Moths are the ones that freak me out. It's something to do with the way that, if they get squashed, they turn to dust. There's something very wrong about that. It all feels a bit Gothic.

I love characters who are clever and smart, and you have to run to catch up with. I think there's something very appealing and rather heroic in that.

All roads seem to have come back to Doctor Who in our life. But, no, it was a huge part of my growing up. I was a massive fan and it certainly inspired me to get into acting and to be ... one of those people that tells stories on TV. That was a huge part of my childhood.

How galling to watch someone who looks like you, who basically is you, do all the shagging you didn't get to do.

I always like seeing people transforming themselves, in whatever way that might be, and a different accent is part of that.

I still am a geek, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I see no shame in having an unhealthy obsession with something.

We seem to spend a lot of our time in very small spaces spouting a lot of dialogue very quickly.