Another Old Face Potentially Returning - Early Reports...
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Reports flooding in that Christopher Eccleston is in the 50th Anniversary after all, after talks with Moffat...
I SO HOPE THIS IS TRUE!!!
* just to let you know, David Tennant IS RETURNING to Doctor Who, but only for the 50th Special, which is a 90 minute special, he returns alongside Billie Piper. Also, Christopher Eccleston is returning, but its not officially announced yet, and again, only for the 50th. Matt Smith has apparently signed for 2014 also. *Those are the genuine bits of news.
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There are reports coming in that after discussions with Moffat Christopher Eccleston is coming back to who for the 50th!
BBC wrote:Current Doctor Matt Smith was joined by David Tennant and many more familiar faces including Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara) and Doctor Who’s head writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat...
The episode’s production continues all this week and we’ll be bringing you more news very soon…
I SO HOPE THIS IS TRUE!!!
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Fingers crossed.
I do love the pic of Matt N David
(Like the original series anniversary episodes!)
He's fast becoming NuWho's Tom Baker.
Having Eccleston back would be my ultimate wish for this anniversary special. I'd love to see him back, even if for a part of a single episode alongside Piper. If I was to be pushing it, I'd have Tate back alongside Tennant. But one awesome star at a time
I think they might be why they announced then together... to throw us off the scent.
tbh same...i feel Eccleston/Piper was a finer blend....i mean even if series 1 lagged in parts their chemistry made up for that i personally feel...although the show has come a LOOOOOng way since then....it feels like the right pair...and Ten/Donna too i feel for the same reason in series 4...which can only mean The Ponds may also be back (makes sense huh?) for their 5/6/7A impact.....just saddens me that Sarah-Jane wont be in it...at least not in physical/new form...nor the Brigadier for the same reasons ...but who knows how they are going to go about this?
Like Matt and the Moff have said...its not just about going back, but heading forwards....i think something clever is gonna happen all round with these recurrances and returnees and those that cannot return for obvious reasons...and i cannot wait to see
I would love for Eccleston to return He'd be an odd fit alongside Tennant and (especially) Smith, but a good script might pull it off nicely!
A bow tie, a pair of Converses and a Leather jacket. Have at it!
Indeed. Or Rose can be used between either Nine or Ten, so until Eccleston commits, it makes sense to have a Piper in the mix.
Feels a bit like how Sarah Jane was moved around The Five Doctors script when Tom was flip-flopping all the way through.
Imagine Eccleston saying what Hartnell does at 0.49.
I can't telll you how excited I was in '73 at the idea of the three droctors being together.
Hartnell back after 7 years - Eccleston 8
Troughton back after 4 - Tennant after 3
Not much difference.
Without watching, presumably that's when he accuses the subsequent Doctors of being a dandy and a clown? Though this time it'd be the other way around.
Indeed.
And that Eccleston was also quite abrupt.
Perhaps the length depends on whether another Doctor is involved, or not? There were rumours of two versions of the script - a Nine-heavy and a Nine-lite draft.
@edwardrussell When can we expect some more news? That was exciting!!!! Thank you so much
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@TheOfficialAGW probably nothing official for some time.
Pretty sure it's just Ten and Eleven.
I'd LIKE to see Eccleston back, so I'm keeping an open mind.
No, based on a very reliable insider saying he pulled out and the fact that he wants nothing more to do with the show and has said as much, a lot more than the basis for him returning.
Get Paul McGann on board too.
I trust TDT too, but as he said, his list of returning docs was non-exhaustive. Jenna Louise Coleman's comment about receiving yet another draft of the script shows how much the episode is changing, even in small ways, right up until shooting. Even if Eccleston has been persuaded for a cameo and nothing more it would be something
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Jenna looks so cute there
I hope they don't resort to the 9th as arrogant know-all like in that clip.
That'd be lazy characterisation and doesn't really make sense either (as it doesn't in TTD when the 1st comes and fixes everything...talk about DEM ).
The youngest shouldn't be the most knowledgeable just because he's trying to look old like the big boys
(Poor old Hartnell, on the basis of that clip maybe he should've politely refused the 3 Doctors....he is way past his best here and almost ruins the reputation they're trying to project, ie of the 1st as the wise old know all...
Bless him, he doesn't look well and acts less than that.....the producers should've realised they were pushing a frail old man too far and kindly realised they'd made a mistake.
The fact he couldn't do anything but sit in a blackened room should've been a bit of a clue! )