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"Doctor Who star Karen Gillan has teased that viewers can expect to see a more vulnerable side of her character Amy Pond this series. Amy Pond debuted in last year&amp;#039;s premiere &amp;#039;The Eleventh Hour&amp;#039;, when The Doctor (Matt Smith) discovered that her bedroom contained a crack in the fabric of time and space which had erased her parents and many others from existence. In the series five finale Amy&amp;#039;s parents were restored to the universe and now Gillan has revealed that The Doctor&amp;#039;s companion must face up to her difficult past. &amp;quot;Well, with the last series, what I wanted to do with Amy is keep her really guarded,&amp;quot; she told SFX. &amp;quot;She doesn&amp;#039;t like to show her emotions, because she wants to seem strong and she doesn&amp;#039;t like to be seen as vulnerable in any way, because of what happened to her in her childhood, so I kept her like that.&amp;quot; Gillan continued: &amp;quot;In this series, cracks are starting to form in that feisty exterior, and we&amp;#039;re starting to get glimpses into other aspects of her. And having her parents back in her life definitely does have an effect on her. But it&amp;#039;s kind of a mixed effect.&amp;quot; Asked about the highlights of the six episodes to air this spring, Gillan professed that a trio of particularly memorable moments stand out. &amp;quot;The pirate ship [from &amp;#039;The Curse of the Black Spot&amp;#039;] was amazing! And it was really cool going to Utah... that, for me, I think, is the favourite story we&amp;#039;ve shot so far,&amp;quot; she declared. &amp;quot;Also, we get to see a bit more of the Tardis than we&amp;#039;ve ever seen.&amp;quot; Doctor Who returns this Saturday on BBC One in the UK and on BBC America in the US. &amp;gt; Doctor Who: &amp;#039;Day of the Moon&amp;#039; - your verdict Watch our interview with Doctor Who guest star Hugh Bonneville below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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