Former Emmerdale actress Jenna-Louise Coleman to replace Karen Gillan as Doctor Who's new companion

From: The Daily Telegraph March 22, 2012 5:22PM

DOCTOR Who, the Time Lord, is to have a new leading lady.
Jenna-Louise Coleman will join Matt Smith in Doctor Who's 2012 Christmas special.

The 25-year-old replaces actress Karen Gillan, who played Amy Pond in the BBC series, shown in Australia on ABC.

Doctor Who's show runner Steven Moffat refused to reveal anything about Coleman's character.

"Absolutely nothing - you're going to have to wait and see! It's not the usual kind of story, it's a very, very different way for the Doctor to meet his new friend, so (I can tell you) absolutely nothing. Not even the name."

Coleman landed the part of lesbian Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale in 2005, and has also appeared in Waterloo Road and Captain America: The First Avenger.

The 25-year-old will soon be seen as cabin steward Annie Desmond in Julian Fellowes's drama Titanic, commissioned to mark the centenary of the ship's sinking.

Gillan was confirmed to be departing Doctor Who along with co-star and on-screen husband Arthur Darvill (Rory Wilson) in December.

It is known that they will leave part way through series seven in a "heartbreaking end", and Gillan has teased that her exit will have a "strong impact".

She also assured fans that her final Doctor Who storyline is "going to be damn good", adding that Amy will go out "on a high".

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