Graham Norton’s own show every Saturday morning is a vibrant mix of music and celebrity conversation – Doctor Who star Karen Gillan is among the guests this week.

This is scheduled for between 10am and 1pm UK time, on Saturday 29th (tomorrow morning) on BBC Radio 2. Listen live by clicking here!

I’ve added HQ scans from the September issue of Vogue, which featured Karen being photographed by David Bailey, alongside We’ll Take Manhatten co-star Aneurin Barnard.

“Her eyes should be rounder and sadder,” Bailey says, scruntinising Gillan’s face.

Please remember – these have been specially scanned for Karen Gillan Fan. If these are reposted (at Tumblr, etc) a link back to this site is necessary.

We’ve also added a new photoshoot – thanks to Mette for alerting us of this. A cute little shoot from last year – we’ve added 2 MQ images to the gallery.

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A bunch of HQ images from the London Film Comic Con have been added to the gallery, and thanks to Sophie we have the HQ image from Karen’s recent visit to Eden Court too.

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Events and Appearances > 2011 > July – London Film Comic Con
Events and Appearances > 2011 > July – Eden Court Visit

Apologies for the lack of updates over this past week – we have been moving hosts again, a little less distruptively this time. We are now fully situated at our new home with HostClearly, and are now accessible through both our original karengillanfan.com domain and karengillan.org too!

I will be working to update the gallery this evening, including better quality captures for some of Karen’s movie works. Look out for those coming!

Thanks to my lovely friend Mariana, we have added several tagged pictures from Karen’s panel appearance yesterday at the London Film Comic Con.

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Events and Appearances > 2011 > July – London Film Comic Con

If any lucky fans who met Karen yesterday would like to post their pictures here at Karen Gillan Fan, send them to contact@karengillanfan.com – full credit will be given!

As you can see, we have a beautiful new layout – made by the wonderful Luciana! I hope you all love it as much as I do!!

More site updates coming soon, including additional media (icons, etc) and more gallery updates!

Please note, there will be a delay in gallery updates for the moment – I dropped my laptop and broke the hard-drive, so am currently awaiting a fix for it.

I am able to do news updates from my husband’s computer, but gallery updates will only commence once I get my laptop back!! Thanks for your patience!

Karen Gillan got to go back to her favourite era for her first role outside Doctor Who since becoming the Time Lord’s glamorous sidekick.

The actress, who plays the Doctor’s assistant Amy Pond in the BBC One show, revealed her dream adventure would be for the Tardis to whisk her back to the Swinging Sixties.

She revealed: “I always think I’d like to go back to the Sixties, but that wouldn’t be very exciting for Doctor Who, because what would the monster be?”

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Welcome back to the new look Karen Gillan Fan! As you can see, we have a new layout – made by the wonderful Jessica at Night Blooming Designs. I love it – it’s fantastic! And it’s up in time to celebrate our first full year of being online!

Also, we have added HD screencaptures from the wonderful BBC America extended Series 6 trailer. A lot more new scenes featured in this one, compared to the UK trailer, so well worth a watch!

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Exciting news from the BBC Press Office today -

The BBC has announced the commission of single drama, We’ll Take Manhattan, which explores the explosive love affair between photographer David Bailey and sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton.

Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photo shoot in New York, the drama brings to life the story of two young people falling in love, misbehaving, and inadvertently defining the style of the Sixties along the way.

Karen Gillan will play Jean Shrimpton, in her first lead role since starring alongside Matt Smith as Amy Pond in Doctor Who. The drama is produced by Kudos Film and Television for BBC Four.

Karen said: “Jean Shrimpton is an icon of the Sixties and I am so excited to be playing somebody who had such a lasting impact on the fashion world. I can’t wait to take on the challenge of bringing Jean and Bailey’s fascinating love story to life. Sixties here I come!

Richard Klein, Controller BBC Four, says: “The story of David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton is classic territory for BBC Four – a moment in time, a fusion of talents, that had a huge impact on cultural life. It is a drama that is all about being alive and taking a chance, being young and kicking down the statues, and yet it is also a beautiful love story. And if you want to know why our world looks like it does, then this is the drama that tells you.”

Set predominantly in 1962, but also exploring the story of how Bailey and Shrimpton first met, this one-off drama reveals how a young, visionary photographer refused to conform. He insisted on using the unconventional model Jean Shrimpton on an important photo shoot for British Vogue and, over the course of a freezing week in Manhattan, threw out the rule book and made startling, original photographs.

We’ll Take Manhattan is the story of that wild week, of Bailey and Jean’s love affair, and of how two young people accidentally changed the world forever.

About the drama, Claire Parker of Kudos Film and Television, says: “In Jean, Bailey found someone that he and his camera fell in love with. We’ll Take Manhattan captures the essence of their dynamic affair and how they unwittingly changed the face of a decade. This is a really exciting opportunity to tell an intimate love story that plays out against the backdrop of Britain on the cusp of huge social and cultural change. We’re delighted to have the opportunity to make another film for BBC Four and are thrilled to have Karen Gillan on board as Jean.”

Filming starts in May and We’ll Take Manhattan is written and directed by John McKay and produced by Rebecca Hodgson. The executive producers are Claire Parker, John McKay and Ruth Kenley-Letts for Kudos Film and Television and Lucy Richer for the BBC. It was commissioned by Richard Klein, Controller, BBC Four and Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama. The film is co-financed by Ovation Channel in the US.

We’ll Take Manhattan has been announced today as part of BBC Four’s new Spring/Summer 2011 season of programmes.

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