Introducing Amy

The Eleventh Doctor isn’t the only new face in the TARDIS as the Time Lord is joined by the feisty, fantastic new companion, Amy Pond! We know their paths cross in the series opener, The Eleventh Hour and that she accompanies him through time and space, but aside from that, what is Karen Gillan, who plays Amy Pond, telling us?

Karen Gillan AKA Amy Pond

Discussing Amy’s relationship with the Doctor, Karen muses, ‘She doesn’t take his word as gospel and she’s always happy to challenge him. If he tells her to do something then she won’t necessarily do it, she might go off and do her own thing which can sometimes create a rift between the two of them! They are best pals though and it’s a very up and down relationship because they are both very passionate people.’

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Sounds like it might get stormy! Karen agrees, adding, ‘They have quite a turbulent relationship but it’s also really passionate and they care about each other… It’s a great relationship!’

Murray, who has had very limited screen time in her young years outside of her role in the British television series “Skins,” is apparently the choice of Steven Moffat to join Smith when the series begins producing regular episodes again in 2010.

The rumor hasn’t been confirmed by BBC, but if it’s true, Murray will join a long list of companions, that in the modern era included Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate.

Tate’s Donna Noble first appeared in the second Christmas special of the new series, and returned in the fourth season in a critic’s favorite storyline that resulted in the character’s “death.”

Accompanying the companion reports is a story from Dark Horizons that BBC is planning just two specials in 2009, and not three as originally planned. That will include Easter’s “Planet of the Dead” starring David Tennant and Michelle Ryan, and this year’s Christmas special, which features Tennant and Lindsay Duncan, and marks the return of the Ood.

The third special has been pushed to early 2010, possibly as early as New Year’s Day, and will be the final episode for Tennant, who will leave the series before the fifth season starts in 2010. The episode will take place on Mars, and will feature Peter O’Brien as the villain, according to reports.

Much of this hasn’t been confirmed by BBC, so until that happens, it should be treated as any rumor would.

The Daily Mirror reports that new writer Stephen Moffat wants Matt’s arrival to herald a new digital era of the popular BBC show.

“It will be the most hi-tech, intricate Tardis ever,” said a source. The interior of the Tardis will have a completely new look and the police-box front will also be revamped.

Matt, 26, will be the youngest actor to play the 903-year-old Doctor.

A spokesperson for the show would not confirm or deny the changes.