The former child star caused a media storm when she married the then 35-year-old ginger hell-raiser at the tender age of 18, at a secret £200 ceremony in Las Vegas.

However, that was nothing compared to the storm she invoked at her homestead, where her parents apparently went "completely mental" when they heard the news.

However, the star was quick to laugh off such claims in delicate style: "He's definitely not Mr Tantric. And thank God, because who wants to be having sex for three days without the big O? Isn't that what it's about? And I've got a job to do!"

She is currently filming the second series of Doctor Who with the new doctor, David Tennant, who has replaced the convincing yet departing Christopher Eccleston.

This is cache, read story here