|
How easily
did you fit into the role?
"I wasn't
overly happy with the way my
original producers steered the
Doctor towards comedy - the
shower cap scene and silly hats
in Spearhead
from Space. I
later discovered they'd also
wanted me to play the guitar,
because Pat [Troughton] played
the recorder, I think they thought
that I could minstrelise my
way through"
When did you
feel silliest?
"Having
a fight with the Minotaur [in
The Time
Monster], played
by Dave Prowse [alias Darth
Vader]. He felt equally
silly because he had this sort
of stuffed cows head on and
he couldn't see where he was
going. Half the time he
charged into the walls."
When did you
decide to leave?
"It felt
like the end of an era after
my great friend Roger Delgado
was killed, and script editor
Terrence Dicks and producer
Barry Letts were leaving.
I was prepared to stay on if
the BBC had paid me a little
bit more - much to my chargin
they said "We're sorry
to see you go" I asked,
"Don't you want to talk
about this?" and they said
"No I don't think so."
"
What's your
favourite souvenir?
"The
Whomobile, which I drive at
conventions. But it caused
the most hideous accidents because
people took their eyes off the
road to look at it!"
What is your
biggest Doctor Who regret?
"I enjoyed
playing it and it put me right
on the map as an actor.
I suppose that it didn't pay
as much money as people expected
you were earning. The
money was pitiful really."
|
