When you filmed your part in ‘The Pandorica Opens’ for Series 5 last year, did you know that you’d be coming back this year?
"No idea at all! I was very happy to have my six lines and to be sat opposite Alex Kingston. I mean, people were saying things like ‘we must have you back’, but to be honest that’s said all the time - so, as much as I hoped, I didn’t hold my breath. What’s happened subsequently is far beyond any expectations."
Can you tell us a bit about your role in ‘A Good Man Goes To War’?
"It’s a major part in the storyline, Dorium becomes a bit of a hero!"
Do you see him as a good guy or a bad guy?
"Dorium is at heart a good guy, but he lives in the murky depths. Think of him as Arthur Daley. Oh, you’re probably too young to remember Arthur Daley! He works in the murky world of black marketing, so that’s why River Song went to him to get the vortex manipulator [in 'The Pandorica Opens']."
Do we find out a bit more about Dorium Maldavar’s background this episode?
"You see, because everyone always talks in code - and I’m very bad at picking up code - everything is kept quite secret, so any development of the character I have to find from the page and in-between the lines."
What was it like working with Matt Smith and the other regulars?
"Yes, although not Alex Kingston this time, which was a shame as I wanted to say thankyou - the way these things work, you don’t always get the chance to say goodbye properly. So I didn’t get to work with her this time, but you never know!
"Matt Smith was delightful - he talks a lot about football! He helps keep me at ease because I’m a visitor. As visiting artists, we’re a bit edgy and on our toes as we’re very grateful to be there, but at the same time you don’t want to mess things up! I have to say, the experience has been delightful. The whole team was lovely, it was a dream job; to be working on a programme I’ve followed since William Hartnell.
"I wouldn’t call myself a fan, but I’m definitely a follower. I was born in 1961 so I was very young when William Hartnell became Patrick Troughton but I do remember it. I was delighted when Christopher Eccleston came on and rebooted it."
What was the secrecy like surrounding the episode’s cliffhanger ending?
"When filming the episode, for example Episode 7, because of the secrecy we weren’t really told what has happened before. We only know what’s in the episode we’re doing. So now, having seen Episode 6, I’m saying ‘ahhh, yes, okay!’ - I had to chuckle, I was with some friends and the expression on their faces was a picture!"
Were you all given complete scripts for Episode 7?
"Well, because my character is in it throughout, I did have a complete script. Our very first scene that we filmed, we were all together, but it was all out of context, it was all in the wrong order, so it was all very confusing. We had no idea what was going on, but it was an absolute hoot!
"What I will say is that a lot of questions will be answered, but then a whole bucket load of new questions will come forward. And the cliffhanger is very good, as you would expect!"
Did you have friends and family trying to get you to reveal stuff?
"To be honest, we’re contractually tied, but I don’t know much more than what I actually filmed. There were certain things in Episode 7 which I only read in the script. By the time they’ve done all their bells and whistles and trickery-pokery, I’m really looking forward to seeing it!"
Were there many special effects involved in your scenes?
"For me, there were a number of special effects, for reasons which will become apparent when you see it. I’m dying to see the special effects!"
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