
Part 3 of “Ariel Continually Makes Bad Choices in Life”
Not Pictured: Perfect Legs
It’s also a more playful take on the character - how much of that was the script and how much was Andrew Scott’s performance?
“The script was a big part of it. I mean, we knew we didn’t want to him to be an austere older man. But Andrew came in and just blew us away. What he has is this incredible, light, playful charm, and then he turns on a sixpence and he’s utterly terrifying.
“He’s one of the few people I know who can really convince you he’s mad, that he’s psychotic, even though he’s very attractive and looks inoffensive. He’s not a huge, terrifying figure, but there’s something terrible behind those eyes. There’s something dead in him… like something else is inside him.”

(Source: lieutenant-commander-data)