Charles Kennedy now no longer the only famous Invernessian

News that a young woman from Inverness has been unveiled as the new assistant in the BBC drama Dr Who has led to much sighing of relief among town city leaders this week, due to the fact that up until now, Charles Kennedy was the most famous Invernessian.

With Karen Gillan shortly to commence work as the time-travelling Time Lord’s sidekick, people across the world will now be paying attention to the Highland Capital as somewhere that is famous for folk other than has-been politicians and ICT footballers.

“We’re delighted for Karen, and frankly ourselves,” said a spokesman for Highland Council.  “Now we can be proud of more than just Charlie Kennedy as a son or daughter of Inverness.  Who knows, if the ratings are good in the new series we might even replace Flora MacDonald’s statue in front of the castle with one of Karen.”

A spokesman for the Inverness tourist authorities, meanwhile, said, “Thank fuck for that.  At the moment, your top names to put Inverness on the map are the one-man band on the High Street, Tich McCooey, and an ousted former party leader.  With any luck, we’ll have Dr Who fans dressed as cybermen heading for the highlands in their droves to check out where she lived.”

Meanwhile the Time Lord himself could not be contacted despite our best efforts.