STEVEN MOFFAT has revealed fresh details about the new Doctor Who companion Bill, played by rising star Pearl Mackie.

The 54-year-old showrunner confirmed that Bill was from “now” after rumours that she might be from the 1980s, due to her kitsch sartorial choices, admitting that Pearl “chose her outfit herself”.
“How we first encounter her, and how we first encounter the Doctor next year, is very unusual for us,” Steven said in an interview with Doctor Who Magazine.

He went on to say: “We’ll introduce her in the first episode of 2017, and she’ll run throughout that series.”
It was recently announced that Pearl would be taking on the role of the new companion.

She was introduced last month in an exhilarating video as Bill and the Doctor – portrayed by Peter Capaldi – tried to flee from a Dalek.
Following Pearl’s casting, Doctor Who casting director Andy Pryor told the Royal Television Society: “There was a chemistry that felt fresh and new and different to Peter’s relationship with Jenna.”

He added: “You could see Peter [Capaldi] fizzing with ideas in that audition reading and in the clip that was ultimately produced with the announcement.”Bill will be replacing Clara Oswald, played by Jenna Coleman, after she left the programme last year.
Also, speaking in the 500th issue of the magazine, Peter, 58, shared his most memorable episodes of Doctor Who during his tenure so far as the Time Lord.

The Thick of It actor, who has played the 12th incarnation of the Gallifreyan time traveller for two series, said that the spine-chilling Listen and the quirky Heaven Sent were his top two adventures.

Glasgow-born Peter said: “I loved Listen and Heaven Sent because I think I learned new aspects of the Doctor while shooting both of those.
“And the old Tardis in Hell Bent was pretty cool,” he added.

Listen from 2014 showed the Doctor as a child, while exploring where fear and night terrors came from. It was a frightening episode that left many unnerved, particularly one scene which featured a mysterious figure underneath a blanket.
Meanwhile, Heaven Sent – which was broadcast last year – was the first-ever episode to star only the Time Lord.

The story saw the Doctor trying to fight his way out of a water locked castle while he was being pursued by a sinister shrouded person.
Peter is currently filming the 10th series of the long-running science fiction favourite in Cardiff, which will mark Steven Moffat’s last as showrunner.

Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall will be taking over the reins of the programme in 2018.

Doctor Who series 10 is set to air on BBC One in 2017.