you've seen her - she's a ten.
So this past month I've been very enamored with this season's Doctor Who, and hopefully I'll get around to posting about it, but for now you'll have to settle with a Matt Smith/Karen Gillan picspam, because they are very much why I loved season five. They are such dorks where they poke at each other like little kids, have weird inside jokes, but also have a lot of respect and fondness for each other.
Also, be warned that this spam is really huge with a plethora of gifs and images, so it's not dial-up friendly. Some of the pics came from WhoIsMattSmith.com and the rest of the screencaps and gifs are by me. Please don't post these on Tumblr; I'll eventually post them on mine.
Matt Smith on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross: So Amy is the new companion.
Matt: Yes, the lovely new companion played by Karen Gillan.
Jonathan: And they've gone for a ginger lady again.
Matt: ...Yeah, I think gingers are pretty hip. She's- I mean, you've seen her, she's a ten.
5.02, "All About the Girl"
Matt: Amy Pond is... I dunno. I've sort of fallen in love with Amy Pond. She's sort of as bonkers as the Doctor in many ways. She's a redhead, feisty, seductress ball of wit.
Matt: God, I think Karen brings so much of herself to the role as Amy, all that mad, kooky energy she has in her life - [laughs] just Karen-ness, Karen madness - and that feisty, Scottish Inverness "don't mess with me," is all in there as well. We've become closer every day; I'm really fond of her, actually, I have to say.
Matt: It's just, you know, we went through all of these milestones together - the first read through, we did that together, and then we did our first day on set, then we got our first block finished and we had all of these really huge things in life that we're sharing. [puts his hands together] It makes you quite close. Uh... yeah, she's a funny soul.
5.04, "Eyes Wide Open"
Matt: You're a bit prettier in the game.
Karen: Oh, I knew that was coming. I think, actually, they've been a bit generous to Matt. He's got a bit of a structured jaw which isn't really there.
Matt: [laughs] Let's not go there.
Matt: You run as a sort of gangly fox.
Karen: No, I don't! [laughs] A gangly fox? A great run. Purposeful.
Matt: Well, slow. You're quite slow.
Karen: No, I'm not! I'm long. Big strides.
Matt: Yeah, sure.
Karen: There's an angel advancing and it's a huge build up and it's very terrifying. And then the Doctor bites my arm and I'm not really sure how we're gonna do that. Hopefully he won't actually bite it.
Matt: Absolutely I'm gonna bite her arm! Yeah, for sure. Then I'll get a proper reaction. It's fun. [bites his own hand]
Karen: I didn't know Matt was gonna do that at the time. He did it really, really hard, and I think I got a really good reaction because it was real and it was quite painful but great for the scene. It was a painful but good experience.
STOP! HAMMERTIME
5.05, "Blinded by the Light"
Matt: Hi! No one cares about your silly bedroom.
Karen: [smacks him with a pillow]
Matt: It's interesting - you don't often find them in a bedroom, sat on a bed, chilling out. Usually they're being chased by an angel or a Silurian or something.
Karen: Yeah. And um, we're just kind of having a normal conversation, uhm, without the fear of-
Matt: [imitating her] A normal conversation without the fear of!
Karen: [elbows] Shut up! That's how I talk! Let me, let me do that again. We're just having a normal conversation-
Matt: [still mocking]
Karen: [laughs] We're just having a normal conversation-
Matt: We're just having a normal conversation!
Karen: Oh, will you shut up! And without the fear of death, which is really nice and refreshing for us to do.
Karen: And then they have a little smoochie.
Matt: Ooooh. Which we call -
Matt and Karen: Smoochie smoochie tiiiiiime.
Karen: Oh yeahhhhhh.
SMOOCHIE SMOOCHIE TIME
Adam Smith: When we rehearsed for the wide, Karen actually, subconsciously, put her hand on Matt's inner thigh.
Karen: [covers her face]
Matt: "Subconsciously."
Adam: And then denied it afterwards. It was on camera, wasn't it? ...You were lost in the moment, weren't you?
Matt: You were. I seduced you.
Karen: You didn't sedu- ughhhh.
Adam: They've been through a tough time. Amy and the Doctor have just been through a big, big adventure, haven't they?
Matt: So why does that make her want to kiss him?
Karen: 'Cause they've shared something together.
Matt: 'Cause she's seen him at his best and she was gonna die?
Karen: And it's also like you do things in the heat of the moment-
Matt: Well, she does.
Karen: Yeah. She certainly does. Um, I don't know, when you're like, excited and-
Matt: [imitates her]
Karen: Will you stop- [pushes a pillow at him]
5.08, "Arthurian Legend"
Arthur: Karen, were you doing that in the mirror all of yesterday during lunch time?
Karen: Yeah, pretty much. To The White Stripes. I've been thinking about my doorbell, when you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it?
Matt: [presses her belly button] Ding dong!
5.09, "What Goes on Tour"
Karen: We're going to go and say hello, and introduce the first episode.
Matt: And we're gonna do a little dance like this. [starts humming the theme]
Karen: [follows along]
Karen: It's just so nice, that, I dunno, we're here, and-
Matt: [puts his hand in front of her face]
Karen: Can you not obscure the shot? This is the money right here.
Matt: It is, it's true.
Karen: We are on the Doctor Who tour bus!
Matt: Whoo!
Karen: We are on tour! How exciting is that?
Matt: Oh, yes. Well that was a very astute and detailed introduction for everyone, Karen.
Karen: I'm sorry, I've just woken up!
Matt: Yeah, I know.
Matt: Oh, no. Oh, no.
Beth Willis: Here she is, here she is.
Karen: Helloooo!
Matt: Here's trouble. Karen, what's been your favorite- actually, it's just not as interesting a face?
Karen: [whispers] Hello! Okay. So Matt's doing an interview so I'm gonna pap him. Right. Here I go. Wish me luck.
Karen: I just got two pictures! That's two grand.
Karen: And now you just act natural. [looks around]
5.13, "Out of Time"
Matt: This is Matt and Karen, we're on set; I'm wearing a fez-
Karen: It's absolutely ridiculous. [puts the fez on] Look!
Matt: That's continuity, gonna be really, probably- oh, you've ruined it-
Karen: One of the most fun scenes we've had to do filming was the dancing sequence. Matt had to do this dance because it was written obviously that he was a terrible dancer and he dances like a drunk giraffe. Matt kind of made up this whole routine and it's really funny. It's kind of like this. [moves her arms around wildly]
Arthur: That is just how he dances. I don't think they put it in the script so he therefore danced like that. It's just the way he dances. What a mover.
HIPSTERS IN NEW YORK
Matt: Kaz, come here.
Karen: No!
Matt: Come here, man. Karen's wearing the same clothes as yesterday!
Karen: No! No!
Matt: Yes she is, yes she is!
Karen: No, I hate you!
Matt: Look, she is! She's wearing the same clothes as yesterday!
Karen: I thought I was gonna get away with it!
Matt: I did some laundry today, man. What is wrong with you?
Karen: You did some laundry? I saw somebody bringing it to you.
Matt: Well, yes. She's wearing the same clothes! [sticks his tongue out at her]
Karen interviews Matt
Matt: ...[The Doctor]'s the most intelligent man in the universe, he likes pretty women to come travelling around with him-
Karen: [flattered] Oh!
Matt: [points at her] -with the exception...
Karen: [sighs]
Karen: Well I have to say you've done a fantastic job so far on creating your own identity for the Doctor.
Matt: Thanks, Kaz. [high fives] Cheers, mate, that's really kind.
Karen: It's a bit weird. Anyway.
Matt: Yeah, it's like you're being nice to me.
Karen: Last but not least, who's your favorite companion? Me, by any chance?
Matt: Absolutely. I think Amy Pond - categorically, hands down - is the best companion there has been.
Karen: Smoked. [they both reach for a high five but Karen pulls back]
Matt and Karen: Ohhhhh!
Karen: So that concludes our interview with the wonderful Matt Smith - [Matt moves in front of her] Okay, don't take up my whole shot with that massive head -
Matt interviews Karen
Matt: Question two - how long have you had a crush on me?
Karen: What?!
Matt: That's, that's the question. No, it's not really.
Matt: Lots of running, question mark?
Karen: Loads of running!
Matt: She has a funny run. [imitates her]
Karen: I do not have a fun- [laughs] Upright lizard. [both move arms around wildly]
Matt and Karen do impressions of each other. I'd picspam, but it's really something you have to see for yourself.
Matt: You can watch an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 - you do that, don't you?
Karen: You cannot watch an episode of 90210 in twenty minutes. They're an hour long.
Matt: Wow, really?
Karen: Yeah, really. What did you think they were?
Matt: They've got to sort that out.
Matt and Karen BBC Newsbeat interview
Question: Is it good acting or do you and Karen really fancy each other?
Matt: Let me tell you, Rowan, Karen has harbored a huge crush on me for nine months. I've been fending her off - she's over there [points], you can't see her. Hi, Karen. Yeah, uh no, that's just good acting, by which I mean we have to work really hard for that to seem real. Um, no, it's good; we get on. We have a laugh, me and Kaz; it's lucky, really, 'cause if you didn't get on with the lady that played your companion, it would be really difficult because I think in many respects, it's the essence of the show, really. That relationship.
Karen: Matt has a massive crush on me. And I keep batting him off - I keep saying, "Matt, please, just leave me alone!" And it gets a bit much sometimes, actually. But I think he's coming to terms with the fact that I'm out of bounds.
Oh, them.
Also, be warned that this spam is really huge with a plethora of gifs and images, so it's not dial-up friendly. Some of the pics came from WhoIsMattSmith.com and the rest of the screencaps and gifs are by me. Please don't post these on Tumblr; I'll eventually post them on mine.
Matt Smith on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross: So Amy is the new companion.
Matt: Yes, the lovely new companion played by Karen Gillan.
Jonathan: And they've gone for a ginger lady again.
Matt: ...Yeah, I think gingers are pretty hip. She's- I mean, you've seen her, she's a ten.
5.02, "All About the Girl"
Matt: Amy Pond is... I dunno. I've sort of fallen in love with Amy Pond. She's sort of as bonkers as the Doctor in many ways. She's a redhead, feisty, seductress ball of wit.
Matt: God, I think Karen brings so much of herself to the role as Amy, all that mad, kooky energy she has in her life - [laughs] just Karen-ness, Karen madness - and that feisty, Scottish Inverness "don't mess with me," is all in there as well. We've become closer every day; I'm really fond of her, actually, I have to say.
Matt: It's just, you know, we went through all of these milestones together - the first read through, we did that together, and then we did our first day on set, then we got our first block finished and we had all of these really huge things in life that we're sharing. [puts his hands together] It makes you quite close. Uh... yeah, she's a funny soul.
5.04, "Eyes Wide Open"
Matt: You're a bit prettier in the game.
Karen: Oh, I knew that was coming. I think, actually, they've been a bit generous to Matt. He's got a bit of a structured jaw which isn't really there.
Matt: [laughs] Let's not go there.
Matt: You run as a sort of gangly fox.
Karen: No, I don't! [laughs] A gangly fox? A great run. Purposeful.
Matt: Well, slow. You're quite slow.
Karen: No, I'm not! I'm long. Big strides.
Matt: Yeah, sure.
Karen: There's an angel advancing and it's a huge build up and it's very terrifying. And then the Doctor bites my arm and I'm not really sure how we're gonna do that. Hopefully he won't actually bite it.
Matt: Absolutely I'm gonna bite her arm! Yeah, for sure. Then I'll get a proper reaction. It's fun. [bites his own hand]
Karen: I didn't know Matt was gonna do that at the time. He did it really, really hard, and I think I got a really good reaction because it was real and it was quite painful but great for the scene. It was a painful but good experience.
STOP! HAMMERTIME
5.05, "Blinded by the Light"
Matt: Hi! No one cares about your silly bedroom.
Karen: [smacks him with a pillow]
Matt: It's interesting - you don't often find them in a bedroom, sat on a bed, chilling out. Usually they're being chased by an angel or a Silurian or something.
Karen: Yeah. And um, we're just kind of having a normal conversation, uhm, without the fear of-
Matt: [imitating her] A normal conversation without the fear of!
Karen: [elbows] Shut up! That's how I talk! Let me, let me do that again. We're just having a normal conversation-
Matt: [still mocking]
Karen: [laughs] We're just having a normal conversation-
Matt: We're just having a normal conversation!
Karen: Oh, will you shut up! And without the fear of death, which is really nice and refreshing for us to do.
Karen: And then they have a little smoochie.
Matt: Ooooh. Which we call -
Matt and Karen: Smoochie smoochie tiiiiiime.
Karen: Oh yeahhhhhh.
SMOOCHIE SMOOCHIE TIME
Adam Smith: When we rehearsed for the wide, Karen actually, subconsciously, put her hand on Matt's inner thigh.
Karen: [covers her face]
Matt: "Subconsciously."
Adam: And then denied it afterwards. It was on camera, wasn't it? ...You were lost in the moment, weren't you?
Matt: You were. I seduced you.
Karen: You didn't sedu- ughhhh.
Adam: They've been through a tough time. Amy and the Doctor have just been through a big, big adventure, haven't they?
Matt: So why does that make her want to kiss him?
Karen: 'Cause they've shared something together.
Matt: 'Cause she's seen him at his best and she was gonna die?
Karen: And it's also like you do things in the heat of the moment-
Matt: Well, she does.
Karen: Yeah. She certainly does. Um, I don't know, when you're like, excited and-
Matt: [imitates her]
Karen: Will you stop- [pushes a pillow at him]
5.08, "Arthurian Legend"
Arthur: Karen, were you doing that in the mirror all of yesterday during lunch time?
Karen: Yeah, pretty much. To The White Stripes. I've been thinking about my doorbell, when you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it?
Matt: [presses her belly button] Ding dong!
5.09, "What Goes on Tour"
Karen: We're going to go and say hello, and introduce the first episode.
Matt: And we're gonna do a little dance like this. [starts humming the theme]
Karen: [follows along]
Karen: It's just so nice, that, I dunno, we're here, and-
Matt: [puts his hand in front of her face]
Karen: Can you not obscure the shot? This is the money right here.
Matt: It is, it's true.
Karen: We are on the Doctor Who tour bus!
Matt: Whoo!
Karen: We are on tour! How exciting is that?
Matt: Oh, yes. Well that was a very astute and detailed introduction for everyone, Karen.
Karen: I'm sorry, I've just woken up!
Matt: Yeah, I know.
Matt: Oh, no. Oh, no.
Beth Willis: Here she is, here she is.
Karen: Helloooo!
Matt: Here's trouble. Karen, what's been your favorite- actually, it's just not as interesting a face?
Karen: [whispers] Hello! Okay. So Matt's doing an interview so I'm gonna pap him. Right. Here I go. Wish me luck.
Karen: I just got two pictures! That's two grand.
Karen: And now you just act natural. [looks around]
5.13, "Out of Time"
Matt: This is Matt and Karen, we're on set; I'm wearing a fez-
Karen: It's absolutely ridiculous. [puts the fez on] Look!
Matt: That's continuity, gonna be really, probably- oh, you've ruined it-
Karen: One of the most fun scenes we've had to do filming was the dancing sequence. Matt had to do this dance because it was written obviously that he was a terrible dancer and he dances like a drunk giraffe. Matt kind of made up this whole routine and it's really funny. It's kind of like this. [moves her arms around wildly]
Arthur: That is just how he dances. I don't think they put it in the script so he therefore danced like that. It's just the way he dances. What a mover.
HIPSTERS IN NEW YORK
Matt: Kaz, come here.
Karen: No!
Matt: Come here, man. Karen's wearing the same clothes as yesterday!
Karen: No! No!
Matt: Yes she is, yes she is!
Karen: No, I hate you!
Matt: Look, she is! She's wearing the same clothes as yesterday!
Karen: I thought I was gonna get away with it!
Matt: I did some laundry today, man. What is wrong with you?
Karen: You did some laundry? I saw somebody bringing it to you.
Matt: Well, yes. She's wearing the same clothes! [sticks his tongue out at her]
Karen interviews Matt
Matt: ...[The Doctor]'s the most intelligent man in the universe, he likes pretty women to come travelling around with him-
Karen: [flattered] Oh!
Matt: [points at her] -with the exception...
Karen: [sighs]
Karen: Well I have to say you've done a fantastic job so far on creating your own identity for the Doctor.
Matt: Thanks, Kaz. [high fives] Cheers, mate, that's really kind.
Karen: It's a bit weird. Anyway.
Matt: Yeah, it's like you're being nice to me.
Karen: Last but not least, who's your favorite companion? Me, by any chance?
Matt: Absolutely. I think Amy Pond - categorically, hands down - is the best companion there has been.
Karen: Smoked. [they both reach for a high five but Karen pulls back]
Matt and Karen: Ohhhhh!
Karen: So that concludes our interview with the wonderful Matt Smith - [Matt moves in front of her] Okay, don't take up my whole shot with that massive head -
Matt interviews Karen
Matt: Question two - how long have you had a crush on me?
Karen: What?!
Matt: That's, that's the question. No, it's not really.
Matt: Lots of running, question mark?
Karen: Loads of running!
Matt: She has a funny run. [imitates her]
Karen: I do not have a fun- [laughs] Upright lizard. [both move arms around wildly]
Click to viewMatt and Karen do impressions of each other. I'd picspam, but it's really something you have to see for yourself.
Matt: You can watch an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 - you do that, don't you?
Karen: You cannot watch an episode of 90210 in twenty minutes. They're an hour long.
Matt: Wow, really?
Karen: Yeah, really. What did you think they were?
Matt: They've got to sort that out.
Matt and Karen BBC Newsbeat interview
Question: Is it good acting or do you and Karen really fancy each other?
Matt: Let me tell you, Rowan, Karen has harbored a huge crush on me for nine months. I've been fending her off - she's over there [points], you can't see her. Hi, Karen. Yeah, uh no, that's just good acting, by which I mean we have to work really hard for that to seem real. Um, no, it's good; we get on. We have a laugh, me and Kaz; it's lucky, really, 'cause if you didn't get on with the lady that played your companion, it would be really difficult because I think in many respects, it's the essence of the show, really. That relationship.
Karen: Matt has a massive crush on me. And I keep batting him off - I keep saying, "Matt, please, just leave me alone!" And it gets a bit much sometimes, actually. But I think he's coming to terms with the fact that I'm out of bounds.
Oh, them.