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Friday, 16 April 2010

Doctor Who's Karen Gillan swaps her short skirts for old school glamour in New York

Her character's love of short skirts shocked Doctor Who fans.

But off-screen it seems Karen Gillan has more mature tastes.

At a screening of the new series in New York yesterday, the 22-year-old was a picture of old-fashioned Hollywood glamour.

Karen's floor-length flowing purple gown highlighted the former model's statuesque figure.

Matt Smith and Karen Gillan

Across the pond: Matt Smith and Karen Gillan at the screening of Doctor Who at the Village East Cinema in New York

Along with the new Doctor Matt Smith the Scottish actress is busy promoting the new series, which is set to premiere on BBC America this Saturday.

Karen plays the Doctor's assistant Amy Pond, who makes a living as a kissogram.

Her British debut prompted a flood of comments on online message boards, with a section of fans accusing producers of 'shamelessly sexing up' the long-running family show and labelling it 'slutty'.

Karen Gillan

All grown up: Karen's short skirts in the new series of Doctor Who, right, drew complaints that the show was being 'sexed up'

But Karen laughed off the remarks and defended the outfit choices.

'She wears lots of short skirts…and it got a few column mentions! It’s interesting, it’s part of the plot and it’s not that bad,' she said.

'I mean, look down most high streets and girls Amy's age wear that. It's not that weird.

Karen Gillan

Glowing: Karen, who plays Amy Pond, signs a miniature tardis as she greets her U.S. fans; she was an unknown before she landed the role

'Short skirts show that Amy is confident and comfortable about her look.

'You have to have confidence to wear something like that.'

Matt and Karen were joined by the show's executive producer Steven Moffatt at the screening.

The new gang: The show's executive producer Steven Moffat joined
his stars

The new gang: The show's executive producer Steven Moffat joined his stars

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Tweak for the worst :P

By Heather Hawthorne

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor Who, is new recruit to Labour campaign

Fetch the sonic screwdriver, start up the Tardis and prepare for power. The Labour Party has unveiled its latest recruit as Doctor Who.

Or, to be strictly accurate, the actor David Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor, before he had to regenerate and become a younger, fresher, edgier version of his old self (not a trick that Gordon Brown has mastered yet, but there are a few weeks to go).

In the first election broadcast of the campaign, seen on television last night, Tennant provided the voiceover for a broadcast featuring the actor Sean Pertwee, the son of Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor.

In the 2½-minute film, which is notably devoid of Daleks or any other power-crazy aliens intent on destroying the planet (unless of course there is a subliminal message about the Conservative Party we have missed), Pertwee trudges across a bleak moor as he talks about the tough choices facing people on “the road ahead”. Tennant provides the message at the end: “We have been through tough times, but by staying on the right road, we can make Britain the country we all want it to be, to build a future that is fair for all of us.”

It is filmed in the North York Moors National Park, which in the old days of Doctor Who could have passed muster for some distant planet in the 43rd century.

Tennant has already made plain his view on the Tories: worse than the Slitheen, it seems, possibly even as bad as the Jagaroth. “I think David Cameron is a terrifying prospect,” he said earlier this year. “I get quite panicked at the notion that people are buying his rhetoric.”

One does not, however, live for 900 years, and survive encounters with Ice Warriors and Sea Devils, by having a simplistic attitude to these things.

“Clearly, the Labour Party is not without some issues right now and I do get frustrated,” he said. “They need to sort some stuff out but they are still a better bet than the Tories.”