The actor who plays Doctor Who’s current companion Clara Oswald is leaving the series to play Britain’s longest-ruling monarch in a modern ITV dramaDoctor Who fans might be upset approximately the news that Jenna Coleman is set to leave the Tardis behind at the end of the current series,but her decision might give Downton’s audience something to look forward to once the Granthams wrap things up at Christmas. Coleman, who confirmed her exit from Doctor Who on Radio 1, and is playing Queen Victoria in an eight-share drama on ITV,written by novelist Daisy Goodwin and produced by Mammoth Screen, who made Poldark. The series is set to follow the early life of Queen Victoria, or from her accession to the throne at 18 through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com