Warning: contains spoilers forDoctor Whoseries 8.

Have you watchedDay Of The Doctor?

John Hurt and Billie Piper are in that barn for what seems like a year!

We look at people whose work we like.

On who comes up with the ideas for episodes, him or the writers:

Its both.

But absolutely people come in and pitch.

I feel genuinely as inadequate and amateurish today as I felt on my first day.

On the scene between the Doctor and Clara immediately after the volcano inDark Water:

I loved the scene.

The acting is extraordinary and that is what I think has powered this series.

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Hes surprised he has to say it.

He absolutely loves her.

Look, if I were organising a surprise party for you, I would deny it.

If you said Are you organising a party?

because it would spoil the surprise party.

[…]It is impossible to keep a secret because so many people know, its everywhere.

I wouldve as a fan.

It would have ruined it for me but a new Doctor?

Id have had to go and have a look.

Its some people running around some rooms that have an extraordinary fixation with green curtains.

Its nothing at all!

On regenerating the Master as a woman:

The idea came before the casting.

Thatsexactlythe kind of gimmick Im always saying you shouldnt do, so what does it mean?

I know what shes going to be like, only to discover theyd already offered her the other part.

If you ever have a part for a razor-cheekboned villainess… and I thoughtright, thats so happening.

I wouldnt even discuss anybody else.

It had to be Michelle, and I think, going by the response, that was right.

That would be rude, and I wouldnt do it.

Its not a sinister plan.

On series 8s use of the horror genre:

Weve always aimed forDoctor Whoto be quite scary.

Thats not a new impulse.

That was really all I was aiming for.

Were not going back to the clockwork droids… unless we are!

On the current ratings forDoctor Who:

The figures are the same theyre just the same.

If by ratings, you mean the number of people who watch the show… they are the same.

The headline boring though it is is that theyve barely changed sinceDoctor Whocame back.

The way people watch it has changed.

People watch it on catch-up to a much greater degree, but there is no drop-off in the ratings.

For the record, if our overnights were our final rating, that would still count as a hit.

I would be working hard, even as a Scot to be disappointed by that!

I didnt like it.

It is never, ever going to get in the way.

Read more about the Royal Television Society, who hosted the event,here.

And read what director Ben Wheatley had to say abotu series 8,here.