I think this is close to the most bizarre role I’ve ever taken really. I mean I’ve had to do some pretty wacky things one way and another.

The last time I worked with Derek Jacobi, who plays the Master in this, was last year when we made a film of The Revengers Tragedy and we had to have an orgasmic scene and I had to make orgasmic sounds for four minutes on a wild track. That was pretty weird too.