As that was a story that saw Jon Pertwee transmogrify into Tom Baker, were you apprehensive at all?

I didn't know Tom from Adam. I had worked with Jon from the beginning and then Jon went, "Well, the programmes doing rather well, I think I'll ask for a rise." So he went to the powers that be and they just went, "No".

They didn't say they'd think about it or liase/talk with his agent and he was so cross that he went, "Right I'll leave, then" and he regretted it. Did he? Oh yes.

He still wanted to continue as Doctor Who and he truly, truly regretted it. I don't think the BBC used Jon again. He was a grafter was Jon, he got Worzel Gummidge up and running himself.

So on the final stories with Jon we had this great big rehearsal area and he'd just bring in his fan mail, got a table down the furthest end from anyone that he could. He had to distance himself. I think why you can get so possessive of the characters in Who and no doubt particularly with the Doctor is because when you look at a script, there's usually a detailed description: It gives you all this info, when I got my first ... more.

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