Alex Kingston has revealed she knew Matt Smith was thinking of leaving Doctor Who before he made the announcement.
Kingston, who played the Doctor’s wife River Song, appeared on The One Show last night and said that sometimes you have to move on as a young actor, “otherwise if becomes too difficult” to steer away from being associated with a particular role.
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As if the Doctor Who series 7 finale wasn’t exciting enough, the BBC has revealed that there will be a Doctor Who prequel available via red button for the week leading up to it!
According to Radio Times, the episode, entitled He Said, She Said, will feature both the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his new companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) in a dream like style as they both talk directly to the camera, discussing how well they really know one another.
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Ahead of the much-anticipated series finale of Doctor Who, The Name of the Doctor, it has been reported that the episode is set to unveil many secrets, and some pretty harsh consequences too!
The name alone suggests that we are in for a treat, especially after show runner Steven Moffat revealed that a huge secret that would change the dynamics of the show forever would be revealed.
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Torchwood star, John Barrowman, has revealed that he would like to join forces with Alex Kingston to star in another Doctor Who spin-off series!
The actor, whose character Captain Jack Harness was the star of previous Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, says that he has discussed the idea with Alex, whose character River Song has made several appearances in Doctor Who.
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Fans of Doctor Who will of course know that the show is back tonight with the episode entitled The Bells of Saint John…
And as the series continues, we’re apparently to see that the Doctor’s sidekick Clara Oswald falls for the Time Lord – who is of course, for now at any rate, played by Matt Smith – which would be fine and dandy were it not for the fact that his wife, River Song (Alex Kingston) returns in the new run of the show!
Writer Steven Moffat – who as we reported recently has hinted he may not remain with the show for much longer – has teased the return of Kingston’s character, telling MTV Geek that he suspected the Doctor would “come across” River Song on his travels in this series… Read more & comment »
Near the beginning of this week’s Doctor Who, the last before the mid-season break, The Doctor rips out the page of the current detective novel he’s obsessed with as he doesn’t like endings which is an ironic statement to make as we all know this is the end of the road for companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams.
In tomorrow night’s edition of Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC1, we’ll see Doctor Who star Alex Kingston – who of course plays River Song in the sci-fi drama – discovering the shocking revelation that her great grandmother was a ‘Madam’ who ran a brothel!
According to the Daily Mirror, as Alex learns more and more about her ancestors, she seems “baffled” by some of the facts that the show’s historians have discovered.
She remarks, “Almost all of the women are heads of the street which seems extraordinary. The men seem absent.”
However, the penny then drops and a stunned Alex says, “Are they prostitutes, are they really? Oh my god, oh no.”
The paper adds, “Great great great great grandma Elizabeth Braham was convicted of running a house of ill repute in Westminster.” Read more & comment »
The Daily Mail reports today that several members of the cast of Doctor Who were recently spotted filming scenes for the forthcoming series seven in what the paper describes as “a spooky Welsh graveyard.”
And among those cast members was Alex Kingston, who of course plays River Song, who’s evidently back for what is the final series for Karen Gillan and for her character, Amy Pond.
Joining Karen and Alex on set was Matt Smith, who of course plays the Doctor, and Arthur Darvill, who plays Rory Williams, who’s also been written out of the show during the new series… Read more & comment »
As fans of Doctor Who will of course know, the characters of Amy Pond and Rory Williams – who’re played by Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill respectively – are being written out in the forthcoming new series…
And a picture from today’s Daily Mirror (above) may have captured what could be their last kiss.
There’s also a hint that River Song (Alex Kingston) could be back in the new series, but more on that in a moment.
To return to the kiss, the Doctor (Matt Smith) doesn’t look like he approves too much does he? But of course, we won’t know what the frown’s all about until we see the actual episode in the autumn.
However, the show’s writer, Stephen Moffat, hasn’t ruled out the possibility that Amy might die, branding her departure “heartbreaking”. Nor has Karen, who recently said of the prospect of Amy’s demise, “It could be possible…” Read more & comment »
As we reported earlier this week, there’s some concern in the ranks of Downton Abbey’s production team that some of the show’s major stars may quit…
And as Dan Stevens – who plays Matthew Crawley – has expressed a desire to move on, it seems their worries may be well founded!
Speaking to the Sun, Dan has revealed that he’d love to try his hand at a comedy role as his next project.
He said, “I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.
“I seem to have not had many laughs for a while, so that would be nice.”
Meanwhile, in Downton’s rival show, Upstairs Downstairs, one of the show’s stars, Emila Fox, has revealed that she and Alex Kingston ad libbed their love scenes and “made it up as we went along.”
Emilia of course plays Portia Alresford, the lesbian lover of Alex Kingston’s character, Blanche Mottershead… Read more & comment »
As fans of period drama Upstairs Downstairs will know, the new series features the racy storyline of lesbian lovers, Lady Portia Alresford and Dr Blanche Mottershead…
And today, the Sun’s TV Biz reports that Emilia Fox – who plays Portia – reckons her character and Alex Kingston’s make “great lovers”.
Emilia first revealed that neither she nor Alex were nervous about filming Portia and Blanche’s first lesbian love scene, which we’ll see on March 4th in episode three.
Of it, she said, “Alex and I make a great pair of lovers! It was wonderful — we just went for it.
“We weren’t nervous, because we just decided to have fun with it and it’s good to be asked to do something you’ve never done before…” Read more & comment »
BBC One’s hugely anticipated revival of legendary drama Upstairs Downstairs, which was a smash hit with viewers old and new, attracting audiences of over 8.4 million, begins filming six episodes with two stellar additions to the star-studded line-up: Alex Kingston and Kenneth Cranham.
Alex Kingston (Moll Flanders, ER, Doctor Who), and Kenneth Cranham (The Night Watch, Made In Dagenham) will join the cast when viewers return to the famous Eaton Square, London address, two years on, in 1938 when Chamberlain is in power.
Doctor Who star Matt Smith has revealed that he doesn’t want River Song to become the Doctor’s full time companion, because she’s the only woman who makes the Doctor go “whoa”.
BANG Showbiz report that 28-year-old Matt – who of course plays the latest Time Lord in the sci-fi series – loves shooting scenes with Alex Kingston, who plays archaeologist River Song, but he thinks the character would lose her shock value if she became a permanent inhabitant of the TARDIS.
He told BANG, “I think River’s too independent to ever be a full-time companion…
“I think that’s what makes River great as a character. The companions and The Doctor are doing their thing then whoosh in comes the hair!
“It just messes the Doctor up and makes him go, ‘Oh Christ, River’s here,’ and it frightens him.
“And weirdly he’s going, ‘Why the hell am I attracted to her? What’s that?’ Read more & comment »
Alex Kingston has played a big part in keeping the intrigue alive in the current series of Doctor Who and her character River Song is set to be at the centre of this Saturday’s mid season finale episode.
The former ER actress has confessed that she never expected fans to take to her alter-ego when Russell T. Davies first offered her the part, but admitted that now she realises people see River as a ‘role model.’ Read more & comment »
Alex Kingston has admitted that much as she enjoyed kissing Matt Smith in the new series of Doctor Who, she liked slapping him even more.
The former ER star – who plays time travelling archaeologist River Song – got to film a whole series of emotions for the sixth series of the hit BBC sci fi show and speaking about their feistier scenes she laughed:
“I had to slap him many times, and his cheek was getting redder and redder and he was actually getting irritated. He lost his sense of humour I think after slap five, I don’t pull my punches. But the kiss was nice too. I didn’t have to kiss him so many times as I had to slap him. But they were both quite fun.”
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