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Dedication to one’s craft may, on occasions, be at the expense of personal vanity. On location for her next movie ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’, Karen Gillan, best known to millions as Amy Pond in the long running ‘Doctor Who’ series, unveiled her new bald look. Her character, Nebula, a villainous pirate who spends much of her time trying to wipe out entire civilizations, in the 2014 Marvel flick, would have approved.

Appearing at a film convention in the summer of 2013, she told her audience: “It’s liberating. I think everyone here should shave their heads.” Unfortunately, others were less pleased; the film’s director James Gunn being subjected to a barrage of abuse on his Twitter account. Asking fans to stop sending angry messages, he pleaded: “If you are sending me hate messages about making @KarenGillan2 shave her head, you might consider the overall state of your life.” Someone had to say it so I’m grateful to Mr Gunn for saving me the need, for the whole world of social media is already displaying acutely sinister undertones………………