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Old 19-03-2016, 14:32
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According to Peter Capaldi the new companion has been cast and it's possibly someone he's worked with before.

http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/19/doctor...-cast-5761486/

A name has emerged though nothing official yet.


It's April Pearson who was on Skins (as was Capaldi), no idea if they ever had scenes together though.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535380/

Source for the name is the Doctor Who Zone twitter/facebook account.

https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoShow/


Even if it's not April we'll probably get the official announcement soonish.
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Old 19-03-2016, 15:07
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Fingers crossed they just announce her already, whoever the new girl may be.
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Old 19-03-2016, 15:16
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Yeah that page has a history of being wrong about big things in the past - mostly things that get deleted as soon as they're proven wrong to bolster up a supposedly decent track record.

Not that I'm implying I know any better, right or wrong, they may have called it. Hopefully there'll be an official announcement sometime soon.
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Old 19-03-2016, 15:24
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Yeah that page has a history of being wrong about big things in the past - mostly things that get deleted as soon as they're proven wrong to bolster up a supposedly decent track record.

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Ok, had never heard of the page before so no idea on their track record. Just found it after doing a search on April Pearson's name.


Apparently the bit about Capaldi working with the new companion before is also incorrect so the field's wide open again.
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Old 19-03-2016, 15:34
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According to Peter Capaldi the new companion has been cast and it's possibly someone he's worked with before.

http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/19/doctor...-cast-5761486/

A name has emerged though nothing official yet.


It's April Pearson who was on Skins (as was Capaldi), no idea if they ever had scenes together though.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535380/

Source for the name is the Doctor Who Zone twitter/facebook account.

https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoShow/


Even if it's not April we'll probably get the official announcement soonish.
ive no complaints
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Old 19-03-2016, 15:44
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Hmmm!
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Old 19-03-2016, 16:17
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Whoever it is it would make a nice change to have someone different from the usually feisty, sassy, know it all female sidekick who always knows best and makes the Doctor look a bit rubbish.
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Old 19-03-2016, 17:23
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Radio Times are quoting Capaldi as saying "We've been doing a bit of work together already..." meaning Who, so we can stop trawling his imdb credits for clues!
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Old 19-03-2016, 17:32
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Whoever it is it would make a nice change to have someone different from the usually feisty, sassy, know it all female sidekick who always knows best and makes the Doctor look a bit rubbish.
ide like an entourage again like during pete davidsons era with tegan and co.
or atleast someone who actually travels properly with the doctor and doesnt keep getting dropped off back home of an evening !
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Old 19-03-2016, 18:38
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Wouldn't say no to April. Another babe to follow on from Karen and Jenna (if it happens).
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Old 19-03-2016, 18:48
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Whoever it is it would make a nice change to have someone different from the usually feisty, sassy, know it all female sidekick who always knows best and makes the Doctor look a bit rubbish.
Hear, hear!
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Old 19-03-2016, 20:07
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Unlike Rakhee, April has not recently followed any of the DW production team.,Directors etc
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Old 19-03-2016, 21:59
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Please not April, despise Skins as a show, poor acting and writing.
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Old 19-03-2016, 22:01
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Radio Times are quoting Capaldi as saying "We've been doing a bit of work together already..." meaning Who, so we can stop trawling his imdb credits for clues!
I've been saying for a while on various threads that the companion would have realistically been cast months ago, and while everyone was plodding along pretending the myth of them not having been cast was true, they've probably been getting to know each other/rehearsing in private in preparation for filming.

The companion is always cast many months before they tell anyone that is the case. They always say they had to keep the secret for months before it was revealed.

It baffles me that after it happens that way every time, people still each time believe close to the filming date they haven't yet cast anyone.
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Old 20-03-2016, 02:41
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Please not April, despise Skins as a show, poor acting and writing.
Highly doubt it's april.
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Old 20-03-2016, 09:14
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Please not April, despise Skins as a show, poor acting and writing.
Being flayed alive while someone pours lemon juice on the wounds is a more pleasurable experience than watching Skins.

I'd still rather Rakhee Thakrar myself.
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Old 20-03-2016, 12:58
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I've been saying for a while on various threads that the companion would have realistically been cast months ago, and while everyone was plodding along pretending the myth of them not having been cast was true, they've probably been getting to know each other/rehearsing in private in preparation for filming.

The companion is always cast many months before they tell anyone that is the case. They always say they had to keep the secret for months before it was revealed.

It baffles me that after it happens that way every time, people still each time believe close to the filming date they haven't yet cast anyone.
Agreed. One need only read any of the production guide magazines or those new Hachette partworks guides with their timelines to see how they go. Eg.


5 Jan 2016 New companion cast after extensive search.

10 Jan 2016 Rakhee Thakrar arrives at BBC Cardiff to do preliminary photoshoot with Peter Capaldi.

1 Mar 2016 Rakhee meets with costume designer and has 3D scan by toy manufacturer for her new action figure.

12 May 2016 Production begins on S10 of Doctor Who commencing with nightshoot on Cardiff high street.

15 May 2016 The Sun announces Rakhee Thakrar is cast as new companion Anita "Ani" Chopra and quotes a BBC source as saying her character will be "feisty and more than a match for Capaldi's Dr. Who".
That kind of thing. Wow, hope this either proves eerily prescient or is accidentally taken as fact by some of the more gullible contingent out there!
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Old 20-03-2016, 15:12
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According to Peter Capaldi the new companion has been cast and it's possibly someone he's worked with before.

http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/19/doctor...-cast-5761486/

A name has emerged though nothing official yet.


It's April Pearson who was on Skins (as was Capaldi), no idea if they ever had scenes together though.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535380/

Source for the name is the Doctor Who Zone twitter/facebook account.

https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoShow/


Even if it's not April we'll probably get the official announcement soonish.
She looks too much like a Clara clone.
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Old 20-03-2016, 16:40
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She looks too much like a Clara clone.
I think she looks quite similar to Jenna too. Maybe it's the dark hair and the cheek bones. Of course it may not be her.
It would be nice if they cast a blonde actress or black actress just to draw a real line under the previous companion visually showing the changes. It's been a while since Billie and Freema now
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Old 20-03-2016, 16:51
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Unlike Rakhee, April has not recently followed any of the DW production team.,Directors etc
And DWM and Tom Spilsbury. 'Course it could just be that she's a fan! But got a feeling....and she's a very good actress so would be pleased at the casting if it is Rakhee.
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Old 20-03-2016, 17:14
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Agreed. One need only read any of the production guide magazines or those new Hachette partworks guides with their timelines to see how they go. Eg.



That kind of thing. Wow, hope this either proves eerily prescient or is accidentally taken as fact by some of the more gullible contingent out there!
The only that can be said for certain, is that she will be announced before any street filming. Guest and recurring actors are always announced before they film in public

I imagine the announcement won't happen until AFTER the S9 box set is launched everywhere, and it won't be launched in the US until the 5th April I think. I imagine that once the publicity for this has been finished, then the new Companion will be announced.
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Old 20-03-2016, 18:38
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Hope it is either Rakhee Thakrar, Michelle Keegan or Georgia May Foote.
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Old 20-03-2016, 19:29
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Hope it is either Rakhee Thakrar, Michelle Keegan or Georgia May Foote.
Well I don't think Michelle Keegan is in the running. Isn't she the lead in Our Girl now which startedfilming in January
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Old 20-03-2016, 19:49
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Thank god. Keegan is a terrible actress. She ruined that soap.
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Old 20-03-2016, 22:13
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Well I don't think Michelle Keegan is in the running. Isn't she the lead in Our Girl now which startedfilming in January
Think filming for Our Girl has already wrapped up.
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