Freema talks

New companion in Doctor Who Magazine.

The Doctor's new companion Freema Agyeman gives her first interview to Doctor Who Magazine:

"My agent got a call saying that they wanted me to audition for a regular in Torchwood, and I was so up for it. So I went for an audition in London. But I had to miss the second audition, cos I got sick for a week in January.

"It was really awful. I was so upset. But then they said that they'd reschedule it. And then, just before the third audition, I got a call from my agent."

"She said, 'All this time, they've been seeing you for the part of the new companion in Doctor Who, not for a regular in Torchwood!' I couldn't believe it!

"David Tennant was just a dream. He was so supportive. He was like, 'We can do the scene as many times as you want.' And the night before that audition, he'd left a little note under my door at the hotel. I went out to dinner with the casting director, and I came back and there was a little note - just, you know, so encouraging.

"These people aren't here to put barriers in my way, so I was able to walk in there like I'd walk into a room of friends..."

To read the rest of the interview, plus features on the battle between the Daleks and the Cybermen, and all the latest Doctor Who news, see Issue 372 of Doctor Who Magazine, on sale from Thursday 20 July, priced £3.99.