Doctor Who boss Steven Moffat has said that casting 55-year-old Peter Capaldi makes "no difference" to the show.

Moffat told IGN that the return to an older Doctor will not affect the BBC sci-fi series.

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"It's all the difference in the world - because suddenly he's a man in his 50s with grey hair - and [yet] it's no difference at all," the showrunner claimed.

"Never mind that, John Hurt's 73, and how great was he? And kids love the John Hurt Doctor."

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Moffat added that he could think of only "one actor" of a similar age to Capaldi's predecessor Matt Smith "who'd be a brilliant choice for the Doctor".

"But you just think, 'It's another sexy young man with amazing hair,' and we've done that," he argued.

Doctor Who's eighth series is shooting in Cardiff and will debut on BBC One in late 2014.

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