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Well...shit. Who's next?
Mar. 31st, 2005 10:21 amSo, after one series, Christopher Eccleston has quit Doctor Who. (Having seen Rose - there's a review saved as a draft entry at home - I can confirm that Eccleston was brilliant.) On the bright side, the BBC have already commissioned a second series. Apparently they're talking to David Tennant about taking over. (I'd like to see the other leading contender at Eccleston's casting, Bill Nighy, but he decided he didn't want to do it so that's unlikely.)
But I'm thinking about the repercussions. First, Russell T Davies (RTD) seems to have definite ideas about the character and where to take him, but a regeneration should come with a different characterisation, which may disrupt all his plans. And then there's the issue that this incarnation has lasted less time than almost any other (I'm not counting Paul McGann, since despite his single television appearance the character has had a long run of adventures in both novels and audio serials), giving the Doctor only a couple left. And RTD wasn't keen on showing a regeneration to kick off the series, so who knows how he'll manage it this time?
Billie Piper is staying on as Rose, and thankfully so; she was refreshingly (and yes, dare I say it, surprisingly) good in the first episode, and we're going to need some continuity for series two. Hopefully the new series will kick off with a two-parter to give the Doctor's regeneration suitable gravitas I'm assuming they don't do it off-screen between seasons - and I hope not, because that's a cheap shot that makes it obviously a real-world convenience, instead of the traumatic sacrifice it should be. I can understand not doing it at the start of a new series, when viewers have enough to deal with in meeting the new character without suddenly having to meet him again...
I realise, by the way, that all of my posts have been about Doctor Who of late. I promise to start posting more personal updates, since I'm sure that's why most of you are reading this anyway...
But I'm thinking about the repercussions. First, Russell T Davies (RTD) seems to have definite ideas about the character and where to take him, but a regeneration should come with a different characterisation, which may disrupt all his plans. And then there's the issue that this incarnation has lasted less time than almost any other (I'm not counting Paul McGann, since despite his single television appearance the character has had a long run of adventures in both novels and audio serials), giving the Doctor only a couple left. And RTD wasn't keen on showing a regeneration to kick off the series, so who knows how he'll manage it this time?
Billie Piper is staying on as Rose, and thankfully so; she was refreshingly (and yes, dare I say it, surprisingly) good in the first episode, and we're going to need some continuity for series two. Hopefully the new series will kick off with a two-parter to give the Doctor's regeneration suitable gravitas I'm assuming they don't do it off-screen between seasons - and I hope not, because that's a cheap shot that makes it obviously a real-world convenience, instead of the traumatic sacrifice it should be. I can understand not doing it at the start of a new series, when viewers have enough to deal with in meeting the new character without suddenly having to meet him again...
I realise, by the way, that all of my posts have been about Doctor Who of late. I promise to start posting more personal updates, since I'm sure that's why most of you are reading this anyway...
