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"Doctor Who&amp;#039;s Matt Smith has admitted that it was not &amp;quot;an easy decision&amp;quot; to leave the show. The actor was speaking at Entertainment Weekly&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Brave New Warriors&amp;#039; panel at Comic-Con 2013 in San Diego.  The 30-year-old actor described his time on Who as a &amp;quot;privilege&amp;quot;, adding: &amp;quot;But I think, when you gotta go, you gotta go.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;It wasn&amp;#039;t an easy decision to come to, but I don&amp;#039;t know\u2026 you can&amp;#039;t play it forever.&amp;quot;  Smith added that he will &amp;quot;absolutely&amp;quot; continue to watch the BBC sci-fi drama following his exit in the 2013 Christmas special. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a big fan [of the show], as well as being in it,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;The show will get bigger and better and just keep going - and I&amp;#039;l follow it and they&amp;#039;ll get a brilliant actor [to replace me]. &amp;quot;It carries on - it&amp;#039;s lovely, you&amp;#039;re part of a legend that doesn&amp;#039;t die.&amp;quot; Digital Spy will be bringing you more news, live blogs and video content direct from Comic-Con over the coming days. &amp;gt; Doctor Who star Matt Smith on a female Doctor: &amp;quot;It doesn&amp;#039;t matter&amp;quot; Comic Con 2013 - in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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