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| text = OUTGOING Doctor Who star Karen Gillen has revealed that she has been been feeding her replacement on the show nuggets of information about co-star Matt Smith.<br />
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Former Emmerdale actress Jenna-Louise Coleman (26) joins the sci-fi drama as the Time Lord's new assistant after Karen (24), who plays Amy Pond, bows out.<br />
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Karen, who makes her last appearance in next month's BBC1 series, said: "I've met Jenna and we get on really well. And I've been texting her bits and bobs about Matt, but what I wrote is a secret.<br />
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'That's the code of the companion. I didn't offer her any advice though, because I want her to have the experience for herself. I didn't want to plant any preconceptions in her head?<br />
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Smith (29), who has been playing the doctor since 2010, has praised his new co-star: "The show is so much about dealing with Steven (Moffat's) writing, having an instinct for the tone and pace.<br />
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And Jenna nailed that tone of fear and adventure? said Karen, who is starring in a miniseries about the Time Lord's trusty sidekicks. However, she will not be returning for next year's one-off, 90-minute 50th anniversary special.<br />
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She said: "I decided there'd be no cameo returns after I leave. I want the impact of the end of the Pond era to remain strong. I don't want to spoil it by coming back a few episodes later to say hello?<br />
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Smith said of the anniversary show: 'We want to make it as big and bold and as brilliant as we can because, we hope, it can be one of the monumental bits of TV history. But I doubt there'll be a regeneration..."<br />
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Karen has previously admitted stealing binoculars from the set as a souvenir.<br />
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Caption: FAREWELL Karen Gillan<br />
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