From the TARDIS to a Sports Utility Vehicle! Karen Gillan gears up for her new role in NTSF:SD:SUV::

She once travelled the world in a police phone box, but now Karen Gillan has a new cop car to roll in.

The British actress was announced as the newest cast member in NTSF:SD:SUV:: back in March and now she's on set ready to play the character Daisy in season three.

The American TV show - short for National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle - was filming scenes in London's Parliament Square with Karen and the rest of the crew on Monday.



New saviours in town: Karen Gillan films scenes for her new role in NTSF:SD:SUV::

Her new character is drastically different in style to that sported by Amy Pond in Doctor Who who favoured plaid shirts of pink skirts.

The rest of Karen's shirt, tie and cardigan outfit with knee-high socks and leather loafers indicated a lot of preppy appeal in Daisy's fashion choices.

The only similarity between her Doctor's companion and the new Strike Force member is the red hair colour, worn long with a seventies style wave on Monday morning.



Red appeal: The only similarity between her Doctor's companion and the new Strike Force member is their hair colour

Brand new: Karen plays Daisy in the American comedy series

Castmate: The Scottish star waits patiently between scenes to June Diane Raphael NTSF:SD:SUV:: is a quarter-hour comedy series that parodies the police procedural and action film genres. The cast is made up with a bevy of comedy actors who have guest appeared in various TV series across the years. They include Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager), Brandon Johnson (Get Him to the Greek), June Diane Raphael (Burning Love), Rob Riggle (The Daily Show), Martin Starr (Freaks & Geeks) and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace).



Time warp: It seems the scene is set in 1970s England with a punk on one side and an extra dressed up as Alex in A Clockwork Orange on the other

Ready for action: Martin Starr, Karen and June stand to attention as they start to film a scene

Fellow Brit: Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh fame also stars in the comedy series

Karen will be a series regular in this third season, but it looked she won't be the only Brit in the pack.

Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh was also on the central London set, sporting a curly head of hair and wearing a navy suit.

According to the production team, the new series will include 'surgically swapping faces with each other, kidnapping an alien, faking their own deaths, getting into the viral video biz, unfreezing a former 1960’s radical, boarding Comic-Con Air, and heading into the dangerous British District of San Diego for a sweeping NTSF:SD:SUV:: two-part epic.'

The new series of NTSF:SD:SUV:: will be broadcast this year on Adult Swim.



Defenders! The series parodies police procedural and action films, and is now in its third season