BBC Radio Jersey’s John Uphoff had the opportunity to interview Anthony Head about Doctor Who, True Horror, Buffy and more. Below is a selection of highlights from the interview including a hint about the next series of Doctor Who, cracking up as the Prime Minister in Little Britain and being scared in Haiti. Doctor Who | "who knows I might be in an episode of the next series" | | Anthony Head on Doctor Who |
John asked Anthony about presenting Project Who for BBC Radio 2 and whether he would like to play the Doctor or not. Anthony Head:
It was very interesting to hear how they have put this new show together, who knows I might be in an episode of the next series. John Uphoff:
I was told on various message boards that you might like to be the next Doctor Who, is there any truth in that? AH:
I don't know, the first time it was mooted I kind of went, look one iconic character from a sci-fi series is enough. Then when it came around again it was like oooo maybe! It sort of came out of the fact that the readers of the Radio Times voted that I was the person they would most like to. There aren't enormous dissimilarities between the Doctor and Giles and I don't think it would be a huge push for me to play the Doctor.
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It is just one of those things that come along but they didn't actually ask me in the end, we talked a long time ago before Paul McGann did the American one. Discovery True Horror Anthony presented a series for the Discovery Channel called True Horror where he went around the world in search of the supernatural. John asked him about this and what he experienced. AH:
To be able to go from Romania and the mountains of Transylvania to the Vatican in Rome to the Syrian dessert, they were beautiful, beautiful places. Very beautiful, in some places extremely emotional but quite scary. Most of the people I interviewed had their feet firmly on the ground, they were a bit odd but they weren't scary. The scariest place was Haiti, the lawlessness is pure, you can feel it in the air, and there is nobody in control. There is sporadic gunfire all the time, six police men were beheaded and left in the street in the short time we were there. The crew where kidnapped and held for ransom by machete wielding mob and I was offered the chance by this very scary, benign smiling lady to go to a cemetery to dig up a zombie and interview it. She was scary because she was so matter of fact and so cool. You knew she meant it. JU:
Did you do it? AH:
No. For two reasons, I asked her what of the family of this poor victim and she said no, we won't involve them. And I felt the idea of it was very distasteful. Secondly there is no truth and whatever line of pursuit you had in Haiti, they would say one thing and you would arrive somewhere and expect someone to show up and someone else would show up demanding more money or threatening you for your money. Back on TV John asked Anthony when he would be back on our TV screens next. AH:
I shot something last year called Murder Investigation Team will be back on screen in July. A movie I made last year called Click will be out in September and I'm shooting some more Little Britain now. JU:
You look so cool in it, you look like Tony Blair, you are what Tony Blair would like to be. AH:
Apparently he tells me his daughter thinks I'm more attractive, he says it is the make-up. You can listen to the full interview by clicking Anthony Head interview on the top right hand side. You can listen to the John Uphoff show live on BBC Radio Jersey between 10:00 and 13:00 Monday to Friday on 88.8FM, 1026MW and Live Online. | 
