Peter Davison is an actor who portrayed the fifth incarnation of the Doctor on “Doctor Who” from 1982 to 1984. At 29 when he filmed his first episode, he was the youngest actor to portray the Doctor until Matt Smith took over the role in 2010. Since “Doctor Who,” he has appeared regularly on television, most recently alongside fellow “Who” alumna Freema Agyeman on the UK version of “Law and Order.”
Q&A:
If you had a TARDIS where would you go and why?
“I’d go back to the Battle of Hastings and repel the French.”
If you could be a companion to any of the Doctors, which Doctor?
“It would be interesting being my own companion. But it’s an impossible question for an ex-Doctor to answer.”
How would a female Doctor be different than the other Doctors?
“I’ve never quite liked the idea of a female Doctor. I think they’ve found a perfect situation now where they have the slightly faulted Doctor with all his mad genius, and you have the strong woman as the Companion. I think that works very well. If you reversed it it would be difficult because you’d have the woman as the mad genius, but is she vulnerable? And then you just have a strong man as the Companion. And somehow that doesn’t work well to me.”
Avery was once a respected naval officer, but afflicted by an insatiable greed he turned to piracy, commanding a ragbag band of rogues until the Siren descended on his ship.
The Ice Warriors are a mighty race hailing from Mars, the Red Planet. They are intelligent, powerful individuals and the Doctor has faced them at their most ruthless as they tried to wrestle Earth from humanity
A great deal about these robots remains a mystery, but they are not evil creatures. Automated robots who run the Twostreams Facility on Apalapucia, they are relentless and determined to carry out their pre-programmed task no matter what.
Peter Davison
Peter Davison is an actor who portrayed the fifth incarnation of the Doctor on “Doctor Who” from 1982 to 1984. At 29 when he filmed his first episode, he was the youngest actor to portray the Doctor until Matt Smith took over the role in 2010. Since “Doctor Who,” he has appeared regularly on television, most recently alongside fellow “Who” alumna Freema Agyeman on the UK version of “Law and Order.”
Q&A:
If you had a TARDIS where would you go and why?
“I’d go back to the Battle of Hastings and repel the French.”
If you could be a companion to any of the Doctors, which Doctor?
“It would be interesting being my own companion. But it’s an impossible question for an ex-Doctor to answer.”
How would a female Doctor be different than the other Doctors?
“I’ve never quite liked the idea of a female Doctor. I think they’ve found a perfect situation now where they have the slightly faulted Doctor with all his mad genius, and you have the strong woman as the Companion. I think that works very well. If you reversed it it would be difficult because you’d have the woman as the mad genius, but is she vulnerable? And then you just have a strong man as the Companion. And somehow that doesn’t work well to me.”
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