Distance is always helpful, and the fact that I'm a U.S. politics junkie helps a lot.

I don't think [Russell T Davies] sits up at night worrying about canonicity, except for the times when I'm pretty sure he does.

Distance is always helpful, and the fact that I'm a U.S. politics junkie helps a lot.

When Captain America died, Americans heard it in an American way: through the media. When Captain Britain died, the British felt it in their chests.

John Smith: Mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself. Everyday life can provide honour and valour. Let's hope that from now on this country can find its heroes in smaller places. In the most ordinary of deeds.

The brilliant escape, the funny line to cap it, despite the lack of timing. And the girl was still dead. The last act had not materialised. The world, and himself, remained so far from what they should be: so imperfect.

Rumpty!" he muttered, which was very rude if you were one of the few people in the universe who understood what it meant.