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" Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them. "

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" As a kid, I knew all of the dinosaurs. It's one of those tragedies that I've forgotten what dinosaurs are cool. "

" I would be sitting in my flat watching TV, and 'Doctor Who' would be on with my flatmate there. I would have loved to share the fact that I was the new Doctor, but I couldn't. I was going mad. My dad was rather flabbergasted. When I told him, he laughed. He was excited, elated and very proud. "

" I was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it. "

" The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal. "

" At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion. "

" Every two weeks on 'Doctor Who,' the set is completely different, the world is different and there are new actors coming in. So, it's constantly surprising, and it's a pressure that you relish, actually. "

" I just love vampires. "

" Police boxes, tweed blazers and bow ties feel quite English, but I think that is one of his virtues, one of the strengths of 'Doctor Who.' "

" As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. "

" So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative? "

" I am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold. "

" I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. "

" I am terribly clumsy, so there is a plethora of walking into lamp-posts, falling over, dropping things, and ruining sofas. "

" I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.' "

" There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level. "

" If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies. "

" I think expectations of 'Doctor Who' should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and better. "

" I've always loved dinosaurs. "

" I think that, if the world was a bit more like Comic-Con, we'd all be a little happier. "

" Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. "

" I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You Under My Skin.' The fact I love Frank is my grandfather's doing: he drummed it into me from a very early age that Frank Sinatra is God. "

" For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's Church's and Russell & Bromley. "

" If I could film, we'd film every episode of 'Doctor Who' in New York. I have an affinity with the city. It has some wonderful locations and it is devastatingly vast and huge. Central Park looks amazing on camera. "

" I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest. "

" I quite like the idea of family. That's probably the greatest achievement in the world. I've got a lot to achieve workwise - I'd love to direct - but family would be good. "

" If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it can start your day, there is the warmth and the ritual, and you can share it; you make someone a cup of tea and you offer it to them. "

" I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing. "

" Time travel is such a magic concept. "