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mtemplar_fic ([personal profile] mtemplar_fic) wrote2009-07-17 05:36 am

Confirmation?

Of the new companion's name in this previous entry?



From the Mirror:

The new Doctor Who's companion is going to be called Amy and (drumroll, please) she'll have a Scottish accent!

Played by the lovely Karen Gillan, Amy will be assisting David Tennant's successor Matt Smith - who I reckon is going to be fantastic as the new Time Lord.

Rumours abound that there'll be some hot chemistry between them, just as there was with Rose and David's Doctor.

Steven Moffat, who's taking over from Russell T Davies as the show's boss, is a huge fan of the 21-year-old. He says she's "funny and clever and gorgeous and sexy.

"Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it." (He is, too.)

My on-set spy whispers: "Karen's Scottish so it seems reasonable she keeps her accent, even though David didn't."

The first picture of the pair in time-travelling regalia will be revealed on Tuesday... because filming on the new series starts on Monday.



Source here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/tv/tv-land/2009/07/17/great-scot-doc-who-s-the-girl-115875-21525962/


Was anyone's guess close?

[identity profile] mtemplar-fic.livejournal.com 2009-07-17 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Wasn't Stephen Moffat on the record for saying that that was an element of New Who that he didn't like even though he perpetuated it quite liberally in TEC and TDD?

He said that at some point, yes - although he seems to have no difficulty pairing the Doctor with someone other than the companion. I suppose we'll have to wait and see. *reserves judgement*

[identity profile] roxyk630.livejournal.com 2009-07-17 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking the EXACT same thing.

Mine wasn't right! XD; Mine was Sophie.
XD; If my friend Amy was a Who fan she'd be excited! :D

[identity profile] ladyprydian.livejournal.com 2009-07-17 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
he seems to have no difficulty pairing the Doctor with someone other than the companion

Is it just me or was River Song (and Mme de Pompadour) a giant "F*&k you" to the fan base.

[identity profile] garpu.livejournal.com 2009-07-17 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm, not so much that, but "hey things aren't what you seem."

I think so long as his episodes don't wind up being as bad as the JNT years, it's all good.

[identity profile] principia-coh.livejournal.com 2009-07-17 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
He has no difficulty pairing the Doctor with someone other than Rose. We'll see what happens when it's his own character paired up with the Doctor.