Eccleston Quits Dr Who after one episode??

[adzel_3000]

Info here...<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4395849.stm

 

[claywoman]

Whoa...this is serious!!! How are they going to explain the change in Doctor's after just one episode? They don't film ahead like weeks in advance in England? This is crazy!!!

 

[yevaud]

Why, the next Doctor will probably explain that some odd event caused a very temporary regeneration, but that the one you see now is the proper one. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

The story first appeared on tabloid sites, and I was dismissing it as rumor. After all, these sorts of rumors have popped up about ALL of the actors to have played the Doctor since Patrick Troughton. But this comes from the BBC -- the horse's mouth, as it were. Odd....<br /><br />The first season is entirely in the can, so don't be worried about the Doctor regenerating in the next episode; Eccleston is still the Doctor for the rest of this season. He can't unrecord it, and I doubt he'd want to. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Interesting that he will apparently be in the newly-commissioned Christmas special, since as of earlier today, there hadn't been any reports that he'd been contracted to do it. I guess he just found the recording schedule too demanding. Doctor Who has always been a grueling experience for the actors; he should be grateful it's not shot on its old schedule, which was even worse! Draft script arrives Monday, rehearse Monday and Tuesday, record Wednesday and Thursday, do FX and pick-up shots on Friday, episode airs on Saturday. At least he got to record it in its entirety before it aired. It's a bit less stress that way.<br /><br />It is still possible that this is rumor, or a ploy to get Eccleston to sign on, although it's unlikey the BBC would be wrong about it. Oh well; I guess the Doctor will be going through regenerations rather quickly. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> They'll have to come up with a retcon to extend him past his thirteenth life pretty soon! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Whoa...this is serious!!! How are they going to explain the change in Doctor's after just one episode? They don't film ahead like weeks in advance in England? This is crazy!!!<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Fear not; the entire season has already been recorded. Eccleston is the Doctor for thirteen episodes, plus possibly a Christmas special. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

I guess if he runs out of regenerations (what is his limit again?) - they could explain a change by the Doctor being dissatisfied with his new appearance and undergoing plastic surgery. <br /><br />Actually you could have a really spooky episode in a clinic with lots of bandages and face changes. He could become a patient to go undercover. Aliens could be doing strange things to people. Michael Jackson could do a cameo ..... <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>I guess if he runs out of regenerations (what is his limit again?) - they could explain a change by the Doctor being dissatisfied with his new appearance and undergoing plastic surgery.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />He can regenerate twelve times, which means he has a total of thirteen lives. (The one he was born with, plus the twelve he regenerates into.)<br /><br />There's an old joke in Who fandom.....<br /><br /><i>What goes bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud?<br /><br />A Time Lord commiting suicide.</i><br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />Actually, the twelve regeneration limit wasn't set until the episode "The Deadly Assasin". (And it bothered a lot of fans at the time; that episode explored the Doctor's past and the planet Gallifrey in far greater detail than had ever been done before. It's a fan favorite now, but it wasn't then. It's interesting how perspectives change with time.) In that one, the Master apparently commits suicide -- and it's permanent because the Doctor explains that this is the Master's thirteenth body. (Of course, the Master isn't really dead, but I won't go into any more detail lest I spoil the episode for somebody. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> )<br /><br />The Master did of course acquire additional bodies after that. In "The Keeper of Traken", he steals the body of Consul Tremas. (I suppose fans should've expected that; after all, Tremas is an anagram of Master. Doctor Who has always had a curious love for anagrams.) That happens at the very end of the episode, but as it happens after the resolution of the basic plot, I don't think I'm ruining it for anybody. He kept that body for years (and it curiously seemed to become somewhat Time Lordish, since although Tremas was Trakenite, the Master makes a remark in "The Mark of the Rani" <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>I find it hard to believe Dr Who was a "grueling experience". Acting isn't exactly hard work is it? I think the actor is just making excuses.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Acting isn't just standing around saying stuff. If an actor is actually doing his job, it can be extremely mentally taxing. The schedule is often very difficult too, and shifts frequently, particularly for location shoots, because you are totally at the mercy of the weather. Night shoots are often done not at a reasonable 9PM but at an ungodly 3AM because it's so much easier to keep bystanders from wandering through the shoot if they're all asleep. Studio work is always under very hot lights, and you have to constantly remember where the camera is, which camera is on you, and be aware of how you look on that camera -- frequently without reference to a monitor, because it would look bad if you kept glancing at something offcamera.<br /><br />So yes, acting is hard work. It's not for the faint of heart. The only people who think it's easy are bad actors, who aren't putting in the effort. You can tell them by their startlingly wooden performances. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[adzel_3000]

<br /><br />Info on the next possible Doctor Who at:<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4396295.stm