Nabu: So, how is today for you? How have you found the experience so far [at the convention]?
Finn: Yeah it's been great! This is my first convention, I'm breaking my virginity.
Katy: I had to be with him.
Finn: Yeah, Granny had to be there...
Katy: Granny had to check this out! (laughs)
Mac: That's going to be quoted in the interview, y'know.
Finn: Oh it's recording?! (laughs) Yeah, my Gran was there when I lost my virginity...
Katy: Well this is the kind of Granny who would! (laughs)
Nabu: What was it like returning to the BBC set after so many years? Was it like a learning curve? Mac: Was it reminiscent of the past?
Katy: Yeah well first of all, the moment I found myself on that freezing cold mountain, it was like old times, y'know. The only difference was, I wasn't wearing a mini skirt, which was a great relief because everybody was watching! And going into the TARDIS was fascinating because it has changed and become very cutting-edge and it was very exciting because, although I was quite nervous to bring back this character, and you have no rehearsal, you go straight in—
(At this point, Tommy Knight enters!)
Finn: Tommy Knight has just come in here! Tommy Knight, get here now, we're having an interview, and you are just causing a scene...
Katy: I think you'd better come and sit here with us... (pointing at Tommy's 'hip' walking style) Did you see his walk? Did you see the walk?!
Finn: He needs to keep his trousers up!
Tommy: Look, right, I don't have a belt [for my trousers] so I had to use a shoelace!
Katy: It's like a bad-man Saturday Night Fever.
Tommy: Well, maybe I am a bad man out on a Saturday night...!
(everyone laughs)
Mac: This is all going up on the site, you know.
Katy: (laughs) But it really was a terrific experience being back. As I say, no rehearsing and so you just had to go through it. How could you go wrong with a Russell T Davies script? And you know, such wonderful actors, like Matt. I think including the audiobooks now, I'm into seven or eight Doctors!
Nabu: Did you collaborate with Russell about your character?
Katy: Well, he was constantly in touch: very hands-on, very caring. Absolutely lovely. And in terms of the character, if you look at the piece, it's the perfect carry-on from where she left off. For three years, from being this little, cunning 18 year old and this sort of, slightly 'knowing' young lady, going off and getting married. I think with everything that she did, you can imagine her doing that.
Mac: So, Finn, what was the experience like for you compared to Hollyoaks? How was it different?
Finn: It was great. Really really great. Both sets were really welcoming. And Doctor Who is a massive world, y'know these people are so established in what they do, so to come along first it was a bit like 'Oh I might be out of my depth,' but everyone was so welcoming and so lovely and the script was so great. And it wasn't 'The Matt Smith Show' or 'The Katy Manning Show', it was a collaborative double episode where everyone had a fair story in it. I had the time of my life!
Katy: And working with Lis, for me, I thought that [Jo and Sarah] complimented each other really well, and I loved working with her. Yeah, it's true, everybody had their little moment.
Finn: Except for Tommy, 'cause he wasn't it. Were you Tommy?
Tommy: No, I was... er... (Katy laughs)
Finn: Thank God, because if you were in it, I wouldn't have been in it!
Tommy: You're sort of like an upgrade, aren't you?
Finn: Upgrade? Oh thank you!
Mac: Oh, nobody could upgrade you, Tommy.
Tommy: (laughs) Yeah.
Katy: Hang on, if you [Finn] hadn't been in it, and you [Tommy] had been in it, what would I have been?
Mac: A Shansheeth?
(everybody laughs)
Katy: Mrs Shansheeth! Yes, with a bright, nylon frock.
Read the rest of the interview,
where we discuss naughty Katy Manning's double-entendres and a possible spin-off... tomorrow! Also, don't forget to check out Nabu's site, the lovely SARAH-JANE.tv!
21 comments:
WOW you met Katy manning??!!!jealous!
Finn is hot .
Haha! Shansheeth!
Would we be able to hear some of this?
If you're lucky! :D
OMG TOMMY KNIGHT!
Tommy's entrance seems very random. It must have been a shock, or not?
It was fairly random, but I didn't get starstruck (fortunately!) otherwise, I would have been all over the place.
I most certainly had to contain myself. :P I wasn't expecting him AT ALL.
Love the picture xD
I was kinda hoping he would be there with Anj so I could get the prizes signed. Thanks <3
Well I'd heard earlier that day that they were doing a both doing a signing on the Sunday too, but when that fell through I just thought it'd been an honest mistake. And then to have him just walk into the room *dies*
I think they were just staying in the hotel opposite then :P
Great start-up, guys. LOL @ the virginity thing.
Haha go Maccy!
OMG Jay?! Where did you come from, LOL :p I didn't even know you knew I had this... unless I promo'd it on PJ? xD
(yeah I probably did...)
You DID. Various times on the Twitter thread ;D I am ultra-jealous that you hugged Die Manning. SHAME :(
Twice, actually. I asked for it to begin with and then she hugged me at the end too. She hugs really hard, like very tightly. Not that I minded. :D
Nice interview!
muito bom..;) x
omg i really want 2 hear this interview hehe... is that a cheeky request?? :D:D
Great interview, Mac. I would love some audio clips too, if that's okay. Did you get a video like with Anjili and Tommy?
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