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" Karen Gillan has said that returning to Doctor Who for last year&amp;#039;s Christmas special was &amp;quot;surreal&amp;quot;. The actress reprised her role as Amy Pond in &amp;#039;The Time of the Doctor&amp;#039;, which was the final episode to feature her co-star Matt Smith as the Time Lord.  Gillan recently told Entertainment Weekly that it felt &amp;quot;weird&amp;quot; to be back on the Doctor Who set. &amp;quot;It was such a surreal experience,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;Because those were three very important years of my life on that TV show and then to go back and be on someone else&amp;#039;s TARDIS was a really weird sensation.&amp;quot;  The star continued: &amp;quot;[I was] sort of\u2026 on the outside looking in. But also knowing that life is okay after you leave  Doctor Who.  &amp;quot;It was just a really interesting experience and important to me that I was there for Matt&amp;#039;s final moments in character.&amp;quot; Gillan added that shooting Smith&amp;#039;s final scene was incredibly emotional. &amp;quot;Everyone was crying! Everyone! Me and Jenna [Coleman] were hugging. Oh my God,&amp;quot; she recalled.  Gillan recently reunited with Smith at the Los Angeles premiere of her new movie Oculus. A special video message featuring Smith bidding farewell to Doctor Who fans was released earlier in the week. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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