There are lots of procedural shows that I love, but I never really wanted to be a doctor on 'E.R.' - which I'm just picking as an example - or be on a crime procedural.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
After doing 'Doctor Who,' I'm open-minded to doing more acting. Part of the reason you do a show like this is because it creates other opportunities you haven't had before.
It wasn't until I got involved in 'Doctor Who' that I started doing dramas on television.
Being a regular in a television series, for me - if I wanted to be a cop, I woulda went to cop school. If I wanted to be a doctor, I would've gone to medical school. You get trapped in your normal episodic television shows, basically doing the same thing.
How could you not wanna be in 'Doctor Who' at least once in your career?
I am perhaps unusual in that I came to 'Doctor Who' through the numerous novelisations and not through the television show.
I love 'E.R.' and I'm not ashamed to admit it. It makes me know I did not waste my life after all by not becoming a medical doctor.
I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on A&E, if I watch TV. I don't really watch TV shows.
Doctor Who is like any long-running series in that the cast tend to look to the star to set the general tone. Rehearsals and filming could be a lot of fun.
To be honest, I don't think there's any other show like 'Doctor Who' at all.
I used to be a real doctor. Now I just play one on TV.