Gillan: 'New Who has amazing climax'

Karen Gillan has hailed the story arc and finalé of her first series of Doctor Who.

The actress, who plays new companion Amy Pond in Matt Smith's opening year as The Doctor, told Heat that there is much to expect from the show when it returns on April 3.

Gillan said: "It's a rollercoaster of completely scary moments and monsters and things. Then there are moments of love and joy. It's also incredibly funny. It pushes all the buttons.

"It's like a sick fairytale, in terms of the way it's been written and the way it looks. There's an interesting arc to the story that builds up to an amazing climax."

When quizzed about the controversy caused when The Doctor expressed disappointment that he was still not a redhead after his regeneration, she added: "I couldn't quite believe how much trouble that sparked!

"I mean, The Doctor wants to be ginger. He was bigging up the gingers! He wasn't being gingerist."

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