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Pauline Collins interview - Radio Times, April 2006 |
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Pauline Collins crosses swords with the Doctor in her role as Queen Victoria. But in reality, the actress has a soft spot for the Time Lord, as Anna Hunt finds out.
On her role
"I really liked the part of
Queen Victoria because
she's humorous and very
human. I'm sure she
was both of these things in
real life, but they're not the
attributes you normally see in
portrayals of her."
"The most
challenging part of playing Queen Victoria
was the wonderful but very heavy costume. There were so many layers to
the skirts that it made getting about quite
tricky. I felt like I was carrying several small
children around with me all the time."
On the old Who
"I was offered 39 episodes as Patrick [Troughton]'s sidekick in 1967. I turned it down though, because
it seemed such a long time to be tied to a
series. I was frightened of feeling trapped.
I really loved the danger of not knowing
what was coming next. I still do."
On the new Who
"Russell T Davies is a
brilliant writer. What he's done is to create
a
show with really broad appeal that will go
down in TV history. It's an amazing feat."
On the Tenth Doctor
"David's Doctor has
a darker side to him, an unpredictability. You imagine he could take the
Doctor to dark places. As Queen Victoria,
I don't really like the Doctor because of
this. I don't know where he's come from or
where he's really going and it rubs me up the
wrong way. As myself, though, I think he's
the best Doctor so far."
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