New Who তারকা shares her plans for Easter

The countdown ticks on for the new series of Doctor Who. And Karen Gillan – alias spunky redhead Amy Pond – knows where she’ll be when her debut episode is unveiled on Saturday 3 April.


“It’s Easter weekend that it’s aired, so I’m probably going to spend it with my family and we’ll all watch it together,” she tells SFX. “Which I’m not so sure about now, come to think of it… everyone watching it! Oh God! On my mum’s side I have a massive family, which takes over Inverness. So I’ll spend it with them, and hopefully people will...

Has Amy changed since আপনি got the role অথবা did she arrive fully formed?

“It was strange. The first audition I did I didn’t even know the character’s name অথবা anything about her. I think they were quite specific and they knew what they wanted and were just waiting for the right girl who had all the components. But then for my সেকেন্ড audition I got to read the first episode, so I kind of got the feel for her. It was a very scary audition, but fun. It was really weird that day, with the recall. I read with Matt and it did go really well, but I’m quite hard on myself anyway, so I was kind...