Dr Who - A look at the new Sonic Screwdriver and other things

Here are some new photos from the Dr Who shoot. They include our first look at the new sonic screwdriver, Matt Smith as the Doctor, Alex Kingston as River Song and Karen Gillan as the new companion.
The sonic screwdriver looks a little sleeker than the old one. I wonder if the old one has been upgraded and passed to River Song?
io9 had the photos and they mention that the wreckage is a ship called the Byzantium - River Song mentions the crash of the Byzantium when she meets David Tennant's Doctor.



Not sure if Matt Smith is in character in the photo above or if he has just messed up his lines.

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Doctor Who - Here is his new costume

The BBC have debuted a photo of Matt Smith in costume as the new incarnation of the Time Lord. He is the 11th actor to play the role.

The Time Lord's new look consists of tweed jacket, bow tie, rolled up trousers and black boots.

Also in the photo is the new companion, Amy Pond, played by Karen Gillan, who meets the Time Lord in episode one of the new series.

Filming on the new episodes begins on Monday in Cardiff, with the new series going out in spring 2010.

Not sure about the new look to be honest. I had expected frilly shirts and a throwback to the Sean Pertwee look.

What do you think of the Doctor's new costume? Good or bad?

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The new Doctor's new companion has been cast

A virtually unknown actress as been picked to partner new Time Lord, the virtually unknown actor, Matt Smith in the latest series of Doctor Who, to be broadcast later this year. Karen Gillan, 21, will play the Doctor's assistant in the BBC's prime-time sci-fi drama.

It is thought Gillan, who played a Roman soothsayer in an episode in the last series of Doctor Who, was chosen so as not to overshadow Smith - the youngest Doctor ever - in his first season as David Tennant's replacement.

Writer and executive producer Steven Moffat told the BBC that Gillan is funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy: "A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her, too."

Gillan, an alumnus of London's Italia Conti drama school, has appeared in Scottish detective drama Rebus and Channel 4 fashion drama Stacked. She will also appear in British horror film Outcast (that's the one starring James Nesbitt that I've mentioned a while back), which is in production.

After her unveiling, Gillan said: "I am absolutely over the moon at being chosen to play the Doctor's new companion - I just can't wait to get started. The show is such a massive phenomenon that I can't quite believe I am going to be a part of it."

Source: FP

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