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New Doctor Who companion: Karen Gillan
The Medium is Not Enough TV blog —
Just in case y'all want to chat about her, since she's going to be Matt Smith's companion on Doctor Who.
Writer and executive producer Steven Moffat said they saw some "amazing actresses" but Gillan "walked through the door the game was up".
He described her as "funny, and clever, and gorgeous, and sexy".
"A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too," he added. ...
The Other Half Of Next Year's All-New Doctor Who Cast [Doctor Who]
io9 —
... Insert obligatory comment about how young she is, and how young the new Doctor is, and why can't the Doctor still be a crotchety old man traveling around with a couple schoolteachers and his granddaughter. [BBC News] ...
(Jon + Kate) / Dating x Hating = Ratings - The Week in Clack
Clique Clack TV —
... This just in, Karen Gillan will be The Doctor’s companion when Matt Smith takes over the role of Doctor Who in 2010 from current Time Lord David Tennant. She’s really young, too (21)! ...
Karen Gillan announced as new companion
Outpost Gallifrey: Doctor Who News —
... that Scottish actress Karen Gillan is to play the new companion, alongside Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith , in the next series of Doctor Who , due to be broadcast in the spring of next year. Twenty-one year-old Gillan previously appeared in last year's episode "The Fires of Pompeii", as the Soothsayer. BBC News reports that she studied acting at Telford College in Edinburgh, and has also appeared in The Kevin Bishop Show and the forthcoming film Outcast, starring James Nesbitt. In the press release, executive producer and chief writer Steven Moffat is quoted as saying: "We ...
Doctor Who’s New Companion Announced
Screen Rant —
... experience, I’ve dissed new things and have been sadly mistaken or surprised. With that note, I’m reserving my judgment until I see something to judge.
At least we’ll get a little more of the Doctor Who we like as David Tennant has a 2-episode guest stint on The Sarah Jane Adventures.
I have a feeling I know, but go ahead, lay it on me. How do you feel about this new bit of casting news?
Source: BBC News
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