“Long John Silver is charming and I suppose,” he raises an eyebrow, “I can vaguely be charming? I’ve been trying to focus on his positive attributes because the negatives — murder, theft, torture — are so negative. There’s got to be a reason why everyone follows him. He’s not physically the strongest, he’s not the loudest or most aggressive but he’s the kind of guy you think ‘Yeah, let’s definitely invite him to the party’.”

A special hello from Arthur Darvill, who played Rory Williams, at #NYCC!