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The latest companion of “Doctor Who” has been revealed. Jenna-Louise Coleman, who is best known for her role as Jasmine Thomas on British soap “Emmerdale”, has been cast to star opposite titular character depicter, Matt Smith, on the long-running sci-fi series.
Gushing about Coleman’s character, executive producer Stephen Moffat said when announcing the casting news, “It’s not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it’s about to happen.” He coyly added, “Jenna is going to lead him on his merriest dance yet. And that’s all you’re getting for now.”
“Who she’s playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor’s standards, this isn’t your usual boy-meets-girl,” he went on teasing.
Coleman is chosen as the replacement of Karen Gillan, whose character Amy Pond as well as Arthur Darvill’s Rory Williams will make a “heartbreaking departure after one final series of roller-coaster voyages” in the fifth episode of the new season.
“I’m beyond excited, I can’t wait to get cracking; working alongside Matt I know is going to be enormous fun and a huge adventure,” the 25-year-old English actress stated about landing a role on the drama series.
Beside “Emmerdale“, the brunette beauty also starred in school drama “Waterloo Road” and appeared as Connie in superhero movie “Captain America: The First Avenger”. She will next be seen on miniseries “Titanic”, which is written by “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes.
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has dismissed reports that Benedict Cumberbatch is to play the villainous Master on the sci-fi series.
Speaking to RadioTimes.com at the Royal Television Society awards, Moffat said: “People really do sit in rooms and make that stuff up. Look at the filming schedules for Doctor Who and Sherlock – those two shows tend to shoot at the same time. We’d have a problem and there’s only so much I can arrange.”
But he then added, as a quick afterthought: “But who knows what could happen in the future…”
Moffat also told RadioTimes.com about plans for the forthcoming series of Doctor Who. Asked whether there would be a large story arc running through the episodes, or if we could expect self-contained adventures, he said: “As ever, there’s a bit of both. But this time we’re moving closer to stand-alone stories. At this point, we’re not planning any two-parters. So, every week is going to be like a different mad movie.”
Paul McGann has insisted that he would return to Doctor Who if asked.
The actor – who played the Time Lord in a 1996 TV movie – told Digital Spy that he would “love” to reappear on the show.
“Being Doctor Who, there’s always anniversaries looming large – celebration programmes and episodes,” he said. “I’m often asked, ‘If they get the five Doctors together, would you do it?’ and of course, I’d do it. They’ve just got to ring me up!”
McGann added that he is “still in the Doctor Who loop”.
“Although I was [in] Doctor Who for six weeks, sixteen years ago, it never goes away – it only ever seems to get stronger,” he suggested.
“I’d love to do that again, but that’s not up to me.”
The sci-fi drama’s current star Matt Smith previously admitted that he would like to appear opposite McGann.
“Paul McGann is a great actor, man, and a great Doctor,” he said. “I say bring back Chris [Eccleston] and Dave [Tennant], too!
“How many Doctors can we get into one story? Imagine if there were five or six of us in one ep and we could all just look at each other and judge each other.”
Doctor Who will return for a seventh series in the autumn on BBC One. McGann’s Sky Atlantic documentary The Petrol Age launches tonight at 8pm.
Filming has just started on series seven of Doctor Who in Cardiff. This series will see the last days of the Ponds with Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill returning for their final, rollercoaster voyage with The Doctor.
Amy and Rory have been at the Doctor’s side for more than two series but what will he do after their heartbreaking departure?
On returning for his third series as the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith says: “It’s thrilling and exciting to be back and working with two of my closest friends.”
Karen Gillan adds: “It’s just brilliant to be back on the TARDIS with Matt and Arthur for our craziest adventures yet.”
Plus new guest stars confirmed so far include David Bradley, Rupert Graves and Mark Williams.
Series seven will then see a dramatic turn of events when The Doctor meets a new friend. Prepare yourselves for thrills, adventures and dramatic surprises as the show builds towards its enormous, climactic 50th anniversary year. Fourteen big, blockbuster-movie episodes – each a brand new epic adventure featuring new monsters and some familiar foes as you’ve never seen them before.
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Steven Moffat spoke to Radio Times recently, remaining as cryptic as ever about what the future holds for Doctor Who. He did, however, confirm that “at least 14 episodes” will be broadcast from Autumn 2012.
“It’ll be returning in the autumn,” he said. “I won’t say when exactly, but it’ll be back in the autumn for a long run. I will just say, it will be at least 14 episodes. We always do 14, because we do the Christmas special as well. So being in the autumn, the Christmas special will be part of it as well.”
Karen Gillan has confirmed what has been clear for a while now – Amy and Rory are only turning up for a cameo in The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe.
“Amy is in the Christmas special, with her husband Rory. It’s a cameo appearance but we’re in there, ” she told the Press Association. “It was really fun, I think we were only down for one evening, just came on set and ran around on set like we always do, it was like we never left. It was great fun.”
At the Q&A earlier in the week, Karen said: “[The special is] very much the Doctor’s story. Arthur and I make an appearance. It’s brief, but really fun.”
Gillan also spoke about her future and how she will feel when she does leave: “I will miss it, it’s like no other job. It’s too much fun and I’m sure that I will never do a job like it. So I’m just really savouring it and the time will come when Amy has to go, I don’t know when that is yet though.”
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Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 7.00 – Christmas Special : It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home, in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special, starring Matt Smith as the Doctor.
He promises to repay her kindness – all she has to do is make a wish.
Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children for a dilapidated house in Dorset. She is crippled with grief at the news her husband has been lost over the channel, but determined to give Lily and Cyril the best Christmas ever.
The Arwells are surprised to be greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And that wishes can come true…
Madge Arwell is played by Claire Skinner, Lily Arwell by Holly Earl and Cyril Arwell by Maurice Cole.
This months Doctor Who Magazine has published a cast list as follows:
Claire Skinner – Madge Arwell
Alexander Armstrong – Reg Arwell
Holly Earl – Lily Arwell
Maurice Cole – Cyril Arwell
Bill Bailey – Droxil
Arabella Weir – Billis
Paul Bazely – Ven-Garr
With this week’s episode the Doctor Who episodes came to an end but just for this season as the series will be coming back with all new episodes. But before we get the new season we have the finale episode of Doctor Who series 6 to be discussed. So read on to know more about the finale.
The Doctor Who series 6 Finale Episode had it all be it suspense, romance and happy ending, exactly the way a finale should be. It had the day of the death of the main lead Doctor and all the fans were anxious to know that whether we will see a new Doctor after present Doctor’s death in this season or will be able to enjoy the new season with the same Doctor. And finally in the end this doubt was cleared out.
Doctor Who Series 6 Episode 13 was titled “The wedding of River Song” and it was titled so because it showed River getting married in this episode. And who was her groom; it was none other than our dear Doctor. As we knew from the earlier Doctor Who Series 6 episodes that Doctor was going to be killed by River only and finale episode was going to show his death but before killing Doctor, River and Doctor got married.
Finale episode of Doctor Who Series 6 had Doctor trying to escape his death but finally giving to it but before River could do that she froze the time and that’s why Doctor’s time of Death didn’t come. But looking at the conditions of the whole world due to this frozen timeline Doctor asks River to kill him. And after spending a love filled moment River kills her now husband Doctor.
But the final scene of episode 13 of Doctor Who series 6 had happy ending for fans as we came to know from River that Doctor is still alive.
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