Sinead Keenan Cast In This Year's Final Specials

“Russell T Davies would email me after every single episode, going, ‘I’m loving it!’. He absolutely fell in love with Sinead who plays Nina so he’s given her a part in David Tennant’s last two parter.”
The news of Sinead Keenan's casting in Doctor Who was recently published on the official website for SFX magazine and you can view their article here online. In Being Human, Sinead Keenan worked alongside Russell Tovey who played Midshipman Frame in the Doctor Who Christmas special 'Voyage of the Damned' and the writer of the show, Toby Whithouse, is also well known for his episodes of Doctor Who and Torchwood. What do you think of this news?
Though why this long to announce it? Is it something special?
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