Maisie Williams plays Viking girl Ashildr in this week’s Doctor Who – but just what is it about her that fascinates the Doctor?

‘The Girl Who Died’ sees the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) forced to train an inept band of Vikings to battle advanced alien mercenaries.
“Odin has come to visit his loyal followers, the Vikings, and reward their bravest warriors with a place in Valhalla,” revealed co-writer Jamie Mathieson, who penned last year’s popular Doctor Who episodes, ‘Flatline’ and ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’.

“There’s only one problem – the Doctor and Clara, who are having none of this and smell a rat. They are soon caught up in the middle of a war between an advanced race of mercenary aliens and a village full of angry Vikings, who don’t take kindly to having their Gods insulted.
“There is another big mystery to solve in the form of Maisie Williams, who plays a Viking that the Doctor seems to recognise. But from where? Or is it when?”

Williams, already a cult favourite for her role as Arya Stark on Game of Thrones, revealed it was “refreshing” to fuse the “familiar bearded, hairy men setting” with a “futuristic element”.
“That’s what has kept me going really, [that it’s] not just beards and dragons,” she explained. “There’s a whole new element that’s fed in.
“It just looks so great with all of us in our Viking outfits, Jenna in her space suit and the Doctor in his cool coat with his crazy sunglasses. It makes for a really cool and interesting dynamic on screen.”

Williams hinted that Ashildr is “a new character” who works closely with the Doctor – but you’ll have to tune into BBC One at 8.20pm this Saturday (October 17) to see if she’s telling the truth.

News Source: Digital Spy