Steven Moffat recorded a radio interview in which he reveals several facts about Jenna-Louise Coleman's character:

- The new companion will again be from contemporary Earth. This is necessary for audience identification and a ‘jumping on’ point for new viewers.

- How the companion gets where she is and what that means for the character is what will make her utterly different and fascinating.

- The new companion will not have any links to any previous characters.

- Her ‘journey’ will be shocking and intriguing. The Doctor has never met anyone quite like her before.

- Her very presence in the TARDIS will change the Doctor and there’s something different about her that will have a knock-on effect for the Doctor/companion dynamic.

More information is due to be released soon, so watch this space!

The BBC has released all threepromotional images of Matt Smith and incoming companion Jenna-Louise Coleman. Rumour has it that her character's name is Clara.

Notice that the Doctor's costume has changed again. Is this temporary or permanent? We'll find out in a few months' time.

Steven Moffat has offered several hints and teasers in an interview for the Doctor Who magazine, and several are quite exciting:

• Rory and Amy are no longer regular travellers with the Doctor. "If he thinks he needs them, he just pops in on them." But, "Each time they'll get a little older."

• Moffat on killing companions: "Even if I don't think I'll do it...maybe I will do it!"

• Moffat ponders: "If we did a UNIT story, would Martha be there?"

• The Special Weapons Dalek will definitely feature in the opener!

• Moffat reiterates that the New Paradigm Daleks are an 'officer' class.

• Can the question 'Doctor Who?' be answered? "Wait and see."

• We will find out exactly what Trenzalore is all about.

• 'The Fall of the Eleventh' will also be resolved (but not necessarily in Series 7).

• Moffat is very keen that the order of the episodes can be swapped around this time.

• There will be a story arc, but it is the 'opposite' of Series 6.

• Two-part stories are not ruled out if the plot requires them.

• Jenna-Louise's companion will be different to the others and  is "going to be a shock."

•  Filming will continue throughout the rest of 2012 and  further into 2013 and beyond.

What do we all think of that?

To all those fans of the classic series, good news! A promo picture with Matt and Karen posing with a 60's dalek model has been released!

It seens that the production team wasn't lying when they said that 'all' dalek models would be returning. Both RTD and Moffat era daleks have also been spotted on set as well. Roll on Series 7!

UPDATE!!

Jenna-Louise Coleman has been officially confrmed as the next Doctor Who companion.

Lead writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, says: “It always seems impossible when you start casting these parts, but when we saw Matt and Jenna together, we knew we had our girl. She’s funny and clever and exactly mad enough to step on board the TARDIS.

“It’s not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it’s about to happen. Jenna is going to lead him his merriest dance yet. And that’s all you’re getting for now. Who she’s playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor’s standards, this isn’t your usual boy meets girl.”

Congratulations Jenna on your new role, and I hope you live up to all Whovians' expectations!

On other series 7 news, the daleks and weeping angels have both been confirmed to feature. Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill will leave in the fifth episode encounter with the weeping angels, whilst Jenna-Louise's character will join in the Christmas Special. The series will be split over two years, with six this year, and 8 in 2013. Steven Moffat again teased about the fate of Amy and Rory, saying that 'not everyone will get out alive in the final encounter with the weeping angels. I mean it!'

The BBC will hold a press conference tomorrow to announce the identity of Matt Smith's new co-star. A BBC source has revealed that the new assistant is 'pretty', but 'not a household name'.

The Sun newspaper claims that former Emmerdale actress Jenna-Louise Coleman has landed the role, and that her character will be an off-worlder. Let the speculation here begin!

After the aboslutely mind-boggling plot of the previous series, one can only hope that the next  series calms the waters and presents us with a more linear story line.

'This is what we can expect' says current showrunner Steven Moffat, who promises (though his promises must always be taken with a grain of salt!) that we will actually be able to understand what is going on without re-watching episodes several times. 'Series 7 will have less of an over-arching storyline,' he says.

While there is no doubt that the Silence will continue to feature in coming years, it will be nice to have a return to the 'original' Who format, with the Doctor combating evil from the shadows. Complementing this trend, several classic monsters are rumoured to be returning, such as the fan-favourite Zygons and Ice Warriors.

Unfortunately, not all news is good news. For those fans of Amy and Rory, prepare to say goodbye to them as they leave in a 'shocking, surprising and heartbreaking way' - only to make way for the new companion, someone who the Doctor will meet in the last place he could ever expect.

But that's all in the future. All we can do now is to wait and see what developments occur. We know that Spain is standing in for the Wild West in Toby Whithouse's episode, and that Mark 'Mr Weasley' Williams may be playing Rory's dad. And then there's Sophia Myles visiting Spain at the same time the production team is filming there...

In the meantime, let's all sit down and watch the re-runs of Tennant's final series, or if that's not your cup of tea, dig out those Tom Baker episodes and watch the very best of classic Who.

Until next time...

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