With all the hoopla surrounding the young Matt Smith as the new Doctor in the next season of Doctor Who, the BBC finally unveiled who his assistant will be – and she’s even younger than he is. Karen Gillian, a 21-year-old actress, will tag along with the Doctor on his next round of adventures that will air next year on the BBC.
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. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it”.
“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.
Even though she has appeared in a few shows, this is her first high profile project.
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To my blooming interest in Doctor Who, thanks MS, there have been younger actors like what’s his name? Adric.
new companion or love interest. they’re both young and at their sexual peak.
i don’t like where this is going.
Wow. She’s hot.
they’re not both young, the doctor will still be very very old.
As for sexual peak, who is to say?
She’s all kinds of cute. she’s even been in doctor who before. As for young see looks older than billie piper
At least she’s not Jailbait.
She’s HOT! But let us hope Matt’s Doctor won’t be kissing nearly as much as Tennant’s Doctor did, preferably not at all. Mid you, I love the 10th Doctor but he will be known as the kissing Doctor.
Moffat & co. seem to be going with this agreeable idea of hunting down little-known actors who have good talent, rather than the opposite. I can’t make any judgements about this assistant until I see her onscreen, but I at least know that she isn’t Rose. Quite frankly, I don’t think I’d like to see something like Rose ever come into the Doctor’s life ever again.
I thought Billie had the right about the love interest for the show, I am thinking they will try and push the love thing more now and ruin the show. If it turns into a dam Si-Fi drama I will quit watching. I am hopeful they will not go down this path but like the rest of us i will wait and see what they do.