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"The BBC has released a new image of Doctor Who actress Jenna-Louise Coleman. The 26-year-old star will return to the BBC sci-fi drama in this year&amp;#039;s Christmas special, having previously made a surprise appearance in the episode &amp;#039;Asylum of the Daleks&amp;#039;.  Coleman will play a character named Clara in the episode, it was confirmed last night (November 16). The 2012 Doctor Who festive episode - titled &amp;#039;The Snowmen&amp;#039; - will feature guest appearances from Richard E Grant (Withnail &amp;amp; I) and Tom Ward (Silent Witness). Of new cast addition Coleman, Moffat previously told Digital Spy: &amp;quot;She brings a kind of speed, a wit, a sort of unimpressed-ness which has the Doctor (Matt Smith) dancing a little harder than he&amp;#039;s used to.&amp;quot; Fellow Who writer Tom MacRae also described the actress as &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot; in an interview with DS. &amp;quot;She just had this amazing energy,&amp;quot; said MacRae. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s actually a couple of years older than Karen [Gillan] but she seems younger - she seems more of a teenager and bouncy.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Doctor Who&amp;#039; Christmas special &amp;#039;The Snowmen&amp;#039; gets trailer, prequel &amp;gt; Doctor Who: First picture from Christmas special prequel &amp;gt; Doctor Who writer Neil Gaiman: &amp;#039;I want to make Cybermen scary again&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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