Karen Gillan: 'Who airing was a relief'

Karen Gillan has admitted to feeling relieved at her first episode of Doctor Who finally airing last weekend.

Speaking to ITV1's This Morning, the actress suggested that the reaction to the series opener 'The Eleventh Hour' seemed to be a positive one.

Gillan said: "Yes, the anticipation was quite pressurising but mostly just exciting because people care so much about it! It's a real privilege.

"We were filming for nine months and you get in to this bubble almost and you sort of forget that it's actually going out on television.

"And it did on Saturday and we're all breathing big sighs of relief because it seems to have gone down quite well."

She added: "Matt is amazing! The pressure he was under, especially when the first episode was airing.

"We are generally great friends and are going through this experience together at the same time."