Doctor Who fans make my life a misery

The actor John Simm has admitted that he is fed up with the attention he gets from Doctor Who fans.
The star of The Village and Life On Mars played the Master in five episodes of the BBC1 sci-fi programme.

He told the Radio Times: "I do get a lot of Doctor Who. God almighty, I'll be so happy when that's gone from my life. They're lovely, I'm sure, but I won't miss it."

He added: "It's great to be into something, but for goodness' sake, really? I'm not the Master, I'm not that evil Time Lord who rules the galaxy, I'm just in Tesco with my kids. Leave me alone!"

The father of two said that he hated attending award ceremonies – and not because he may have been snubbed by judges. He said: "I've always found that whole thing really weird. You're not that bothered about it, because acting's not a competition. It's all subjective.

"But when you do get nominated, of course you've got a competitive streak and you want to win it and you get really pissed off when you don't. It's just a horrible thing to have to go through, so I prefer to have nothing to do with them."

He added: "I really hated it when I went [in 2011]. I can't bear those red carpet things. And then you've got a camera in your face so the world gets to watch your expression as you lose."

Simm quipped of Mad Dogs losing to Channel 4's Any Human Heart at the TV Baftas in 2011: "I got a lot of shit because I didn't hide anything and didn't pretend. You're supposed to clap, aren't you? I don't even watch the Oscars. I'm not arsed."

He joked: "The wonderful Jim Broadbent beat me as Lord Longford, then Dominic West as Fred West. You have to play a real person to win. So I'm going to look up some murderers and see if I look like anybody."

'I've never been on a date in my life': Jenna-Louise Coleman reveals

For all the 'Radio Times' readers you would already know about this but Jenna-Louise Coleman (also known as Clara Oswald, 11th Doctor's 2nd companion) has never been on a date. This is because she finds herself to shy when she is left by her self with another person.

Coleman puts her shyness down to her time as a 14-year old school kid, where she went from a class of just eight pupils to a bustling private school nearby.

She told the Radio Times: 'I think it was going from eight people in a tiny, tiny school to being surrounded by loads of people. I shrank away, surrounded myself with quite loud friends. I’ve got a lot better as I’ve got older. If I’m with a group of people I’m okay, but actually I’m quite a nervous person if I’m just one-to-one with somebody.'

She doesn't take her shyness too seriously, telling the TV magazine: 'I’m making myself sound socially inept here and I’m absolutely fine in a group of people but I am quite shy.'

Now starring as the Doctor's companion Clara in the BBC Sci-Fi series, Coleman will have to overcome her social awkwardness with all the attention she has received. Speaking of her new-found fame, the Blackpool-born actress said: 'I have a really cool job and get to do these crazy things and you do have so many ‘pinch me’ moments. I’ve just been sent emails with pics of the Clara doll.'
Talking about her character, Jenna-Louise says, 'Clara is probably the closest to me that I’ve ever played - especially over the last few years - and I find that hard. Doing an accent is much easier.'