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- Hi, my name is Linda Codega,

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I write for io9, I use they them pronouns

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and I'm here with Alan Cumming.

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- Hello.

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- Hi.

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So you were also on "Dr. Who."

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- I know.

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- We're big fans of "Dr. Who" at io9.

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Was King James a fun character to play?

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- Yes, he was

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because it was really well written

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and it was the season
with Jodie Whittaker,

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her first season as Dr. Who

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and it was just, it was really fun.

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What wasn't fun it was
in February in Wales,

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outside in the rain and mud.

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That was pretty shitty.

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But no, it's really good

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because I also did a thing where,

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it's King James the first and sixth,

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the first of England,
the sixth of Scotland.

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That's who I was playing.

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So I did this kind of fusion of accents

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and I based him on these
conservative politicians

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in the UK, who are Malcolm Rifkind,

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and who'd been a sort of
sidekick of Thatcher's

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and Michael Forsyth.

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And so it was my personal
revenge to mock their accents

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and make them into this
ridiculous character.

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It was little talk like this.

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"Oh. I am Satan's
greatest foe", like that.

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So that was why I enjoyed it.

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I did not enjoy 2:00 AM,
being in the mud in Wales.

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But you know, I signed up for
it. I knew what was coming.

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There are traitors amongst you.

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You think that you know who they are?

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So trust no one.

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And you thought "The Real Housewives

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of Beverly Hills" was bad.

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(all laughing)

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♪ Put on our heads ♪

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(upbeat music)