While it took fans a while to warm to her after the departure of the beloved Ponds, she proved herself to be a wonderful addition to the show, sparring admirably with both the eleventh and twelfth Doctor.
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Coleman has played the role of Clara, companion to the kooky time traveller the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) since 2012, and although the 29-year-old said that she had a rather “emotional” farewell, details of Clara’s actually send off are being kept secret. The actress will star as Queen Victoria in an eight-part drama series about the monarch and her relationship with eventual long-time husband Prince Albert. Here’s what Jenna Coleman had to say about her new role in a statement. “She’s not someone from the Doctor’s past… unless I’m lying”.
Who should be the new Doctor Who companion? She added, “Steven (show runner Stephen Moffat) and I sat down a year and a half ago and tried to work out the best place to do it, and the best place to tell a really good story”.
Whovians have an almost impossible-to-satisfy appetite for anything “Doctor Who” and for those who can no longer wait until the season nine premiere, BBC just released a prologue video for the upcoming “Doctor Who” season.
“I think it’s really cool”, Jenna said while she was on-air.
The kicker here is, we’re not sure when and why Clara leaves and we’re left wondering how the longest running companion – at least in the modern revival – will exit the show for good. The actress revealed in a radio interview with BBC One that she has already filmed her final scenes for Doctor Who.
Of course, it’s one comment in particular that’s really thrown us – “Since he was a little girl”.
Doctor Who returns with a two-parter, “The Magician’s Apprentice” and “The Witch’s Familiar”, September 19th, 2015 at 9/8c on BBC America.
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Oh yes, that’s right – 2013’s Time of the Doctor, when the Time Lords gave the Doctor a new cycle of regenerations to save his life and change him into Peter Capaldi’s version of the character.
