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Pearl Mackie is the Doctor’s new companion for the future of
“Doctor Who”.
Pearl Mackie is a native Londoner who is an acting tutor for
children and starred in “Doctors” (a British soap opera) and is currently in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-time at the National Theatre. She has also performed in
“Svengali” (a British film) and a music video for the band, Years & Years.
As an accomplished dancer and actress, Mackie is excited for what the Doctor
has in store for her.
Described as a combination of maturity and immaturity, Mackie
takes on the role of knowing barely anything about the Doctor. This is a
drastic contrast when compared to the last companion, Clara Oswald, who knew
everything about the Doctor given her role in his lives. Mackie also emerges as
the first non-white companion in approximately eight years with the last
colored companion being Martha Jones (Freema Ageyman).
As for Capaldi, he was more than happy to welcome Mackie to the
set. In fact, he even requested that the next companion to be a woman because
he didn’t “want a bloke, because [Capaldi was] frightened that they’ll give
him all the action and [he]’ll be standing around spouting scientific
gobbledygook”. The notion of an
inquisitive, enthusiastic young lady alongside the Doctor is refreshing to
Capaldi and believes the combination works.
So far we’ve only seen a
brief clip of her and the Doctor being pursued by a Dalek. Her name in the
show will be Bill and she will appear in the series starting next year, after
the Christmas special.
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So tell me, what do you think of the new companion?
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