“Dr. Who,” the UK’s longest running sci-fi series, starts a new chapter this week. The show has a new star in the title role, actor Matt Smith, and fans can soon watch it on this side of the pond on BBC America.
Smith and co-star Karen Gillan joined me on FoxNews.com’s Strategy Room this week. Our viewers from Arizona to Illinois to Florida flooded my inbox with excited emails and questions for the stars. One compared Smith to James Dean, while another said his son is the series’ biggest fan.
For those who aren’t familiar with “Dr. Who,” Smith explained his character.
“Dr. Who is a 907-year-old who travels through space and time,” Smith said. “What’s sort of brilliant about it is, from one week to the next, he can be in the past or the future. And he does all this with a companion.”
His companion is the lovely Amy Pond, played by Scottish actress Gillan. When the pair first meet, Amy is just seven years old. Gillan says this plotline led to a role for her young cousin.
“They needed an actress to play a younger version of me,” said Gillan. “And because I have a weird sort of Highland accent and ginger hair, it’s not sort of easy to find. So they asked me if I knew anyone, any relatives, and I put her forward and she nailed it.”
Once Amy grows up, she and Dr. Who meet again and soon find themselves saving the world. The adventure begins at 9/8 Central Saturday on BBC America – good news for our Strategy Room viewers who love sci-fi.
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