LOOK WHO'S STALKING... 

THE SFX STALKER ASKS THE QUESTIONS THAT REALLY MAKE THE STARS 
GO..."FREAK!" 

DOMINIC KEATING 

For four years, Dominic Keating played Star Trek: Enterprise's token Brit, Malcolm Reed. 
But now that's gone down the crapper, he's back in Blighty. 

Dominic, you've got a posh name. Are you very posh?

"Semi-posh. My Mum's family is quite posh. My Dad was a very rural lad from the wilds of Ireland. I come from quite a dichotomy. My grandfather was a Brigadier OBE, but my grandfather on my dad's side was a lighthouse keeper." 

What's the worst trouble you've ever been in? 

"Oh gosh...at the tennis club disco when I was 13. I was snogging Sally Jinks quite vehemently, and I got this tap on the shoulder. It was the matron of the tennis club. I didn't even turn round but I sort of tipped my lips away from Sally and went 'Sod off!' I was immediately yanked off her and was in a pile of trouble..." 

I heard that you were in a drag act, to get your Equity card. 

(Wearily) "Yes I was. I did let that out one time, years ago..." 

How Method did you go? Did you wear ladies knickers? 

"I didn't wear the knickers. I had my boxers on. We did a charity gig at the Crypt in Brixton. There's me, a little public school boy, getting changed in the corner with 40 lacerating drag queens. ' What's the matter, didn't they have your size?' It was a hell of an experience, and 
very strengthening..."

If I rifled through your bins, what would I find? 

"You missed your opportunity. I just took back my flat in London after ten years and I did a huge throw out, and it was remarkable the amount of stuff I found." 

And the most embarrassing thing you found? 

"Er...I'd kept a Page Three of Kathy Lloyd that was wrapped up. (Laughs) What a serious pair she had, eh?" 

Did you put that back in a draw for safekeeping? 

"No I chucked it out! My fiancée was there and I went very quiet for a second, and she went, ' What have you found?' 'Oh...nothing!' " 

Which of the other Enterprise blokes could you beat in a fistfight? 

"Oh, none! Hmm, maybe John Billingsley [Dr Phlox]...but he's got the weight on me. Connor and Anthony and Scott are big strapping, corn-fed fellas. I'm fairly fit - by English standards - but these guys, they're six foot and all muscle. I'm not even 5' 10". But as they say, diamonds are small...!" 

Finally, a philosophical question... 

"Philosophical? Oh you've lost me right there. (Puts on a Vicki Pollard voice) A what? Yeah, but, no but, yeah. Shut up!" 

Please be serious, Dominic. Okay, here's the question : If there was a fight between a group of cavemen and a group of astronauts, who would win? 

"Well, it depends on the environment really, doesn't it? But I would imagine the cavemen could kick the living crap out of the astronauts - they're all mathematicians. My money's on the cavemen mate!" 

Submitted by Jo Healy