{"id":64095,"date":"2014-08-13T16:58:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T15:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=64095"},"modified":"2014-08-13T17:17:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T16:17:28","slug":"doctor-whos-jenna-coleman-on-claras-new-boyf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/doctor-whos-jenna-coleman-on-claras-new-boyf\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who’s Jenna Coleman on Clara’s new boyf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The TARDIS is ready for relaunch on 23 August<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Love is in the air, but maybe not in the TARDIS, as Jenna Coleman dishes the goss on Clara’s new love interest.<\/p>\n

School teacher Danny Pink will be played by Samuel Anderson (The History Boys<\/strong><\/em>, Emmerdale<\/strong><\/em>), and is set to appear later on in Series 8. But unlike past Doctor Who<\/strong><\/em> BFs Rory Williams and Mickey Smith, he’s unlikely to be getting in on the space and time road trips.<\/p>\n

“He’s the perfect boyfriend really, and is very supportive,” Coleman told the BBC<\/a>, “but he doesn’t know anything about this double life she lives.<\/p>\n

“She tries to hide it from him whilst at the same time falling in love. She becomes very torn between the two – it’s almost as if she’s having an affair, without having an affair, but the lying becomes more and more.<\/p>\n

“Basically she’s trying to manage the two, and have these two men in her life. It becomes quite a hurtful thing and quite a hard thing for her because she’s totally torn between the two, and trying to have both at once without being able to do it successfully.”<\/p>\n

Looks like no more mutant space pregnancies for you, Who.<\/p>\n

Coleman also touched upon what fans can expect on the 23rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

“It feels different. The pace is different, and the tone. It’s definitely darker, but again I think it’s because the Doctor is much more removed and not as accessible to humans.<\/p>\n

“The show feels more complex, and the Doctor is complicated. He’s this heroic figure, but he can’t quite accept he’s a hero.”<\/p>\n