<http://schema.org/articleBody>
" Jenna-Louise Coleman is to be named as the new Doctor Who companion, reports have suggested. The former Emmerdale actress has been linked to the show in a number of press reports. If confirmed, she would appear alongside Matt Smith&amp;#039;s Time Lord in the BBC sci-fi&amp;#039;s seventh series, replacing Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) and Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams).  An official announcement is expected later today (March 21), with a message on the official Doctor Who Twitter feed stating: &amp;quot;Good morning! A few announcements coming your way this morning. That&amp;#039;s right - a few!&amp;quot;   Jenna-Louise Coleman in &amp;#039;Titanic&amp;#039; (left) and BBC One&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Waterloo Road&amp;#039; (right) Coleman, who was born in Blackpool, landed the part of Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale in 2005, and has also appeared in Waterloo Road and Captain America: The First Avenger. The 25-year-old will soon be seen as cabin steward Annie Desmond in Julian Fellowes&amp;#039;s drama Titanic, commissioned to mark the centenary of the ship&amp;#039;s sinking. Gillan was confirmed to be departing Doctor Who along with co-star and on-screen husband Darvill back in December.  It is known that they will leave part way through series seven in a &amp;quot;heartbreaking end&amp;quot;, and Gillan has teased that her exit will have a &amp;quot;strong impact&amp;quot;.  She also assured fans that her final Doctor Who storyline is &amp;quot;going to be damn good&amp;quot;, adding that Amy will go out &amp;quot;on a high&amp;quot;.  Watch Karen Gillan discuss her Doctor Who exit below:      &amp;amp;gt; Doctor Who&amp;#039;s Karen Gillan: &amp;#039;Exit will be strange shock to the system&amp;#039; See a gallery of previous Doctor Who companions below: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a372200/jenna-louise-coleman-to-replace-karen-gillan-in-doctor-who/>