Doctor Who: 14 Cool Details Revealed In Steven Moffat's Eleventh Hour Commentary

12. Karen Gillan And Caitlin Blackwood Met For The First Time On The Doctor Who Set

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After that shot of the house's exterior, we cut to its interior to meet little Amelia Pond, who is played by Caitlin Blackwood - the cousin of Karen Gillan.

Bizarrely though, despite the two of them being relatives, they didn't actually meet until they bumped into each other on the Doctor Who set - something that Willis reveals early in the commentary.

Apparently, this is because Blackwood was raised in Northern Ireland, while Gillan grew up in Scotland.

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