I think animation is a fantastic way to tell a science fiction story, because I think we all love cartoons and what you can do with a cartoon these days is amazing. I mean the early Doctor Whos got away with murder, the sets were a bit wobbly but they somehow still managed to make you believe. When there’s smoke coming out of some dodgy dry mist, you kind of believed it.

Going back to why Doctor Who was popular, that was probably one of the reasons, because the special effects were so dodgy that you had to believe them in order to keep the faith. My final word would be if they get the special effects right in the cartoons, which I think they can do these days, I think that will be great. I think a Doctor Who cartoon will be great.