Quotes from Sarah Sutton

I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition.

I found it a little bit stressful, because I wasn't used to working with Doctor Who. I got the impression I'd walked into the end of seven years and it was all a bit tense.

Some of those cartoons look nothing like me.

I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesnt worry me personally all that much.

I'm a terrible person for carrying things around. I carry everything around with me, it's like my home.

I enjoyed working with Peter, I was very pleased when I heard he was going to be the Doctor.

Playing an alien gave me plenty of scope, and I was able to develop it once I became a member of the team.

When we went to Belfast we saw some beautiful countryside and coastlines.

Strikes always leave a bad taste with everyone.

I'm not really a science-fiction fan, I quite like the idea of getting away from the science-fiction side of it, for two episodes. It was lovely, it was a super story and great fun.

There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own.

I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting.

I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it.

Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teachers diploma.

I like the stories with the historical themes.

What you don't see backstage is what really controls the show.

I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday.

Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher's diploma.

There are generations who watch Doctor Who together.

I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday.

I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant.

The cybermen are good monsters, I think. My earliest memories are of the cybermen from when I used to watch when I was younger. It's nice to have them back.

I think I must have too much to eat, we were doing a scene where we were crawling, and I ripped my trousers. I was very embarrassed. I was sown in, stitched in, quickly!

We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can you tell that actor to calm down?