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."

Comments

Re:typecast

[tquinlan]

Read "I Am Not Spock" by Leonard Nimoy sometime if you want to know the answer.

The bottom line is that too many people see *Spock* (or in this case, the Doctor) after a while, and not Nimoy (or Eccelston).

Nimoy played Tave (sp?) in Fiddler on the Roof, and had a number of other successful roles in film and theatre, but how many people here (or anywhere) would know that?

But show anyone a picture of them, and they don't say "Nimoy!" they say "Spock!".

Yes, it can be a help to your career (as for Nimoy, he could play the one character forever and anywhere), but a lot of serious actors want to show that they have talent and depth, and being typecast largely prevents that.

Re:Maximum number of regenerations

[Kanon]

It's sci-fi. All it takes is one good writer and he can have as many regenerations as he likes.