I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly.

I'm fully aware that 'Doctor Who' will always, always be part of my life, and that's not something I would run away from in the slightest. I wear it with pride, definitely.

The way sci-fi works, you can never die.

Whether people watch Doctor Who or not over here, everybody knows about it. It's a British icon, it's so part of the nation.

I love hotels for their solitude and comfort, but I believe a seedy one can have as much promise as a plush one.

I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.

I was very much into science when I was young - I wanted to be a marine biologist, then I wanted to be a doctor, and then something else, I was always changing. Acting didn't come up until much later, probably about 16 or 17. I thought, "Oh, I quite like this."