As we count down to Doctor Who on April 3rd – there are many exciting things to report in the Whoverse. This week we have sexy pictures of new companion Karen Gillan, More Episode Names, Matt Smith Opens up to the Guardian and some awesome set pics.
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Karen Gillan Gets Sexy for InStyle UK
One thing I’m looking forward to with the new series is the new companion Karen Gillan – who is quite the looker. It’s been awhile since the Doctor had a hot young companion so it will be a nice change of pace. Let’s just hope he doesn’t fall for this one too!
Anyway, as part of her increasing fame, Karen Gillan has posed for some fashion pictures for InStyle Magazine.
Here’s a few:
New Episode Titles Revealed
The titles for six episodes have now leaked out and they only get me more excited.
They are in broadcast order (starting April 3rd in the UK, April 17th in the USA):
“The Eleventh Hour”
“The Beast Below”
“Victory of the Daleks”
“The Time of Angels”
“Flesh and Stone”
“Vampires in Venice”
Matt Smith Opens Up to the Guardian
Matt Smith was featured in an interview in the Guardian last weekend talking about everything Doctor Who and what it’s like to step into David Tennant’s shoes.
Here’s an excerpt:
Actually, Smith didn’t originally hope he could be the Doctor. He hoped – rather, assumed – he would be a footballer. He grew up in Northampton, went to a good local secondary which had formerly been a grammar school, did as much work as was necessary to see him through his exams, and played football. Every day, every evening, he played. He was good, too. Signed on at youth level with Northampton Town, then Nottingham Forest and Leicester City. His dad had been a decent centre-back, and his grandfather had played as a striker for Notts County. There was only one thing he was ever going to be: a first-class centre-back.
Then, at 16, he got a back injury. For a year his father, who runs a plastics business, drove him from Northampton to Leicester every day for treatment. Eventually, he returned to action. But it wasn’t the same – the pace, confidence and hunger had gone. Leicester City released him. “I could have signed for a lower league club but it was a risk, and the last few games I didn’t want to play, I dreaded it. I’d lost that desire, the urge, the enjoyment, all the things you need in life. I mean, what’s the point in doing something you don’t enjoy?”
Read the rest of this great profile here.
More Awesome Doctor Who Filming Set Pictures
These pictures are from episode 11 of the new series which will probably air in June. The biggest surprise is that JAMES CORDEN from Gavin and Stacey is guest starring in an episode. I’m taking bets now as to whether or not he happens to say ‘What’s Occurin’?
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Um, Matt Smith has really skinny legs. Of course, so does David Tennant, but we never saw him in soccer shorts. The turtleneck and tweed jacket is also a nice combination.
This new season should be fun!