Real heroes are all around us and uncelebrated.

I think that people like the idea that fans are sort of slightly eccentric and strange, but generally I've just found them very creative and warm and cheerful.

I'd say, don't listen to what anyone says: you're good. Go put your anorak on. Get your thick bottle-top specs. Draw your little cartoons and your comics and keep writing to the BBC.

Every viewer who ever turned on Doctor Who has taken him into his heart. He belongs to all of us.

I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really in the cards.

I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

Keep going and don't give up. You're doing wonderfully. You'll know how to fly this thing eventually.