Dr Who star Matt Smith has hot footed it around Cardiff Bay, carrying the Olympic flame for its latest leg in Wales.

Despite an early start, the Time Lord was greeted by a crowd of more than 1,000 supporters, and said the honour was so great he would do it in his underwear.

"I would do it in my underpants. It's the Olympic torch. I would probably get a bigger crowd for that," he joked.

For Doctor Who fans, Smith's brief run from the bay's historic Norwegian church may have looked familiar, because in a previous life the Doctor himself, then played by David Tennant, went forward in time and carried the Olympic torch in London in 2012.

After the brief appearance at Cardiff the Olympic flame headed off towards Barry and the coast.