I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all.

Wilf: God bless the cactuses! The Doctor: That's cactI. Alien: And that's racist!

Rose Tyler: Can't you come through properly? The Doctor: Then the whole thing would fracture. The two universes would collapse. Rose Tyler: So?

I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.

What Rose brings to the Doctor’s life is completion. It’s completing a circle – he’s male, he’s alien, he’s a traveler. Between the two of them together they complement each other and discover each other. And are in love with each other – absolutely, unashamedly, unreservedly.

I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed the whole world, and an entire sprawling industry, that writing monsters and demons and end-of-the-world is not hack-work, it can challenge the best. Joss Whedon raised the bar for every writer - not just genre or niche writers, but every single one of us.