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.

I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.

"Eureka" is Greek for "This bath is too hot."

I think quite often a fate worse than death is life, for lots of people.

I'm the only man in London that 'Don't talk to strange men' doesn't apply to.

It's funny, in literature no one ever goes to the lavatory.