'Doctor Who' Season 8 Episodes, Rumors & Spoilers: Former Amy Pond Starlet Karen Gillan Talks Peter Capaldi Replacing Matt Smith While Promoting 'Selfie'

While the Doctor Who universe of fans, better known as Whovians, deals with the recently leaked scripts and actual episodes of the upcoming season eight (premiering on BBC August 23, 2014) former series star Karen Gillan had the chance this week to share her excitement about Peter Capaldi taking over the leading role! Though she'll always be Amy Pond to us and Matt Smith will always be her Doctor, she saw Capaldi's first on-set appearance as The Doctor and says she believes he's the perfect fir for the role!

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During a recent Television Critics Association Q&A session, the star of the upcoming ABC series Selfie and the new Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy looked back fondly on her past and opened up about Doctor Who. When asked about Capaldi, she couldn't hold back her excitement!

"I'm so exited," Gillan said. "I was actually there when Peter Capaldi walked onto the set for the first time and it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen."

She added: "It's in safe hands."

"They gave me the exit that I wanted," Gillan said. "It was dramatic and emotional and all of the things that I'd hoped it would be. And they gave Arthur Darvill, who played my husband in the show, a really good exit and a heroic moment, which made me really happy."

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As far as her career goes, Gillan is happy to stay involved in science fiction, as we're sure her fans will be delighted to hear.

"Science fiction has been the best for me," she said. "I want to continue working in genre, because I think it has amazing female roles and we get to do a range of emotions - comedy and drama."