I didn't like Eccleston's Doctor at all. (I may have mentioned this once or twice.) He's allowed in the house now, on condition that he sits quietly in a corner and touches nothing, because he's a necessary bridge to Tennant, but I thought the actor brought far too much of his own baggage on board for someone who from the *outset* was only filling in for a year till they could get someone decent to do it.
Mind you, since the BBC officially denied that Tennant was planning to jump ship some time in the next year and a bit, he's on probation as well. Three years is a bare minimum for a stint as the Doctor. There are thousands of good (non-starry) actors who would be glad of the work, and would do well at it. If it had been me, they'd have had to pry the sonic screwdriver from my cold, dead fingers... (Somewhere I may still have the mockup of the Doctor Who magazine cover I did back in the eighties with my posterised face against a starfield and a little TARDIS floating in front. Yes, I am that sadgeeky passionate.)
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Date: 2007-01-17 09:00 pm (UTC)Mind you, since the BBC officially denied that Tennant was planning to jump ship some time in the next year and a bit, he's on probation as well. Three years is a bare minimum for a stint as the Doctor. There are thousands of good (non-starry) actors who would be glad of the work, and would do well at it. If it had been me, they'd have had to pry the sonic screwdriver from my cold, dead fingers... (Somewhere I may still have the mockup of the Doctor Who magazine cover I did back in the eighties with my posterised face against a starfield and a little TARDIS floating in front. Yes, I am that
sadgeekypassionate.)