{"id":7139,"date":"2021-11-14T14:03:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T13:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1503927"},"modified":"2021-11-14T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T13:11:07","slug":"rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochenda Sandall says her Doctor Who villain could be \u201cmisunderstood\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 14 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Actress Rochenda Sandall has said that her villainous new role in <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-13-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a> could be \u201cmisunderstood\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sandall, who features in the current series of Doctor Who: Flux playing Azure, discussed her first reactions when she read the script, before pondering whether her character really is a bad penny.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine, the star explained: \u201cWhen I got the first couple of scripts, I just thought, \u2018Wow, OK.\u2019 Straight away, I was just massively interested in the journey of a prosthetic, and how they were going to create it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then seeing where we were going to go with the characters,\u201d she added. \u201cWere we actually bad? Or were we good guys deep down? You just don\u2019t know with Chris\u2019 [Chibnall] scripts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandall is starring alongside Sam Spruell, star of BBC\u2019s The North Water. Going on to talk about their Doctor Who characters and their motivations, Sandall mused, \u201cI guess they want to be the next Big Bang, don\u2019t they? They want to destroy everything and create something new.\u201d<\/p> <p>She continued: \u201cThat was certainly something me and Sam discussed. A lot of the baddies have got that destructive element to them\u2026 Although I use the term \u2018baddies\u2019 very loosely, in inverted commas. Because of course they don\u2019t see themselves as bad. They see themselves as misunderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked how it feels to be a part of the long-running franchise, Sandall replied \u201cIt\u2019s a massive honour. It\u2019s a huge show, TV royalty. There are a couple of massive Doctor Who fans in the family, and they\u2019re absolutely buzzing for it. And it was also great to be part of a very female-strong team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doctor Who: Flux continues tonight, with the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) set for a tense time if this <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-flux-episode-3-teaser-clip-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Doctor Who episode three teaser clip<\/a> is anything to go by.<\/p>\n<p>Another former Line Of Duty alumni is due to join the cast in the form of Craig Parkinson, who played dodgy Dot Cottan in the hit drama \u2013 although Parkinson and Sandall never actually crossed paths in the hit drama.<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>Doctor Who airs on BBC One on Sundays \u2013 visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636922626434000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JFqmUD8Daw2xmWc55NUSn&quot;\">Sci-fi<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/b><u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want something else to watch? Check out our full\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636922626434000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38XAPqCEB7mejTwMHjp8mm&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Laura Denby Published: Sunday, 14 November 2021 at 12:00 am Actress Rochenda Sandall has said that her villainous new role in Doctor Who could be \u201cmisunderstood\u201d. Sandall, who features in the current series of Doctor Who: Flux playing Azure, discussed her first reactions when she read the script, before pondering whether her character really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7140,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/rochenda-sandall-says-her-doctor-who-villain-could-be-misunderstood.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Laura Denby Published: Sunday, 14 November 2021 at 12:00 am Actress Rochenda Sandall has said that her villainous new role in Doctor Who could be \u201cmisunderstood\u201d. Sandall, who features in the current series of Doctor Who: Flux playing Azure, discussed her first reactions when she read the script, before pondering whether her character really&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/7139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}