AGYEMAN: 'AXE RUMOURS HURT ME'

New DOCTOR WHO assistant FREEMA AGYEMAN has blasted reports she is facing the axe from the hit show - insisting the rumours horrified her. Agyeman replaced Billie Piper as the Timelord's assistant after she quit at the end of the second series - but the actress' role in the British sci-fi show was recently speculated to be a short one after rumours surfaced her character would be killed off. However, Agyeman has dismissed the reports as hurtful. She says, "It's totally untrue. I don't know where it came from but I'm not getting axed. It was quite horrible to read it. I'm not going. "I'm just focusing on the fact the fans are still really enjoying it."