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Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-20-2004, 06:08 AM:

Announced today

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3552087.stm

Eccleston is new Doctor Who

Christopher Eccleston will become the ninth Doctor Who
Shallow Grave actor Christopher Eccleston has been named as the new Doctor Who to front the cult BBC sci-fi show when it returns next year.
Eccleston, who starred alongside Nicole Kidman in the horror movie The Others, will be the ninth TV Time Lord to control the Tardis in a 13-part series.

The 40-year-old has starred in Flesh and Blood, The Second Coming, and TV series Our Friends in the North.

The BBC said the Salford-born actor would take "a fresh, modern approach".

'Edgy and eccentric'

Jane Tranter, BBC Controller of Drama Commissioning, said: "We are delighted to have cast an actor of such calibre in one of British television's most iconic roles.

It's going to be a magnificent, epic, entertaining journey

Russell T Davies
BBC executive producer
"It signals our intention to take Doctor Who into the 21st century, as well as retaining its core traditional values - to be surprising, edgy and eccentric."

Executive producer and writer Russell T Davies said: "Christopher was our first choice.

"His casting raises the bar for all of us. It's going to be a magnificent, epic, entertaining journey, and I can't wait to start."

Previous Time Lords

William Hartnell
Patrick Troughton
Jon Pertwee
Tom Baker
Peter Davison
Colin Baker
Sylvester McCoy
Paul McGann
The hugely-popular Doctor Who show ran for 26 years from 1963 and the new series will be filmed in Cardiff later this year.

He first came to public attention with his portrayal of Derek Bentley in the film, Let Him Have It before notching up a wealth of TV and movie credits.

He was then snapped up by Hollywood and was cast in David Cronenberg's eXistenZ with Jude Law, and Gone in Sixty Seconds with Nicholas Cage.

He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Posted by Erick Akers (Member # 875) on 03-20-2004, 03:49 PM:

My favorite Dr. Who was, and still is Tom Baker! [thumbsup]

Posted by Eric Hooper (Member # 1730) on 03-20-2004, 06:34 PM:

Oooh, this will be great! Was the Paul McGann guy that 8th Doctor in the US TV movie in 1996? My favorite Doctor was always Jon Pertwee, followed by Tom Baker....

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-20-2004, 08:40 PM:

Doctor who? What?

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-20-2004, 09:28 PM:

I could never get into Doctor Who.

Yes, that sentence is the entire reason for my posting here today![av=m]

Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 03-21-2004, 02:53 AM:

quote:
Was the Paul McGann guy that 8th Doctor in the US TV movie in 1996?

yes, he was. AND THAT DOESN'T COUNT!!!! that pathetic piece of shit should be stricken from the record.

interesting news, though. i was a huge fan of the show. granted, it lasted so long that it had moments of awfulness as well as brilliance, and it kind of ran itself into the ground towards the end. it'll be interesting to see what happens. could be a big mistake (like that american tv-movie version -- GOD, THAT WAS AWFUL!).

carl

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-21-2004, 03:33 AM:

I agree with Tim and Joe... Dr. WHO...gives a shit?

I stopped watching him/it 20+ years ago!

>>> Phil

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-21-2004, 04:08 AM:

You mean you actually watched it, Phil? You have issues.[av=o]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-21-2004, 04:19 AM:

Yes Joe, I was young and stupit! Taken in by the fluff of the world!

I have since matured, grown a dick, and wise'd up and am no longer a naive 19 y/o! I now "get it".

>>> Phil

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-21-2004, 04:35 AM:

Whatevah! Talk to the hand, biotch![av=u]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-21-2004, 04:39 AM:

Glad to see you Photoshopped the hair off your palm... [Wink]

>>> Phil

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-21-2004, 04:43 AM:

Manny already made that lame joke. I bet you were CC'd on his mass e-mail about it![av=w]

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-21-2004, 04:44 AM:

Didn't it just burn off with friction!

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-21-2004, 04:46 AM:

See Phil? That joke is hella better![av=v]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-21-2004, 04:46 AM:

Haahhahahaha... True, but Manny's email is *worth* repeating in public here cuz it's soooo true!

>>> Phil

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-21-2004, 04:53 AM:

My day is made! A thumbup from Mr Redifer [uhoh]