with these guys, who have become my firm, firm friends...&amp;quot; he says, before praising Caroline, too, who&amp;#039;s joined the show. &amp;quot;I think if the world was a bit more like Comic-Con it would be a better place,&amp;quot; he adds, raising a huge cheer! &amp;quot;Who fans shout the loudest,&amp;quot; he says. That&amp;#039;s just an invitation... 12:40The moderator Chris Hardwick asks how Steven keeps the show fresh and keeps the details straight. &amp;quot;I try not to have a life, which as a Doctor Who fan is easy,&amp;quot; he jokes. 12:38A fan shouts that they want to have children with Matt! &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re here for an hour - I&amp;#039;m sure we can squeeze something in,&amp;quot; he replies. 12:37Everyone&amp;#039;s on stage now, and the screams as they take their seats are deafening! &amp;quot;I feel like Jon Bon Jovi,&amp;quot; Arthur jokes. 12:35The atmosphere in Hall H this afternoon is amazing - no-one can wait for the Doctor Who cast to arrive! There are screams when the audience is asked how many people camped out overnight to queue for this. So without further ado, let&amp;#039;s get this panel going! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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