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My Priorities Are Where They Should Be, Which Is Making Really Great, Really Exciting Television.

Like Most Writers, I Write About What Has Happened To Me As That Involves The Minimum Amount Of Research.

Sarah Jane Smith Was Everybody's Hero When I Was Younger, And As Brave And Funny And Brilliant As People Only Ever Are In Stories. But Many Years Later, When I Met The Real Sarah Jane - Lis Sladen Herself - She Was Exactly As Any Child Ever Have Wanted Her To Be. Kind And Gentle And Clever; And A Ferociously Talented Actress, Of Course, But In That Perfectly English Unassuming Way.

Every Episode [in A Tv Series] Is A Challenge, And What's Challenging In Most Episodes Is The Monster. You're Always A Heartbeat From The Monster Looking Ridiculous. You Really Have To Work So Hard To Make Them Not Look Like Ridiculous When They Turn Up On The Set.

An Awful Lot Of Storytelling Isn't Really About Making People Understand - It's About Making People Care.