Christopher Ecclestone Quits Dr Who After One Series. by robinhood

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Christopher Ecclestone Quits Dr Who After One Series.

POSTED BY: ROBINHOOD
UPDATED: Sunday, April 3, 2005 11:29
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:12 PM

I hope this is a bad April fools joke!!! Ecclestone has quit Dr Who, feebly saying " I don't want to be type cast, and the work was very gruelling".
If this is true then I am VERY dissapointed in the man.
Apparently the BBC are now in talks with Casanova star David Tennant on replacing him.
I thought Ecclestone was more of a man than to quit because of some 2 bit TV columnists sh*tty remarks about the show, and his version of The Doctor. How are they going to re write this then?

Yep..........................that went well!

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Saturday, April 2, 2005 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by robinhood:

If this is true then I am VERY dissapointed in the man.

I thought Ecclestone was more of a man than to quit because of some 2 bit TV columnists sh*tty remarks about the show, and his version of The Doctor. How are they going to re write this then?

Okay, this makes no sense to me - you're assuming Eccleston "quit" (given that it appears he wasn't under contract its difficult to quit) because of reviews, which have largely been popular.

Now, I have to say I can't see he would have been typecast, because this role is really the polar opposite that you expect from him, but its his choice - damn brave as well to walk away from a guaranteed job that was raising his profile. I suspect part of it may have been to do with the increased public profile, and its his choice at the end of the day.

"I threw up on your bed"

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Saturday, April 2, 2005 1:33 PM

P1NKISPUNK

I was very tempted to start a Doctor Who thread but thought that might be innappropriate on a Firefly Board, and unfair because so many people can't watch it!

To be honest I hated Christopher Eccleston in the first episode, his acting seemed incredibly wooden - though he did grow on me over the episode. His delivery of "run for your life!" made me wanna bang my head against a wall.

However this episode (Number 2 - this evening) he seemed to have slotted into the role incredibly well. He brought a good level of depth to the character, and a good level of whimsical eccentricity and humour. However, I haven't seen a full episode of the old Doctor Who, so I'm just taking it as if it were a new character.

I was a bit disappointed that he quit so soon, but I thought the Doctor Who actors changed frequently anyway? Or was it every few seasons rather than every season? Overall, this series has made me realise how much I do love sci-fi, even if a little cheesey at times. I thought I only liked Joss's spin on sci-fi, but Dr. Who is rather entertaining!

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Saturday, April 2, 2005 8:33 PM

ZOID

Okay, so no one else has mentioned it, but I heard the producers of the show were talking to Eddie Izzard to replace Eccleston.

Tell me that wouldn't rock...

-zed

P.S.
The Doc has got to have a sense of humor and a flair for the ridiculous. Eddie's got that in spades. He'd make a dashing, action transvestite-turned-Timelord. Cake or death? Anyone?

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Sunday, April 3, 2005 3:06 AM

ROBINHOOD

mmmm.....a Transvestite TimeLord. Why not go the whole hog and give Julian Clary the role

Yep..........................that went well!

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Sunday, April 3, 2005 9:34 AM

CLEANER

asif 13 B grade episodes a year is gruelling

"If wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak!!!"

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Sunday, April 3, 2005 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by zoid:
Okay, so no one else has mentioned it, but I heard the producers of the show were talking to Eddie Izzard to replace Eccleston.

Tell me that wouldn't rock...

And he could also play The Master, as James Mason (who would also be the voice of God). Plus we'd get the French episode...

I think its going to David Tenant though, who just happens to have finished playing Casanova in Russell T Davies' adaption...

"I threw up on your bed"

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