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Karen Gillan signs for BBC teen drama

Published Tuesday, Oct 6 2009, 13:46 BST | By Dan French
Karen Gillan signs for BBC teen drama
Karen Gillan is to star in a new BBC Switch teen drama series, it has been announced.

The 21-year-old actress, who will soon appear as the new companion in Doctor Who, stars as Coll in the four-part television series, which also has accompanying online content.

Gillan will play a "brainy beauty" who is "not a hit with the boys" in The Well, which follows a brother and sister and their friends after they disturb something dark at the bottom of an ancient well.

The show starts this Saturday on BBC Two.

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