Steven Moffat has dismissed the chances of a Doctor Who movie.

The show's executive producer questioned how a big screen outing for The Doctor would work, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

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On the subject of a movie, he said: "I don't think there is one. No one has ever squared the circle on that. How do we do this? How do we do it without leaching from the television series - which we're not allowed to do, because Doctor Who is public funded?

"If it's going to be a different Doctor, are we going to try and sell two Doctors at the same time?

"I know there's been loads of Doctors, but there's only been one at a time. You don't have a James Bond on television and one in the cinema. If he's the same guy, then when are we going to make that?"

Moffat added that a Doctor Who movie would have to be "colossal" to impress fans.

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He explained: "We're talking one of the biggest TV shows in the world. It can't just be a medium-size movie - it's gotta be a colossal movie.

"I've sat with people, saying - and in the end it's not my decision or my choice, I don't own Doctor Who - 'Okay, explain to me how it's going to work'. And nobody has an answer."

Earlier this week, the BBC released an official digital Doctor Who box-set via BitTorrent.

Doctor Who will return for a ninth series on BBC One this year.

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