Q. You've travelled the galaxy in your time - how important are spoons ?

A. There is nothing to beat a good, sensible spoon.

Q. It was on the planet Skaro that you encountered your first alien spoon - how terrifying was that ?

A. I tried to approach it in a sensible manner. It's no good going to pieces. A nice cup of tea and a warm cardigan and even an alien spoon doesn't seem so bad.

Q. During your travels did you and Ian ever share a spoon ?

A. Certainly not. Times may have been tough in the desert or while under attack on an alien world but standards are standards. Mr Chesterton and I have shared a cup of tea and nothing further.

Q. Have you ever seen a knitted spoon ?

A. I did once knit a spoon - it was a present for Vicki but she spilled something white on it and it was spoilt. It’s a shame - it was a good knitted spoon.

Q. What about cardigans - have you ever knitted a cardigan for a spoon ?

A. What a super idea. I've got quite a few spoons which would look ever so nice with sensible cardigans.

Q. You are a history teacher, have you studied the history of the spoon ?

A. I have touched on the number of spoons executed during the French Revolution. If only they had been more sensible, such a tragedy would never have happened.

Q. And the Aztecs - I believe they had some frightening rituals involving spoons ?

A. They certainly did. I would dearly love to have ended their barbaric practice of sacrificing hundreds - even thousands - of spoons to their cutlery gods. But the Doctor warned me that you can't change history. Not one spoon.

Q. Has anything sensible happened to you in connection with a spoon ?

A. Yes.

Q. Has anything amusing ever happened to you in connection with a spoon ?

A. No.