In 900 years of time and space, I've never met anyone who wasn't important

I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams.

At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion.

I've always loved dinosaurs.

If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it can start your day, there is the warmth and the ritual, and you can share it; you make someone a cup of tea and you offer it to them.

It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States.

We didn't start Theocracy because we wanted to be cool like so-and-so and make money. Our songs aren't trendy, and our lyrics hopefully make people think about certain concepts in a new way.