New Doctor Who To Be Introduced In Christmas Special, Confirms Steven Moffat, But Remains Quiet On 50th Anniversary Special

As "Doctor Who" celebrates it momentous 50th year of existence, Steven Moffat has quite a few scintillating tidbits to share regarding the Christmas Special, 50th Anniversary Special, and of course, the identity of the new Doctor.

"Unless we have an insane plan, we'll announce a new Doctor within days of finalizing the new Doctor. Because it's very very hard to keep any kind of a secret," admits Moffat during an interview with EW.

"I think we'll go public pretty fast."

Fast, but soon, eh?

Moffat, who currently produces "Doctor Who" and "Sherlock," also reveals that the new Doctor will be introduced in the Christmas special.

"That's not the hope - that's the plan. It'll be the traditional regeneration. You know, the eleventh will fall and the twelfth shall rise. And you'll see that in the closing moments of the show," continues Moffat.

"I mean, you sometimes sit and think, 'Are there better ways of doing it? Is there a different way of doing it?' But quite honestly what could be better than that? It's just too exciting!"

In talking about Matt Smith's upcoming departure, he talks about the longtime plan to leave after the 50th Anniversary Special.

"We discussed ages ago that we would do three series and then he would do the 50th and then he'd do Christmas."

"That may sound cold that it was so far in advance but you've got to plan a career."

But in talking about the 50th Anniversary Special, Moffat can only confirm what is already known.

"It will feature of course Matt and Jenna Coleman, but in addition there'll be Billie Piper and David Tennant and John Hurt. But we've been really quite careful. We have a philosophy that anything we shot outside we had to own up to but the rest of it..."

"You're just going to have to wait until November to find out about."