Trivia
Collins is a fan of the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who, and has appeared on television several times to discuss the programme.
In a 2003 DVD documentary Putting the Shock into Earthshock (included as part of the BBC Worldwide DVD release of the Doctor Who serial Earthshock), he jokingly stated that the Cybermen were more convincing when the Conservatives were in power. He was also reported to have read The Dying Days in one sitting on the night of the 1997 General Election so that he could claim to have read the whole New Adventures series while the Conservatives were in government.
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