In the latest issue of the UK listings magazine, the Radio Times, Karen Gillan reveals what life's like as the Doctor's companion and talks about the 12 weeks that changed her life…

"I guess there was a bit on an uproar. I just don't get it with the skirts. It's what any girl on the street is wearing."

Our spotlight's trained on the Doctor's flame-haired, short-skirted companion Karen Gillan in the latest Radio Times as we chronicle her meteoric rise to fame - how is she coping with life in the limelight?

Read more about the new Radio Times HERE which also features Christopher Eccleston in Lennon Naked.