What’s it take to fight aliens, sidekick to a mad genius, and travel through time and space in a blue police box? Extreme hotness, it seems. The BBC have announced the actress who will take over as the Doctor’s faithful companion: Jenna-Louise Coleman!

I have no idea who that is. But she is damn pretty.

The TARDIS could stand to be a bit more glamorous

The BBC posted this article about the announcement earlier today. Coleman has been in a few shows, and even had a small cameo as someone named ‘Connie’ in Captain America: The First Avenger. I tried IMDBing her to find Connie…but no luck. The role is no doubt super small.

But other than that, I have no idea who is woman is, so I’m not thrilled or excited or disappointed or anything.

Showrunner Stephen Moffat had this to say about Coleman’s upcoming character:

“It always seems impossible when you start casting these parts, but when we saw Matt and Jenna together, we knew we had our girl. She’s funny and clever and exactly mad enough to step on board the Tardis,” Moffat said. “It’s not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it’s about to happen. Jenna is going to lead him his merriest dance yet. And that’s all you’re getting for now. Who she’s playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor’s standards, this isn’t your usual boy meets girl.”

So that sounds kind of exciting. I’ve definitely warmed up to Matt Smith as the Doctor, so seeing him with a new friend should be fun.

I won’t be sad to see the Doctor’s current companions, Amy and Rory Pond, leave. Not that I have anything against them, but I don’t particularly have anything for them either. When Moffat took over and Smith became the Doctor, the focus changed from the companions (under the Davies/Tennant era) to the Doctor. The Ponds have suffered from it. They had their cool moments, but I was never very attached to them.

I also never really bought into their romance

I’m sure I’ll cry buckets when they leave because Moffat said that episode would be ‘heart-breaking’, but that’s just because Doctor Who does amazingly well with emotional episodes. So I’m sure it will be an incredibly sad episode. But I’m eager to see a new companion. Apparently she’s going to debut in this year’s Christmas special.

The only issue I have with the new companion is her incredible hotness.

When one considers a companion for Doctor Who, based purely on the general idea of the show, and not his actual history, I think one almost immediately goes with the idea of a hot, young, female companion. It just makes sense, from a TV stand point. Same with the Doctor. After Tennant and Smith, could you imagine casting the 12th Doctor as someone as old as the 1st Doctor again? In today’s modern TV age, it just wouldn’t fly! Same for the companions. I imagine TV producers want them to be cute, young and hip.

But the last time Doctor Who did that, we got Martha Jones, my least favorite companion:

The Doctor teaming with an actual medical doctor? Crazy!

But after Martha came my favorite companion: Donna Noble!

But then I have a thing for redheaded British women...

Older, bitchier, kind of a dork and with no sexual tension whatsoever. As far as I’m concerned, young and sexy do not a good companion make!