Doctor Who's Karen Gillan swaps her short skirts for old school glamour in New York

By Lizzie Smith

Across the pond: Matt Smith and Karen Gillan at the screening of Doctor Who at the Village East Cinema in New York


Her character's love of short skirts shocked Doctor Who fans.

But off-screen it seems Karen Gillan has more mature tastes.

At a screening of the new series in New York yesterday, the 22-year-old was a picture of old-fashioned Hollywood glamour.

Karen's floor-length flowing purple gown highlighted the former model's statuesque figure.

Her British debut prompted a flood of comments on online message boards, with a section of fans accusing producers of 'shamelessly sexing up' the long-running family show and labelling it 'slutty'.

Along with the new Doctor Matt Smith the Scottish actress is busy promoting the new series, which is set to premiere on BBC America this Saturday.

Karen plays the Doctor's assistant Amy Pond, who makes a living as a kissogram.


All grown up: Karen's short skirts in the new series of Doctor Who, right, drew complaints that the show was being 'sexed up'


But Karen laughed off the remarks and defended the outfit choices.

'She wears lots of short skirts…and it got a few column mentions! It’s interesting, it’s part of the plot and it’s not that bad,' she said.

'I mean, look down most high streets and girls Amy's age wear that. It's not that weird.


Glowing: Karen, who plays Amy Pond, signs a miniature tardis as she greets her U.S. fans; she was an unknown before she landed the role


'Short skirts show that Amy is confident and comfortable about her look.

'You have to have confidence to wear something like that.'

Matt and Karen were joined by the show's executive producer Steven Moffatt at the screening.


The new gang: The show's executive producer Steven Moffat joined his stars



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