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John Simm, who played The Master opposite David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor, is keen to return to the role in order to play it ‘…a bit quieter’.

At the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the actor explained that he’d like to offer ‘another take’ on the part, making the Doctor’s arch-enemy ‘…a bit quieter’.

He went on: ‘Russell T Davies had a specific idea of what he wanted him to be like. So I just had to do exactly what he wanted me to, and he wanted a giggling lunatic… I started annoying myself after a while.’

‘There’s a new writer now,’ said Simm, referring to current showrunner Steven Moffat, ‘and I’m sure his take on him would be very different, so I’d be interested to have a look at it. I’d like to take the Master to a very, very dark place.’