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";s:4:"text";s:10581:"They are titled The Shining Man, Diamond Dogs and Plague City. She can also be found on Instagram sharing selfies, back stage moments, and other images of interest. Bill looks set to face the axe as well after only one series. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. When it encounters the Doctor, Testimony temporarily restricts Bill's access to some of her memories so that she can interact with the Doctor as he knew her, to test his trustworthiness; this limitation is lifted at the end of the story. [13] In the same year Mackie appeared in the short film Date Aid by Bond, a satirical public service announcement. View our online Press Pack. In 2014 she played a character in the BBC daytime medical drama Doctors as a character named Anne-Marie Frasier. The single itself was a chart failure – with the highest entry point being Number 158. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Years later, they decide to live by the sea and grow old as humans. [1][2], Mackie describes Bill as "cool, really fun and really excited", and that she is "really young and doesn't really know much about the world". On 28 June 2020, Mackie came out as bisexual in an Instagram post. On her deathbed, Bill tells Heather to leave her and resume her astral form. Pearl Mackie played Bill Potts in Doctor Who – joining the show in the revived series 10th series. Pearl Mackie, Actress: Doctor Who. She is best known for playing Bill Potts in the long-running television series Doctor Who. More recently she played a number of roles in the award winning production The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at London’s National Theatre between 2015 and 2016. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Pearl Mackie was in a band called Freddie and the Hoares – however she featured in a 2014 music video for Years & Years. Before her 2017 debut as Bill Potts in Doctor Who, Pearl Mackie has only one other TV credit to her name. Her Instagram handle is @therealpearlmackie. [17] Den of Geek's Simon Brew also gave a positive review of Mackie, praising the humour in Mackie's performance. The production – costarring Stephen Mangan, Toby Jones, and Zoë Wanamaker – opened in January 2018 at London's Harold Pinter Theatre.[17]. However, when Bill's love interest Heather (Stephanie Hyam) is turned into a water creature that can travel anywhere in space and time, the Doctor reveals to Bill his alien nature and takes her on as his travelling companion, much to the chagrin of his assistant Nardole (Matt Lucas), who urges the Doctor to stay in Bristol and keep watch over a strange safe below the university. In the series finale, "World Enough and Time" / "The Doctor Falls", Bill is shot through the heart after the Doctor's crew reacts to an alien distress call aboard a spaceship, and is carried away by menacing scientists to a lower deck where time moves much more rapidly. Club said Mackie brought "an energy distinct from any previous new series companion" and called her first appearance a "solid introduction". Titled "Friend from the Future", it introduced Bill and the Doctor in an encounter with Daleks. Bill challenges the Doctor in his ways, calling him out on issues that he hasn't faced in a long time, and having a curious mind, she asks him continuous questions. [6] During her studies she went to workshops and took part in many extra-curricular plays. Bill Potts was the final companion of the Twelfth Doctor. The actress played Bill Potts alongside Peter Capaldi's 13th Doctor, who was the sci-fi romp's first ever female LGBTQ+ companion. [1][2] In their first encounter, Bill is discovered by the Doctor, who is hiding out as a university professor. In the show's tenth series, starting with the first episode, Bill served as a companion of the Twelfth Doctor, an incarnation of the alien time traveller known as the Doctor (portrayed by Peter Capaldi). Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times described Pearl Mackie as "instantly winning as fledgling companion Bill". Can I take your picture?” she said – revealing fame had already reached her. [3] Mackie is a 2010 graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. 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When she first encountered the Doctor, Bill was working as a canteen assistant at St Luke's University, seemingly destined for an unprivileged life. “The other day, I was in my friend’s shop just over there and this French guy comes in,” she says – sharing a story with The Guardian six months before she even appeared on screen as Bill. [12], In 2015, she performed in the National Theatre's West End production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Bill returns the Doctor's body to the TARDIS, and bids him a sad farewell, before taking off with Heather to explore the universe. Pearl Mackie (born 29 May 1987) is a British actress, dancer, and singer. YES! Despite being a relative newcomer, Pearl revealed her life was changed almost immediately after she was announced as the new Doctor Who assistant. Her first major television role came in 2014, when she played Anne-Marie Frasier in BBC One soap opera Doctors. However despite her pivotal role on the show, Pearl admitted she had never seen Doctor Who. PEARL Mackie plays Doctor Who companion Bill Potts, the Whoniverse's first ever openly gay character. [3][5] It was also announced in March 2017 that Bill would be the first openly gay main companion in the series. Actress: Pearl Mackie Companion to: 12 Stylish, hip, likable, earnest, and eager to learn everything she can about the world, Bill Potts was an exciting companion to Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor. Is it cheaper to leave heating on all day or turn it on when needed? However, with Peter Capaldi leaving his role as The Doctor, The Sun revealed that Bill looks set to face the axe as well after only one series. She is the granddaughter of Philip Mackie, who wrote the screenplay for The Naked Civil Servant. [19], However, Catherine Gee of The Telegraph gave a more negative review, saying Mackie in her premiere episode "lacked the charismatic spark of Jenna Coleman" and said Mackie's character was a "muddle", but praised the fact Mackie's character was not middle-class. Though Cybermen are normally emotionless and hellbent on converting humans to their ranks, Bill retains her humanity and sense of identity as a result of particular experiences she has had travelling with the Doctor. Before the episode was broadcast, an advanced screening was given for critics. “I didn’t see many people who looked like me on TV. [11], A preview scene was filmed in April 2016 as part of a promotional clip shown on 23 April 2016 on BBC One, during the semi-final half-time of the 2015–16 FA Cup. The star also hopes to inspire a new generation of actors – having had few role models to look up to herself. Series 10 technically began with the 2016 Christmas Special episode The Return of Doctor Mysterio with the first proper episode of series 10 airing on 15 April 2017 and the episode titled The Pilot. After accepting a human death, Bill finds herself part of Testimony. [4], On 23 April 2016, it was announced that Mackie would be playing Bill Potts, the companion of The Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who. Pearl Mackie was born on May 29, 1987 in Brixton, London, England. @chihirochieko RUNNING TINGZ @BBCAMERICA #gally1 pic.twitter.com/yrBxpsKOVv. As they spend time together on Earth – magicking up enough money to rent a flat and adopting cats – Bill grows to know and love Heather as a person. 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[12] Despite initial doubts that this scene would be included in the series itself,[1] parts of it were incorporated into Mackie's debut episode, "The Pilot". She had a defect in her left iris in the shape of a star. She is rescued, however, by Heather, who transforms her into a creature like herself and offers Bill the choice of travelling space and time together, or being returned to her life on Earth as a normal, living human again. She has gone down well with sci-fi critics but she will no longer be starring in the series after Jodie Whittaker takes over the role of Doctor Who. ";s:7:"keyword";s:18:"bill potts actress";s:5:"links";s:1051:"Depend Meaning, Peter Pan Goes Wrong Dvd, Austin, Texas Politics, Cyril E King Airport, Even Better Than The Real Thing Remix, North Korea Wins 98-0, Cleome Seedlings Images, Park South Hotel Parking, Novartis Organizational Structure 2020, ";s:7:"expired";i:-1;}