I’m Jim Norton and I play the part of Major Thomas Kennet of the Royal Green Jackets who is the military man in this Doctor Who story. There’s always a military commander who seems to be in direct opposition to Doctor Who’s eccentricities and brilliance and that’s the role that I play.

I’m thrilled to be doing this because my kids, when they were growing up, loved Doctor Who. They were terrified of it but they loved it, and they used to watch it through the crack in the door of the drawing room. They’d actually peer through the door and they’d put cushions over their eyes when it got too frightening.

They’re grown up now of course, but I was telling them I’m in this and they were thrilled because they’re huge Doctor Who fans. It’s going to be fun to see how it turns out. We’re having great fun doing it and I think Richard E Grant is going to make a really interesting Doctor Who.