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Sarah Sutton [1961-0] British

Rank: 102
Actress

Sarah Sutton is a British actress best known for her role as Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Nyssa was first the companion to Tom Baker and then to Peter Davison, from 1981 to 1983.

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What you don't see backstage is what really controls the show.		101
We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can you tell that actor to calm down?		102
I got very fit that week with all the running around that we di. I was always last, because I can't run as fast as everyone else. I'm useless at running.		103
I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday.	Birthday	104
Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher's diploma.	Teacher	105
I found it a little bit stressful, because I wasn't used to working with Doctor Who. I got the impression I'd walked into the end of seven years and it was all a bit tense.		106
The cybermen are good monsters, I think. My earliest memories are of the cybermen from when I used to watch when I was younger. It's nice to have them back.		107
I think I must have too much to eat, we were doing a scene where we were crawling, and I ripped my trousers. I was very embarrassed. I was sown in, stitched in, quickly!		108
One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.		109
I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesn't worry me personally all that much.		110
When we went to Belfast we saw some beautiful countryside and coastlines.		111
I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant.		112
I like the stories with the historical themes.		113
I thought The Visitation was good fun. We did some of that filming at Ealing on the big set.		114
I'm not really a science-fiction fan, I quite like the idea of getting away from the science-fiction side of it, for two episodes. It was lovely, it was a super story and great fun.		115
There are generations who watch Doctor Who together.		116
After two years of doing one show, you do get attached to everyone.		117
I don't think I would have stayed for the second season if I hadn't been happy.		118
I enjoyed working with Peter, I was very pleased when I heard he was going to be the Doctor.		119
I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition.		120
Playing an alien gave me plenty of scope, and I was able to develop it once I became a member of the team.		121
Doctor Who is like any long-running series in that the cast tend to look to the star to set the general tone. Rehearsals and filming could be a lot of fun.		122
In the studio, if they need to come down to the floor, things are a bit pushy, although it is easier for them to say things directly rather than through about five people.		123
Strikes always leave a bad taste with everyone.		124
I'm a terrible person for carrying things around. I carry everything around with me, it's like my home.		125
I often look at a lot of Doctor Who stuff that's about now, which no one has approached me about.		126
Some of those cartoons look nothing like me.		201
I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre.		202
I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it.		203
I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting.		204
There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own.		205

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