10 Doctor Who Secrets Everyone Knows But You

Amy Pond's Scottishness is one of the most integral parts of her character.

It's not just impossible to imagine her without it, but the show even makes a point of calling her "the Scottish girl in the English village", pointing out that she's something of an outsider, just like the Doctor.

So it might surprise you to learn that not only was she English in Steven Moffat's original plan for Series 5, but her accent wasn't even decided until after Karen Gillan was cast.

"I auditioned using an English accent, and my own", Gillan said in a 2010 interview. "When I was recalled, I did my own accent, and we were still in talks about the accent when I got the role. I'm really happy it worked out that way."

So are we Karen. So are we.

During The Eleventh Hour's commentary track, it's mentioned that the creatives went "back and forth", before ultimately deciding to make her Scottish.

Looking back, it seems like the most obvious decision in the world, so it's insane to think that we almost ended up with a much different version of the character.