Doctor Who officially has a new companion: Pearl Mackie.
Don’t know her? That’s not surprising.
The actress does not have a huge list of TV credits to her name aside from a role on BBC1’s Doctors. Most of her experience comes from stage roles, including one in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
“I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Doctor Who family,” Mackie said in a statement. “It’s such an extraordinary British institution, I couldn’t be prouder to call the TARDIS my home!”
Mackie’s new companion is a character named Bill, who Mackie described as “wicked” and “fantastically written, cool, strong, sharp, a little bit vulnerable with a bit of geekiness thrown in.” Read more…
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