SCIFI AND TV TALK: Doctor Who's Karen Gillan Talks Season Six
Karen Gillan burst onto TV screens last year as feisty companion, Amy Pond, and immediately secured her place in Doctor Who broadcasting history which has been an integral part of British culture since the 1960s. Returning for her second season aboard the TARDIS, Karen reveals in this BBC America Press Q & A what lies in store for Amy, the naughty tricks her co-stars play on her, and why she has a newfound passion for fencing...
... FILMING IN AMERICA - While the majority of filming for Doctor Who usually takes place in Cardiff, the cast found themselves in the middle of the desert in Utah last November to film scenes for the opening two-parter. “The new season starts with a real bang,” exclaims Karen. “Filming in Utah was so much fun and I spent a lot of time running around the desert; the scenery was amazing and simply wouldn’t have looked the same if we had filmed it in Cardiff against a green screen. The desert backdrop really gives the opening two episodes an epic feel.”
However, it wasn’t all fun for the actors as temperatures plunged below freezing at night and then they had to battle searing temperatures during the day. “We were all ‘thermaled’ up and I had on two pairs of trousers and four tops! Then the sun would come up making it blistering hot and we’d all peel off the layers,” laughs Karen...
Doctor Who season six premieres on BBC America on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 9/8C.
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