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Date: 2005-03-31 20:09:09

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Dr. Who Cares?
by taterbait 2005-03-30 23:01:50
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FIRST
by EARTH 2005-03-30 23:02:14
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Are we gonna get in on BBC America?
by Human Worm Baby 2005-03-30 23:03:07
I want to see the freaking Doctor. Back
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Running out of regenerations!
by Pi-Rate 2005-03-30 23:08:59
This actually sucks! I've seen the first episode and was surprised to say that I enjoyed it, and particularly the characterisation of The Doctor. I'm eager to see more of the series. For him to bow out saying he's afraid of being typecast, all I can say is "DUH"! EVERYONE who has ever played the part has been typecast. You'd have to be a frickin' idiot not to realise this after 40 years of the show being around. He's either a total moron, or he's holding out for more money. Either way, he's a jerk. I like his work, but for doing this - he's a total sod. Back
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What? OH MY GOD!?
by Krangelus 2005-03-30 23:14:24
i wonder why he wouldnt do the second season? does this make any sense to anyone because right now i am positively freaking out. Back
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The guy probably had a dream about...
by Stan the Bat 2005-03-30 23:19:44
...doing Old Navy commercials with William Shatner forty years from now, woke up in a cold sweat, and made the call.  Back
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Yes, we will be getting Dr. Who in America. It will be called Dr. Whoop, There It Is! It will air on UPN.
by voicebox5 2005-03-30 23:26:10
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Oh for pity sakes!
by RenoNevada2000 2005-03-30 23:39:12
I don't believe this happening! IS Eccelston some kind of idiot?!?!?!?! Back
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pretty quick Herc.
by proper 2005-03-30 23:49:06
The BBC are stupid,they should put anybody playing that role under a 3 year contact that can be exterminated at their discretion.It will be interesting to see who they pick next though.I reckon he quit because he is scared and freaked out over the reaction over the past couple of days,but seriously what did he expect,the selfish coward.Wow,what a way to ruin the party. Back
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He would forever be knowen...
by Drworm2002 2005-03-30 23:50:59
...as the Dr. I can understand why he feels this way...but if he is a good actor then he will get other roles even if he was the Dr. for 10 years. Shatner is funny, but he is Kirk...Hooker or a studpid funny version of himself... Eccelston is more then a Sod...he is a bloody sod (I am american in case you didn't notice. Did I use that right?) Back
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ok, but are they keeping the blonde?
by punto 2005-03-30 23:58:22
she's hot Back
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Not good for the story...
by The_ZeroCorpse 2005-03-31 00:00:05
The Doctor is only supposed to have thirteen regenerations, and this was his ninth. The thirteenth is technically taken, too, as it is the Valeyard from the Trial of A Timelord series. So really, the Doctor has regenerations 10, 11, and 12 available to him. I'm sure they can script their way out of this corner, but it's a really shoddy thing for the actor to step aside knowing that the character has a limited number of easy excuses for new actors in the role. Back
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Replace him with no regeneration
by xeeds 2005-03-31 00:09:13
I don't know if they can find somebody whose appearance is close enough to Eccelston, but I say get somebody else to play the 9th Doctor. Keep the same clothes and mannerisms and just pretend its the same Doctor. Like getting a new Darrin on Bewitched. Back
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Might not happen
by Wyrdy the Gerbil 2005-03-31 00:31:35
Eccelston said a few weeks ago he was afraid of being typecast but that he really enjoyed doing Dr Who(must have as he picked up a new girlfriend on set) ive a feeling this is just someone rehashing old news stories ... Back
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Say, don't the Time Lords owe the Doc a regeneration?
by Eternal Watcher 2005-03-31 00:32:34
During the final episode of "The War Games", the Second Doctor was banished to Earth by the Time Lords (who didn't understand the need to interfere for the common good back then), and they forced him to take a new form (Jon Pertwee). That might guarantee a 14th Doctor if it comes to that, or they get another Time Lord to take over. Hopefully, it will never come to that, but at least we know having the Doctor on the BBC was a good idea. If only they could bring back MST 3000. Back
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Not A Surprise!
by Ken Luxury Yacht 2005-03-31 00:46:08
Not ever been a fan of Ecclestons (and have a friend who positively hates him in everything) but I'd have to say, this is the least surprising thing I've heard in a while. Having seen and heard him on several radio and TV shows in the last few weeks, he has come across as a joyless little fuckwit, who clearly sees the role beneath him. To announce this after just one episode has screened just proves his contempt for the role. I say Shirley Ghostman for the next Doctor! Back
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ive calmed down now
by Krangelus 2005-03-31 00:48:26
and i sort of understand why he would do this. When he signed up for it he probably thought he was getting into a hardcore sci fi cool show, instead of some family sci fi crap. (its not bad family sci fi crap, but still...) Back
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Not suprising, he is after all a real film actor, not some wannabe from 'Enders or some other crap.
by Grando 2005-03-31 01:18:01
Also, wouldn't it technically be a 28th season? Back
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bring back McGann
by lynxpro 2005-03-31 01:27:13
I've been thinking about this since this morning when I read the news on GallifreyOne(dotcom) that the Beeb had announced they'd renewed WHO after the strong showing of the first episode. Considering the Doctor's character only has 5 more regenerations, I'd say the Beeb should do the safe thing and invite McGann back. Although it has never been done before in WHO, there has to be some way to degenerate the Doctor from his 9th to 8th incarnations, whether it is through a genetically modified strain of spectrox toxemia, or some type of Time Lord ingenuity. They could also explain that the 9th Doctor is actually an "nth" Doctor, a personification of a future self manifest in the flesh, sorta like how the "Watcher" was or even the diabolical Valeyard. Somehow the Doctor's self became split right before the 9th Doc showed up and they have to be merged again...or the 9th Doctor becomes unstable, the TARDIS returns to Gallifrey and the Time Lord High Council uses some type of machine (connected to the Matrix) to bring the Doc back to his last stable self, being the 8th Doctor. That would be a good FX shot...the 9th laying on a table in a medical facility, regressing into his prior selves and then finally settle on McGann. Pretty much the entire fan community liked McGann whether they liked the 1996 TV Movie or not. Its time to give him another shot so he's not the George Lazenby of Doctor Who. Make it so, Russell T and the Beeb. Back
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Grando
by lynxpro 2005-03-31 01:30:22
Its like Volume 2: Season 2. Otherwise, yes, it would be Season 28. Or 29, if you count the fact that the original Season 27 had finished scripts but unfortunately for the staff, the BBC didn't renew the series in 1990. I h8 how the Brits refer to it as "Series 2" instead of referring to it as a "season," which makes more sense. A "Series 2" should in the grand scheme a new program(me), like the difference between the original Star Trek and TNG... Back
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David Tennant is in talks for the role.
by The_ZeroCorpse 2005-03-31 01:47:51
David Tennant is the one the BBC is talking to, meaning this would definitely be the 10th Doctor. At this point, I'd almost accept the degeneration idea- Bring back McGann (or hell, any of the previous four Doctors) and have them resume the role. I know a lot of fans didn't like Sylvester McCoy, but I thought he was a good Doctor- Of course, I also liked the Colin Baker version of the mean, bitchy 6th Doctor, whom EVERYBODY hated.