Maisie Williams: Doctor Who is full of bearded men

“The Girl Who Died” episode of “Doctor Who” airs on October 17 on BBC America. “It’s therefore inspirational to obtain this amnesiac attribute connected because of it very, that’s precisely what has kept me going really, not merely beards and dragons”.

Maisie Williams has sounded off on the lack of interesting roles for women on TV. The 18-year-old star will appear as Ashildr, a Viking girl who teams up with the Doctor and Clara to battle it out with the Mire, “the galaxy’s most deadly army”.

Williams said: “Peter [Capaldi] has been such a joy to work with”. The Anne Droid fronts a dystopian version of “The Weakest Link”, who obliterates contestants with a laser, rather than the 21st century Anne’s acidic putdowns.The episode also saw Davina McCall playing a Davinadroid, who hosted a futuristic version of “Big Brother” (we suppose that would be an Emmadroid now…). There’s a whole new element that’s fed in to the sides.

Viewers were so taken with Catherine Tate’s portrayal of Donna Noble that she eventually wound up as the Doctor’s companion, and went on to become one of the most popular characters of the modern era of “Doctor Who”.

The experience of filming Doctor Who was absolutely dazzling for the rising star.

Maisie said: “I didn’t realise when I was younger that women were written so badly”. I’m not so aware of the previous Doctors but I know a lot of the lines Peter says now relate back to other Doctors’ lines.

‘I hope to never have to play a character that is only there to benefit a male lead’.

Williams is obviously concerned with how young people are viewed in general.

She added: “I’ve stopped reading what people think now”.

Earlier this year she also took part in the Channel 4 documentary Cyberbully, and says being famous can be “scary, but it’s what you have to do”.

Maisie isn’t finding nothing but disappointment in her career, despite being caught off guard by the nature of certain scripts. Sadly, even though they miraculously pull that off, they are desperately outnumbered and outgunned, as the synopsis for the “Doctor Who” season 9 episode ominously teases.