But my 10-year old has never been as impressed about anyone Ive interviewed.

I think that might be something to do with ExCel too [theDoctor WhoExperience event last November].

I noticed the young fanbase has increased a lot.

The postman said to me youve got a friend in the Ukraine, Tom!

The odd thing though about the fans though is that the fan letters are pretty much identical.

Theyre not just fans, they are huge fans.

Theyve often been introduced to [Doctor Who] through their father, their grandfather now.

And its always this great affection, and it always ends with begging for signatures or messages of whatever.

[Roars laughing] Because theyre encouraged!

They think oh, I can be a friend of the Doctor!

So I have to measure it out and be friendly.

Be one among many!

You do return the affection.

His exact quote was I dont know and I dont care.

Well that sounds terribly ungracious, doesnt it?

Or at least ungracious.

I think hes been asked that a lot, and hes had stupendous success.

It was so much fun to do.

Its no small thing.

So Im sorry to hear Harrison Ford said such an ungracious thing.

We should talk about theDoctor Who50th anniversary episode, The Day Of The Doctor.

Did you tamper with it at all?

I didnt tamper with it in the end.

But I had a conversation with…

I think the big executive is called Moffat, I think.

And he talked about it a little bit.

I said to him well alright, I guess I can make a run at make it work.

But I was at a terrible disadvantage, because I didnt understand the cameras.

It now takes a long time to do quite short scenes on high definition cameras.

I dont know why, I dont want to know: its too late.

And then I was just amazed by the reaction of the audiences.

I got letters from everywhere!

It went out all over the world, didnt it?

Lots of people said very sweet things.

Like suddenly, we heard your voice…!

And she said I hadnt seen my mother smile since I was a little girl.

What a wonderful observation.

She said, for that moment, I thank you.

Americans are often formal, and call me sir [roars].

Its too much of a source of happiness.

Does that account for your pickiness?

I think it might.

I dont want anything to be too commercial.

I was offered a wonderful job in Australia, travelling with the BBCs music concerts.

I couldnt face it.

That was for about five weeks, I think.

Now I go to regular conventions where I know the people who are putting them on.

I dont want 500 people there, I cant deal with it.

Some guys I know dont even raise their heads!

So I can only deal with about 30 people an hour.

All this eats in time, and in the meantime, the audience is down there.

I like the ones where its a bit more measured, and Ive got time to give people time.

They want to see me sign it, to be affectionate in the character.

And I try not to disappoint them.

I see that your memoirs have now, finally, been made available again.

Theyre on Kindles now.

But do you have plans for a volume two?

No, no, no.

Are you doing more writing?

I wrote the horror story didnt I, which is now a play.

But I tried to re-reread my autography recently, and I was really quite shocked!

I could scarcely believe anything!

Because time does influence it, doesnt it?

Now, Im really rather benevolent.

Even towards The Pope, and all those people I used to hate!

Religion, you know, I used to always be saying sarcastic things.

Now I just say mischievous things [grins].

You wrote it in a non-media trained age though.

Autobiographies written now seem far less truthful.

Theres something quite refreshing about someone giving it to you straight.

[Roars] Yeah, yeah.

But with all the people youve teased over the years, has anyone got you back?

Well they couldnt try that one, because I always buy the drinks [laughs].

The thing about Jon Pertwee is that you have to be very, very careful you know.

Because sometimes… well, people say to me that he died.

And I said yes, I know.

Apparently he had this terrible dream where he was in a bar and had to buy everyone a drink.

And this caused a cardiac infarction.

I thought it was quite droll really.

Anyway, hes dead, but afterwards someone said listen Tom, dont say that.

I was being insensitive.

Is that the closest youve been to media trained?

Well…. [roars]…

I think your time is up!