Millie Gibson: Difference between revisions

Gibson grew up watching the [[David Tennant]] and [[Matt Smith]] eras of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' with her dad,<ref name="DWM 586"/><ref name="DWM 585">[[DWM 585]] - [[Gallifrey Guardian]], Page 4</ref><ref name="interviews">[[:File:Ncuti Gatwa interviews Millie Gibson, the new companion! - Doctor Who|Ncuti Gatwa interviews Millie Gibson, the new companion! - Doctor Who]]</ref> with Smith being her [[Eleventh Doctor|favourite Doctor]]. Gibson was in awe of [[Amy Pond]] and loved [[Rory Williams]], and was in particular being brought to tears by ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]''. She also particularly enjoyed ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'', and her mum took her to the [[Doctor Who Experience (London/Cardiff)|''Doctor Who'' Experience]].<ref name="DWM 586"/>

On her last day of filming ''[[Coronation Street (series)|Coronation Street]]'', her agent called her to tell her that she had got the audition for ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' as [[Ruby Sunday]], which she deemed to be fate. She submitted a self-tape<ref name="DWM 586"/> where she performed a script truncated from scenes specific to Ruby from the character's first two episodes, before getting a callback on [[24 September (production)|the day following]] the broadcast of Gibson's final episode<ref name="DWM 586b">[[DWM 586]] - ''A Brand New Face'', Page 21</ref> on [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] 2022,<ref name="DWM 585"/> for an in-person audition in London, meeting [[Ncuti Gatwa]], [[Russell T Davies]], and [[Phil Collinson]], who Gibson described as a very lovely and at-ease group, although she was still very nervous. She acted alongside Gatwa, in-character,<ref name="DWM 586"/> reading from a longer script adapted from the first episode of [[Series 14 (Doctor Who)|series fourteen]].<ref name="DWM 586b"/> After the audition, Gatwa told Russell that Gibson was "''the'' companion<ref name="interviews"/> and Davies found that Gibson was as good as he had expected, having spoken to one of the writers of ''Coronation Street'' who highly commended Gibson.<ref name="DWM 586b"/> Gatwa also reassured Gibson that she hadn't seemed nervous.<ref name="DWM 586"/>  

Gibson got the call from her agents that she had the part during a spray tan in preparation for the [[National Television Awards]], despite having attempted to prepare for the call more sensibly during the week leading up to that point;<ref name="DWM 586"/> she had to try not to cry as to not ruin the spray tan. After leaving the salon, Gibson told her mother about the news.<ref name="interviews"/> On [[3 October (releases)|3 October]],<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/2022-national-television-awards-postponed-to-later-date-after-the-queens-death-b1024621.html ''National Television Awards postponed to later date after the Queen’s death'' on standard.co.uk]</ref> Gibson was nominated for Serial Drama Performance at the [[National Television Awards]] for her role in ''Coronation Street''.<ref name="DWM 586"/>