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Pearl Mackie to be New Companion
Pearl Mackie has been named as the new Doctor Who companion alongside Peter Capaldi’s Time Lord in the Tardis.
The Londoner’s role was announced on BBC One during half time of the FA Cup semi-final match between Everton and Manchester United.
Mackie replaces Jenna Coleman, whose character Clara Oswald left the show in 2015.
Filming for the next series of the long-running science fiction show will start this year but air in 2017.
Mackie, who graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2010, is currently performing in the National Theatre’s West End production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
Fiona Ting
July 20th, 2016 - 5:30pmI think she is very good companion for 12th Doctor Who
The Living Shadow
June 14th, 2016 - 8:08pmWhy are people saying that she’s going to be called Bill? You can clearly see that it says “asBill” at the end of the scene. Either that or the BBC are having a bit of a ‘spag’ malfunction… Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to seeing Asbill join the Tardis
Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey Stuff
June 14th, 2016 - 8:37amWas that the psychic paper the Doctor looked at at 1 minute 35 seconds?
Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey Stuff
June 14th, 2016 - 8:34amIt might be short for Billie, Phil.
Phil
May 22nd, 2016 - 5:09pmLove everything about her except the nickname Bill. Whats up with a chick having a dudes name?
will
May 28th, 2016 - 3:29pmAmy and rose were the best. The Titanic girl and Martha not bad. Clara and Donna annoying and made the doctor look weak. The show should have been named clara/donna and a guy. That is what the doctor was like with them. A nobody.
The Moffat Paradox
May 21st, 2016 - 10:30pmLOL. Davros has just been put through to the semi finals of Britain’s Got Talent 2016 !
All praise Davros!
All praise Davros!
The Moffat Paradox
May 26th, 2016 - 10:58pmAnd has now been seemingly exterminated by the judges and voting public tonight.
“I CANNOT DIE !”
“I CANNOT DIE !”
Floyd_of_Tim
May 12th, 2016 - 4:13pmI dunno what everyone’s smoking…but get some shiznit….I saw the clip….she PALES in comparison to Clara and it’s sad…I’m such a DW fan and yet this girl who is stupidly being called BIll just to be blatantly different is truly DULL and boring and unless something awesome happens I actually may not watch this next season….I loved Martha…so this is not some racist American thing..But my favorite companions were Donna and Clara…they both come in first b/c they both were the best for the Doctors they were with at the time….I was hoping a more mature person would be the next Peter Capaldi’s Doctor companion…not someone who looks like she belongs on America’s Next Top Model…Sigh, it saddens me.
Button
May 21st, 2016 - 11:55pmPersonally having a companion that doesn’t gel with the doctor is an interesting dynamic, to me she feels like a little inquisitive five year old asking for the meaning of everything in front of her eyes. And in terms of Maturity, surely Clara ranks as the mature one.
To me clara was an interesting companion, there was a lot about her that showed a young, yet independent character. However the decisions made around her character and making her so important to the doctor was a little bit much for me. She acts as a moral compass to the 11th when he is about to destroy Gallifrey, She enters the doctors time stream and saves him multiple times and she is the one who inspires him to run away from Gallifrey in the first place.
With all of the things that she has done it would have made sense for her to be someone of close importance to the doctor, like a regeneration of his granddaughter or one of his lost children. But instead she is this human that comes a little to close to the doctors life and is then killed off without a real solid conclusion to her story arc. Clara is one of my favourites, but I just feel they dragged her story on with no real meaning.
The Moffat Paradox
May 8th, 2016 - 3:10pmLOL. Davros has auditioned for Britian’s Got Talent and got through!
All praise Davros!
All praise Davros!
The Living Shadow
May 8th, 2016 - 9:18pmWhat?!
THE MOFFAT PARADOX
May 8th, 2016 - 10:49pmYep just put Britain’s Got Talent 2016 in YouTube for Saturday May 7th and its under “The Deep Space Deviants”.
I think he’s up against it with the Star Wars “Boogie Storm” Storm troopers though that Simon Cowell’s gave the golden buzzer to unless his creations EXTERMINATE THEM!
otto toon
May 9th, 2016 - 10:51amIn my opinion, i dont know how “Davros” got through. The act was terrible. Almost like it hadnt been rehearsed and he just thought “ill make something up on the spot”
Cman1O1Dalek
May 3rd, 2016 - 9:04pmoh my god you lazes you should not even reuse shots from into the Dalek you lazes
Andrius
June 16th, 2016 - 8:00amI was expecting to get my hands on the DVD of that episode all a box set
Exterminator
April 27th, 2016 - 3:12pmSo is Bill going to be in this years Christmas special or not until series 10 in 2017?
DannyTheNerd
April 28th, 2016 - 10:15amHasn’t been said. I’d imagine not until series 10, but may be wrong
12th Doctor Fan
May 2nd, 2016 - 4:27pmPlease not river again for christmas special.
DoctorWhoFan
April 25th, 2016 - 7:00pmI wish we didn’t have to wait a whole year until doctor who. I’m already looking forward to it!
Anonymous
April 25th, 2016 - 4:47pmThis new companion looks like shes from the eighties with the style and if anyone wants to check out my youtube channel WHOVIAN63 it would be appreciated. i’ve made a video for the series 10 opening.
MrHaloWho
April 28th, 2016 - 6:52amAs long as she’s not from the present day, I’m fine with it.
Gillian
April 25th, 2016 - 12:47pmI’m liking what I see in this new character. Bill reminds me of Ace, and Ace was by far my most favourite companion, always ready for action. I hope the traits of Ace remain…and no more lovey dovey stuff from previous companions.
Can’t wait for new series.
12th Doctor Fan
April 25th, 2016 - 3:37pmI loved Ace, so I’m grinning with delight, hubby’s already said yes to a jacket and a Bill with dr t shirt.
Frankie
April 29th, 2016 - 9:22pmShe’s honestly like ace and this is how many episodes
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14/15 episodes
tardis
April 25th, 2016 - 12:09pmI think Bill may be from the 1980’s. Although i am probably wrong.
C21
May 25th, 2016 - 5:31pm80s or 90s. That’s what i thought too.
prototype dalek
April 25th, 2016 - 9:26amI think she might be quite good, this is only an introduction so she might changed a buit depending on reception
Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey Stuff
April 25th, 2016 - 12:58amWhy is it that whenever a dalek is shooting at the Doctor or his companion its aim is always off? For everyone else, the daleks aim is spot on. Is it just the Doctor’s presence?
Anonymous
April 25th, 2016 - 9:25amTo be fair some of those clips were from In to the Dalek
Joshua Pack
April 27th, 2016 - 9:55pmI just seen the tenth doctor get hit by a Dalek. wish the tenth doctor stayed forever….. i mean, kindof does in a parallel universe for as long as a human… anyway, i think the doctor’s presence intimidates them.
Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey Stuff
April 25th, 2016 - 12:53amIn one of the pictures above the TARDIS looks very battered. There’s bits of paint peeling off. How did that happen, because it wasn’t like that in The Husbands of River Song. Did the daleks do it? Or has the Doctor just let it fall into disrepair, like he did when he lost Donna? I’m really hoping there’s a new interior to the TARDIS too.
Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey Stuff
April 25th, 2016 - 12:31amI’m really hoping Season 10 will be a very memorable one. Bill looks promising, and if they’re waiting a year before releasing hopefully they have some really good episodes. I’m hoping that the Weeping Angels can make another appearance in a really scary episode, and that they bring back one of the classic villains from old doctor who like Omega. I’d also like a really complicated story line like Season 6. Can’t wait!
daleksean
April 24th, 2016 - 7:34pmI hope there isn’t a complicated storyline to her like thedoctordonna etc
Alex Who?
April 24th, 2016 - 7:22pmI think she’s going to bring a hip new vibe to the show. Can’t wait till 2017!
ALEX THE CARDIFF BAYLORD
April 24th, 2016 - 5:39pmI would say it’s turning in to a kids program, but it looks better than before. I feel doctor who really fails both children and kids, through making scenes childish and yet adding a very complicated story line, which is in turn is ruined through the childish scenes.
Exterminator
April 24th, 2016 - 2:51pmI’ve watched the clip a few times now and I think she’s going to be an amazing companion. I like the way she makes silly observations and jokes in the face of impending danger. I feel she’s just what the doctor needs after the know all that was Clara.
I can’t wait for Christmas now, I really want to see how the Dr meets Bill.
the ergon
April 24th, 2016 - 1:05pmI think there playing it safe for the pre teen market, she comes across as a sassier cross between ace and Courtney. Not the radical change I was expecting. The fact pearl is 28 and looks at first glance like she might be playing older teen has something in common with sophie aldred, if that’s the age she,ll be playing because she was playing the teen in her mid to late twenties. I think there might be more to her than meets the eye.I just hope they don,t saddle the character with the big the big family backstory. I do think bill is the diminutive of Belinda, like the woman from 2 point 4 children.
doctor who fan 11
April 24th, 2016 - 12:23pmIs she human or an alien?
after watching the mini ep 4 times I am leaning towards alien. if she is human why does she not recognise the daleks. After the events of AOG/D and TSE/JE everyone should recognise the daleks. Martha did. donna didn’t because she was always away or hungover when anything happens. Amy didn’t because of the crack in the world. And for Clara it is impossible too know after she had entered the doctors timeline. so if she is human why does she not recognise them now.
Anonymous
April 24th, 2016 - 5:07pmI’m sure the crack in time erased those invasions? Like with the cyberking in Victorian London?
Simon Delafield
April 24th, 2016 - 5:16pmUnless she comes from a period before that – hence the “back to the future, 2017” comment – maybe she comes from early 21st century? Style of dress isn’t much help nowadays…
DoctorWhoFan
April 24th, 2016 - 11:27amFor those fans who don’t like her I just have to say don’t let new things stop you from what you like. She might actually be a great companion so carry on watching Doctor Who. To be honest I didn’t like peter capaldi when I heard he was the new doctor but he turned out to be great and now I find him brilliant. So again, don’t let new things stop u from what u like.
DOCTOR 12
April 24th, 2016 - 11:46amYour right. I did get a bit annoyed. Sorry for the cruelty
Doctor Fish Fingers and Custard
April 24th, 2016 - 10:23amI like how the Doctor has returned to his old suit from Season 8. That was always my favorite.
Exterminator
April 24th, 2016 - 2:39pmHe looks great in the red velvet jacket.
A
April 24th, 2016 - 10:07amIt’s nice to see everyone has such an optimistic, sensible… Oh, wait… No, not everyone. Watch an episode or two before vowing never to watch again if you are any sort of fan. Complain bitterly after you have some more evidence. Give her a chance to be introduced properly. One of the risks of Who is the ever changing cast, but it’s also kinda the point – new Doctors, new companions.
DoctorWhoFan
April 24th, 2016 - 11:14amU might be surprized of how good she might be. Don’t let new things stop u from what u like
Micah Adamson
April 24th, 2016 - 9:31amThe Doctor says that they’ve got to go to the future of 2017. Does that mean that Bill is from the past? Or has she already taken a trip in the TARDIS from 2017 to whenever in the past they are?
A
April 24th, 2016 - 9:50amI think the whole scene is an intro to the new companion & possibly won’t even appear in series 10. Into the future of 2017 could be a reference to the air date of the next series.
DoctorWhoFan
April 24th, 2016 - 8:10amI think she will be great. Looking forward to series 10
Dalek The Supreme
April 24th, 2016 - 6:49amThe blatantly re-used stock footage from Into the Dalek was not welcome, though. Really quite lazy, there.
DoctorWhoFan
April 24th, 2016 - 8:19amMaybe its because the daleks have a new look and they don’t want to spoil it
Anonymous
April 25th, 2016 - 3:18pmYea, I agree with this.
The comment below about the daleks having a new look – it was already tried once badly and failed in that thrilling adventure from season 5.