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Geoffrey Palmer guest-stars - Radio Times, December 2007 |
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Nick Griffiths catches up with Geoffrey Palmer as he makes a return visit to the world of Doctor Who.
"Geoffrey Palmer couldn't resist the role of the Titanic captain in the Doctor Who Christmas special. "I don't want to work an awful lot at my age [80]," he tells RT, "but I want to work with someone I like, and David Tennant's a terrific actor, and this is a super script."
Geoffrey's son Charles has directed four recent Doctor Whos. "When I was offered it, he said, 'Oh God, I wish I'd been directing it'. That's my only regret. That would have been fun."
And Palmer Senior has acted in the series before - in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) and The Mutants (1972). "I don't think I met the monsters. But the fan club thing is extraordinary. I still get letters: 'Will you sign this?'; 'What did you think of your part?' I've no idea what the part was! From my point of view then, it was just a job. I was bringing up kids."
But he'll be tuning in this Christmas. "The family are coming to us, so I know the boys [grandchildren Billy, eight, and Tommy, five] will want to watch it. And I'll watch it, too, I'm sure."
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