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When
did you feel the silliest?
"Chained
to a branch, left alone on the
ground by the crew for 15 minutes
in a wood near Uxbridge. A couple
came past and were rather alarmed
and ran away!".
Were there
any hairy moments?
"I was
dangling over the bottomless
well in The Mark
of the Rani and some over-enthusiastic
extras were belabouring me with
sticks. They got a bit violent
and I dislocated my finger.
But I'm the only Doctor who
never had a stuntman, which
is a great source of pride".
What souvenir
have you kept?
"I have
one of Davros's fingers. There
was a wonderful scene where
Davros's hand was blown off.
I was much criticized for exalting
in this with a naff joke, "You
look armless!", which I
put in myself. But they
did take out the scene where
I pulled the finger out of my
nose as if that was where it
had landed".
What is your
biggest regret?
"That
I didn't stay in the role for
as long as was planned. It interrupted
the long-term plan for the character,
which was to gradually lighten
him up. So viewers mostly saw
this arrogant, patronising and
awkward character". |
