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Dr. Who Series Star Quits
TinheadNed writes "The day after the BBC confirmed there will be a second Doctor Who series next year, as well as a Christmas special, new Dr Who actor Christopher Eccleston has revealed he will not continue in the role, for fears of being typecast. Billie Piper, who plays his assistant Rose, will probably continue in her role."
Now they'll have to come up with some sort of complicated plot device to explain why the Doctor looks different next season! ...oh, wait.
That green slime had it coming.
Yeah, how horrible to be typecast as one of the most beloved sci-fi icons! I mean, we see how much the previous doctors cried over that... (with the possible exception of Patrick Troughton - I get the impression that he went far enough into character that fan gatherings and the character/real life dichotomy produced were terribly difficult for him.)
You play one eccentric, British Time Lord, and central casting want you to play them all.
Unfortunately, I am not Wil Wheaton
Eddie Izzard as the Doctor could be the best thing to happen to television ever.
If it ever happens though, I'm sure the BBC will go out of their way to cock it up in a typically British fashion; though the new series does give me some hope.
The man changes appearance not gender. Next you'll be asking for a Frenchman to play the Doctor, eh?
They should give the part to Bill Bailey and let Joss Whedon write and direct.
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In other words, Christopher Eccleston is an idiot.
...make a prequel.
I'll bet it's a lot better than being typecast as a burger flipper.
This is not always necessarily true...
For example, I really liked Jean-Luc Picard's role as Professor X in the X-men movies.
"New Dr Who actor Christopher Eccleston has revealed he will not continue in the role, for fears of being typecast. Billie Piper, who plays his assistant Rose, will probably continue in her role." ... for fear of not getting another one.
Dr Who actor Christopher Eccleston has revealed he will not continue in the role, for fears of being typecast.
Now everyone will just remember him as "that jerk who quit Dr. Who after one season because he was afraid of being typecast".
Read "I Am Not Spock" by Leonard Nimoy sometime if you want to know the answer.
Read his later book "I Am Spock" and you'll find he's recanted a lot of his thinking on the matter.
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See, that's strange. Everytime I see William Shatner I think "Twat".
Allthough he was in a serious role, I expected him any minute to sit down on that couch, put his hand in his trousers, and start bitching at his wife...
Damn typecasting.
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His name isn't Jean-Luc Picard, it's Gurney Halleck. If you're nice to him he may sing you a tune with his baliset.
While there are female Time Lords, I don't think a female Doctor would work (either in a the current or a new character entirely).
And if you promoted Rose, might as well just call the show Dr. Buffy, The Dalek Slayer.
Though why the Beeb isn't considering Anthony Stewart Head is beyond me, I think he would do a much better job than all the other candidates.
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Withnail in Spaaaaace!
No, seriously, I think he'd be good (I liked that Flash-based audio story). Given what I've seen him popping up in, too, he could use the work... although I liked 'Posh Nosh'.
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Why not make it a woman? Like, say, Jenna Jameson.
I'd watch it then.
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Dude, you've posted a picture of your CAT on your website.
Not only is your right to use the entire Internet revoked, but you're sentenced to be sent back in time to 1993 to sysop a GEnie chatroom discussion on Babylon 5.
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And of course if you want to complete the full Leonard Nimoy cycle, you must read "I Am Also Scotty"
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I'm sorry, I don't want to be offtopic but... Isn't that just one of the saddest job occupations that you've ever heard of?
I can just imagine him at his "newsdesk" (in his parents' basement) posting up newsflashes (cue Comic Book Guy voice):
"Attention. I have just received most horrible news. It appears that in the new Spiderman series, they have decided to colour his pants light blue in a spider-mesh pattern, instead of solid dark blue like in the previous series. Clearly this cannot stand. We are inquiring with Marvel on this serious matter. DEVELOPING....
Anyone who gets compared to Shatner has something to worry about.
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Robert Heinlien used the revelvant one for this case in "All You Zombies" -- "orphan girl meets boy, boy gets girl pregnant, boy runs off, girl gives baby up for adoption, girl turns out to be hermaphrodite whose womanly parts just happen to be ruined by the birth so has sex re-assignment surgery as a man, man joins the time patrol, man meets girl, man gets girl pregnant, man runs off, man time-jumps ahead nine months and adopts baby...".
See, this simple, classic plot solves the BBC's dilema with Dr Who quite neatly!
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Too well known. They made that mistake with Peter Davidson. I was always expectim him to stick his hand up the monster's arse to diagnose why it wanted to take over the universe. The ideal doctor is an experienced character actor, not a star.
Don Warrington. Great voice, imagine him being sarcastic to a dalek, already done some Who IIRC.
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See, this simple, classic plot solves the BBC's dilema with Dr Who quite neatly!
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Yeah... but its a bit obvious though, init?!
By god, that is the best idea I've heard in a three days. And the idea I heard three days ago was bloody good.
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