We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can you tell that actor to calm down?
I got very fit that week with all the running around that we di. I was always last, because I can't run as fast as everyone else. I'm useless at running.
I found it a little bit stressful, because I wasn't used to working with Doctor Who. I got the impression I'd walked into the end of seven years and it was all a bit tense.
I think I must have too much to eat, we were doing a scene where we were crawling, and I ripped my trousers. I was very embarrassed. I was sown in, stitched in, quickly!
Playing an alien gave me plenty of scope, and I was able to develop it once I became a member of the team.
I don't think I would have stayed for the second season if I hadn't been happy.
I enjoyed working with Peter, I was very pleased when I heard he was going to be the Doctor.
Some of those cartoons look nothing like me.
I'd like to write a novel more than anything. I'm reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles at the moment, which is depressing me no end!
Some stories are more technical than others and more difficult to do. You just have to stick with it and hope it all works out in the end.
There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own.
I know there was uproar when I moved out of my fairy skirt, as I used to call it, into my trousers. That was purely for practical reasons!
In Amsterdam, we went for a wonderful Indonesian meal one night, and then went out for a stroll around the red light district, which was good fun.
Changing costumes was bliss. Getting out of our normal gear into something new, and playing two parts, for me, was very exciting.