{"id":12938,"date":"2022-03-28T17:33:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1616030"},"modified":"2022-03-28T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:00:09","slug":"doctor-whos-karen-gillan-wants-to-return-alongside-matt-smith","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-karen-gillan-wants-to-return-alongside-matt-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Karen Gillan wants to return alongside Matt Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 28 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Karen Gillan has said that she would be open to returning as Amy Pond in Doctor Who, but only on the condition that she gets to reunite with her former screen partners Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill.<\/p>\n<p>The trio kick-started Steven Moffat\u2019s tenure as <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-2022-specials-release\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Doctor Who<\/a> boss, with Smith taking the coveted role of the Eleventh Doctor and Darvill playing Amy\u2019s boyfriend Rory Williams.<\/p>\n<p>They were last seen on screen together in 2012 episode The Angels Take Manhattan, while Gillan returned for a brief cameo the following year in festive special The Time of the Doctor.<\/p>\n<p>As the show prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary and enter a new phase under returning showrunner Russell T Davies, Gillan told <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/WIRED\/status\/1507877812736208900&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">WIRED<\/a> where she stands on coming back to Doctor Who.<\/p> <p>\u201cNever say never. If I was asked I would be really, really interested and keen. It would be really amazing,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019d like to do it with Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill if I was going to go back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, she reflected on landing the role of Amy Pond, which set her on the path to international stardom, including major roles in blockbuster film franchises <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/jumanji-4-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Jumanji<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">What is Karen Gillan&#8217;s real accent? When did Karen Gillan join Doctor Who? MCU royalty <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/karengillan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@karengillan<\/a> stopped by to do the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the question about her that people ask the internet the most. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/9epuf1EVKx&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/9epuf1EVKx<\/a><\/p>\u2014 WIRED (@WIRED) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/WIRED\/status\/1507877812736208900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">March 27, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Gillan added: \u201cI was 21 years old, so a baby. That was the big break of my career. I went from not working very much as an actor to being in a very beloved show in the UK \u2013 and I miss it so much, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019ll next be seen in Judd Apatow\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/netflix&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Netflix<\/a> comedy The Bubble, which comes ahead of her Marvel return later this year in <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/thor-love-and-thunder-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Thor: Love and Thunder<\/a> and the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/guardians-holiday-special-james-gunn-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor Who is available to stream on <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b006q2x0\/doctor-who&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. Check out more of our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Sci-Fi<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong><strong>isten to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Craig Published: Monday, 28 March 2022 at 12:00 am Karen Gillan has said that she would be open to returning as Amy Pond in Doctor Who, but only on the condition that she gets to reunite with her former screen partners Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill. 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