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As we fans of the show brace ourselves for tonight\u2019s episode, feel free to discuss what you expect might happen, what you fear will happen, what you will be sorry if it never happened, and what you will miss most as things change when Doctor Who returns at Christmas, if not sooner.<\/p>\n

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