“We saw some amazing actresses for this part. But when Karen came through the door, the game was up”

— Steven Moffat

she was funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it. A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too.
On casting Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, as quoted in "Doctor Who assistant is unveiled" 29 May 2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8073734.stm

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Scottish television writer and producer 1961

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