'Doctor Who' exec hints at shock twists

Steven Moffat has promised that the upcoming sixth series of Doctor Who will feature several shock twists.

The showrunner previously confirmed that the final episode of the show's spring run will end on a "huge cliffhanger".

He recently told reporters: "You're going to get several cliffhangers [in this series]. And you're going to get a couple of real belters. Not just [in] episode seven."

He added that writer Matthew Graham's two-part adventure, which comprises episodes five and six, will end with "an absolute cracker" of a cliffhanger.

"You can start to feel as though you can miss one ep and it'll be OK," he suggested. "We don't want that. We stop for a few weeks and let you all worry about what's happening and then come back."

Moffat previously claimed that the new series is the scariest yet and suggested that the first two episodes are "darker than any other opener of a season".

Doctor Who premieres on April 23 on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the US.

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