[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Glenn

I'm a devoted fan of Nu-Who. Can't watch the classic stuff, it does my head in. Wobbly sets, shaky acting.

Why isn't Donna one of your fav companions

Torchwood has gone downhill drastically. I give up watching halfway through series 4.

Children of Earth though

I liked Donna too, just picked the main ones off the top of my head.

I like who they have chosen for the new companion, good choice. Seems feisty and fun

[Josiah.]

Originally Posted by big brother usa fan

can't wait hopefully America gets it at the same time again

America usually gets the new season of Doctor Who either the day that the UK starts the new series or the day after the UK starts it back up.

[Shaun]

*dirty voice* hello

[Scarlett.]

I loved Jenna Louise Coleman in Emmerdale, it's great to see she's done well after leaving

[Glenn.]

I see her on Telly a few months back and thought she would make a good companion. It's a great choice

[Kate!]

Jenna-Louise Coleman joins Doctor Who: 'not the usual boy meets girl' storyline. Steven Moffat reveals when Karen Gillan will leave and says Doctor will meet new companion in 'a very, very different way'




Jenna-Louise Coleman with Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat.

Former Emmerdale actor Jenna-Louise Coleman is to join Doctor Who as Matt Smith's new companion – but viewers will have to wait until the show's Christmas special to meet her.


Coleman will take over from Karen Gillan, who has played Amy Pond in the show for the past two series, in what showrunner Steven Moffat described as "a very, very different way for the Doctor to meet his new friend".


The writer refused to even reveal the name of Coleman's character in the show. "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," Moffat said. "Even by the Doctor's standards, this isn't your usual boy meets girl."


Coleman, who is due to start work on the show next weekend, has had to keep the news of her new role secret. "A few members of my family knew but it's a huge relief today to be able to phone up my flatmate and tell them," she said.


"I've had a few conversations with Matt who's been amazing. He texted me this morning wishing me good luck and 'We'll have the best time ever,' I think were his words. So he's been very supportive and very excited."


Saying she was a fan of the show, the actor said that David Tennant and Billie Piper were probably the Doctor and companion she was most fond of – alongside Smith and Gillan, of course.


The seventh series of the BBC's revived Doctor Who will kick off with six episodes including the Christmas special airing this autumn, with a further eight episodes to follow in early 2013.


"Amy and Rory will leave in the fifth [episode] that goes out," said Moffat. "It will be a final encounter with the angels and not everybody gets out alive – and I mean it this time."


The show will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, but the writer refused to be drawn on what plans he had in store.


It's still not certain that Matt Smith will remain in his role as the Doctor for an eighth series of the show. "We take it a year at a time and that's the only sensible way you can deal with it. It's a huge amount of time filming a series of Doctor Who and towards the end of that you have to consider if you're going to push onto another one. So the honest answer is I don't know," said Moffat.


"We'll keep him as long as we can is the absolute truth and he hasn't made up his mind yet."


Coleman won her part on the show after impressing with her chemistry with Smith. Moffat said the actor, who will appear in ITV1's big-budget Titanic on Sunday, and has previously appeared in Emmerdale and Waterloo Road, was the only person he'd met who could go faster than Smith.


"There was a moment I remember when they were auditioning together … and they both look frightened doing a Doctor Who scene, and it was an instant poster and I thought 'God that's brilliant'," Moffat said.


Coleman, who is 25 and from Blackpool, said that she hopes she is prepared for the huge interest that surrounds the show and the pressures that brings but is trying to focus on the job. "What I feel really comfortable with is the meetings that I've had with Matt and how much fun we had," she said.


"That is what I'm focusing on and why I can't wait to get on set, and read all the scripts and just start doing my job really," she said. "So I think I'm trying not to really look at those pressures and just be excited about the job in itself."


The actor found she'd got the job while she was in Marks & Spencer buying the ingredients for a salad. "I was in Marks & Spencers holding an avocado," she laughed. "I put my basket down and left Marks & Spencers. But I couldn't tell anyone so I went for a bit of a walk and tried to digest. It was really quite surreal."

[Glenn.]

I wonder if she's his daughter. I mean his and Rivers child not Jenny.

Calling it now

[Glenn.]

Full summary of the days events.

-Jenna-Louise Coleman has been cast as the new companion

-No details on her character were revealed except a few hints: “It’s not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it’s about to happen…”

-“…Jenna is going to lead [the Doctor] on his merriest dance yet…”

-“…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.”

-Jenna-Louise starts filming in May and will first appear in the 2012 Christmas special

-The BBC will air 6 episodes from Autumn 2012, including the Xmas special.

-The remaining 8 will show in 2013

-Moffat says they’ll be more than just 8 episodes in 2013

-Matt Smith is contracted for all episodes up to and including 2013

-Amy and Rory will leave in the fifth episode of Series 7

-The Weeping Angels are back in episode 5 for Amy and Rory’s “final encounter”

-On the Ponds’ final episode, Moffat promises: “not everybody gets out alive – and I mean it this time!”

-Moffat says the Ponds’ departure doesn’t necessarily mean the end for River Song

-The Daleks are back in the Autumn run of series 7- confirmed via DWM on Twitter.

-Moffat says Matt Smith still “hasn’t made up his mind yet” on how long he will stay with the show

[Roy Mars III]

that new companion is amazing though, may actually watch more than two of three episodes once she is on

[Tom4784]

I forgot how gorgeous she is. I'm guessing the secrecy is down to the fact she's related to the Doctor in someway OR she isn't from the 21st Century/isn't human.

[Glenn.]

Doctor and Rivers daughter

[Tom4784]

Possibly but I don't think so, I just couldn't imagine The Doctor bumping uglies with anyone.

[Glenn.]

Youtube video

[Kate!]

-Moffat says the Ponds’ departure doesn’t necessarily mean the end for River Song

yes!! Keep her around as long as possible, great character.

[Glenn.]

I don't think she will be around for the foreseeable future. Even though its completely conceivable for her to appear for years and years to come, I should imagine she's heading towards the library soon.

[Glenn.]

An array of Dalek generations will be in the new series



Rumour is Daleks are Episode 1

[Glenn.]

[BBfanUSA]

Originally Posted by Glenn

I don't think she will be around for the foreseeable future. Even though its completely conceivable for her to appear for years and years to come, I should imagine she's heading towards the library soon.

actually her actress was spotted in New York and they've been recording in New York.

[Scarlett.]

Casting news
https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/sta...49937612644352

[Jarrod]

By the way, did you know that the Logo has changed slightly?

The DW is no longer in the middle from 2012.

[Scarlett.]

I quite like it, I liked the name animation in the Christmas special too