"The tariff increase also undermines ongoing efforts to reach a negotiated solution.
Scott came out as gay at the age of 15, and said the show played a huge role in his formative years."Doctor Who literally changed my life," he told Dr Emily Garside on BBC Radio Wales' programme
"People talk about the Doctor Who family and it's absolutely true. People I met back in the early 2000s are still massive parts of my life."Scott recalled growing up in a working-class family in Birmingham, "in a world of soap operas and things" where TV characters were mostly in heterosexual relationships or "settled down" in a nuclear family."You could actually take most characters from an episode of classic Doctor Who and their sexual orientation, their gender, how they define, is completely irrelevant... [it] was almost a breath of fresh air."
He continued: "Sometimes when you're feeling a bit isolated, feel like there's no one else like you around, seeing someone like that who's championing you to the ends of the earth, reminds you that those people are out there in real life."That was important to me and I think that's important to a whole generation of fans."
Scott's experience is not unlike that of the Doctor Who boss himself, Russell T Davies, who has
as he hid his sexuality and often felt he was different to his peers.It is not just the size of the military build-up that concerns other countries, he told reporters.
"It's the fact that it is happening without strategic reassurance. It's happening without a clear strategic intent on the part of China… what we want to see is strategic transparency and strategic reassurance be provided by China, and an understanding of why it is needed to have such an extraordinary military build-up."He cited Australia as an example of such transparency, noting that Canberra makes public its national defence strategy and defence reviews, and makes it "utterly clear" that when they build up their defences it is for Australia and Asia's security.
"So there is total strategic clarity and assurance that is being provided by Australia to our neighbours, to the region, to the world. That's what we would like to see," he said.Answering a question on a