by SHAUN MILNE
SCOTS actress Karen Gillan has been unveiled as Dr Who’s next companion.
The stunning 21-year-old from Inverness will star alongside the next Timelord – former Party Animals actor Matt Smith – in the hit BBC adventure series.
But fans of the show may already remember Karen, a former student at Edinburgh’s Telford College, from when she starred as Soothsayer in a 2008 episode: The Fires of Pompeii.
She said: “I’m absolutely over the moon to have been chosen.
Massive
“The show is such a massive phenomenon that I can’t quite believe that I’m going to be a part of it.”
Beautiful Karen was cast by Steven Moffat, the show’s new lead writer and executive producer, who replaces the outgoing Russell T Davies. And she says she can’t wait to team-up with the new Doctor in Matt Smith. Continue reading
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