Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause. If the meal is very good I give her a standing ovation.

Lis Sladen was very important to me, you know. When I joined the little world of 'Doctor Who', Lis was already a star.

Respect is more than giving consideration of one's feelings. It is showing common courtesy for another human being.

The success of a close friend is often wounding, especially if he has been poor for so long.

Being Doctor Who, I used to look at the clock and know at half past four we were going to stop rehearsing - and that was a sad moment for me because I wanted to stay in this beautiful, unreal world.

Keepers of light carry invisible candles of hope, touching hearts and illuminating the souls of friends.

I never read the scripts at all carefully and never wanted to know what was going on, because i felt that being a benevolent alien, that's the way it should be.