Saturday, 23 April 2016

Doctor Who - New companion - Pearl Mackie

Why the BBC decided to reveal the new companion for Doctor Who during half time of the Everton v Manchester United FA Cup game is beyond me. I would not have thought it was the shows demographic audience and I can see thousands of whovians sitting through 45 minutes of football waiting for the reveal or just switch over at half time at 6pm.

It’s been building for weeks now ‘who will be the new Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) the last companion’ and from what I have read fans with like to see Maisie Williams who is more than busy playing Arya Stark in Game of Thrones. She has spent time this week in her busy schedule with the new series of Game of Thrones starting tomorrow night denied she is going into Doctor Who.

I was thinking whom I would like to see in the roll and after dismissing Scarlett Johansson in a bikini from the planet bikini, I got serious. I would have looked to Game of Thrones and Rose Leslie who played Ygritte the love interest of Jon Snow who died in Jon's arms. Having seen her in a few other things and think, she would have made a great companion for the Doctor. The question would be would the BBC have another redheaded scot in the TARDIS after former companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan).

The BBC dragged out the reveal with football punditry and finally …. Who would have guessed?

I had seen her name link to the part on Twitter Pearl Mackie. She looked a bit annoying I have to say in this identity reveal but how can she not know who the Daleks were. Where was she at the Battle of Canary Wharf when the Daleks and the Cybermen waged a battle across London?

We will have to wait and see how the partnership works to be fair to her and i am looking forward to finding out her history. The Doctor Who franchise moves forward with the viewing figures down last season mainly due to using the show in a ratings war and some negativity surrounding the Doctor Peter Capaldi. Still I can’t wait for the new series to start.

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