"Perfect casting, just perfect! I'd kept Peter's phone number after we worked together on The Fires of Pompeii and Torchwood. I loved him as an actor, and a writer, and a director, I was actually in awe of him, and so clung to his number, in a slightly stalkerish way. Quite apart from his five million wonderful appearances on screen, I think that scene in episode 3 of Torchwood: Children of Earth, where Peter's character faces the 456 for the first time, is one of the finest performances in anything ever. Seriously. Anything. Ever."
"I was as surprised as anyone! I'd heard rumours about Peter in the weeks beforehand, but I'd convinced myself it couldn't be true, because he's in The Musketeers. In fact, I was quite sad, cos I thought about him a lot, and realised how good he'd be, and now we'd never get to see him. Damn. So the moment Zoe Ball said his name was actually quite mind-blowing. I still find it difficult, even now to find adjectives big and bold enough to describe how brilliant this is!"
"So I texted him on Sunday, saying 'Oh my God.' And imagine, just imagine how many texts he got that night. But then today, the phone went ping, and there he was. Doctor Who. On my mobile. And a new golden age begins! That's four golden ages in a row now!"Source: Doctor Who TV
"The Doctor's always said he’s thousands of years old, and suddenly he’s going to look closer to what we know he secretly is." "He’s going to look like an older man. A fiercer man. He won’t be the dashing young man he was a minute ago, and I think that’ll be rather exciting…"
"He’s always looked like Doctor Who, how has this taken us so long?! Because the moment you say his name, you go ‘Of course!’ Because he’s got the hair, and he’s got the look, he’s brilliant, he’s known to be a fan, of course it’s bloody him!"Doctor Who Magazine issue 464 goes on sale Thursday 22nd August. Will you be buying it?
