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Dr. Who Series Star Quits

Posted by Zonk on from the killllll-the-doktorrrrrr dept.

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."

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  1. Oh, no! by Xaroth · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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    That green slime had it coming.
  2. Good for him by CleverNickedName · · Score: 5, Funny

    You play one eccentric, British Time Lord, and central casting want you to play them all.

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    Unfortunately, I am not Wil Wheaton
  3. When all other ideas are exhausted... by d_p · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...make a prequel.

  4. Re:typecast by WormholeFiend · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is not always necessarily true...

    For example, I really liked Jean-Luc Picard's role as Professor X in the X-men movies.

  5. Good thinking by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    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".

  6. Re:typecast by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    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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    Trolling is a art,
  7. Ob Geek Joke by autophile · · Score: 5, Funny
    ((Doctor Who)Christopher Eccleston).act();

    javax.media.bbc.BadTypecastException: actor does not want to be typecast.

    --Rob

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    Towards the Singularity.
  8. SCRUBBERS! by mekkab · · Score: 4, Funny

    I demand the finest wines in the universe! I want them here, and I want them now.

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    In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
  9. Re:typecast by nickstance · · Score: 5, Funny

    And of course if you want to complete the full Leonard Nimoy cycle, you must read "I Am Also Scotty"