Should PC abide by this supposed "3 year rule" set byTennant/Smith?
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Some seem to think doctor actors should leave after 3 series because DT and Smith choose too. (although both were close to staying.)
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I personally think PC stays at least 4. hope he does. Bith DT and Smith left too soon imo
Opinions?
I personally think PC stays at least 4. hope he does. Bith DT and Smith left too soon imo
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DT & MS wanted to make the jump at the best time to move their careers on and upwards. I suspect this is the role PC has wanted for his entire life. My month is on 8 years and the movie
Very True
I hope that PC stays for as long as he wants to, for as long as he feels he has something fresh to bring to the role.
I hope that PC stays for as long as he wants to, for as long as he feels he has something fresh to bring to the role.[/QUOTE]
Exactly, he chose to stay for 2009, so had their been a series then he would have still been the doctor that year (although possibly may have been a split series/less episodes to accommodate his theatre work ). No one has ever said, or acted as though their was any length rule in new who.
I don't know if this is just rumour or legend, maybe those in the know could clarify, but I have heard before that their was a three year rule imposed in classic who after Tom Baker, to do with the fact of how the production crew got fed up with him acting like he couldn't be replaced.
I don't think there has ever been a rule about how long an actor should stay in the role.
Both Hartnell and Troughton did about 3 years each, but Pertwee stayed for five seasons and Tom Baker did seven.
Davison stayed for three seasons after Troughton had advised him that three years was a good length of time and would help PD avoid being typecast. When it came to it though, Davison actually wished he'd stayed longer.
Colin Baker was pushed out but knowing how much he'd actually enjoyed being the Doctor it's very likely that he'd have stayed much longer if he'd been given the chance. And although McCoy did three years too, the series was put on hold at that point. A fourth season with McCoy was already in the planning stages, and he'd shown no sign of wanting to move on, so it's quite likely he'd have stayed longer too.
So there's no sign of any production rule in place limiting the run of any of the classic Doctors. Just like there's no sign of any restrictions on 21st Century Doctors either.
Never been in a hurry to see the back of any Doctor. Same goes for Peter C. Personally think 3 series is ideally a minimum for a Doctor, though.
Also look at how well they've both done since leaving,
Davids even come back to the role
Matt is Scheduled to have a major role in Terminator Genisys which is relased in a months or so time and his role will continue on into the sequals.
i think we can all agree these roles where given to them mainly for thier roles as Ten and Eleven respectivly.
I hope Peter does break the 3 year rule and even does as long as Tom did, as i honeslty love Peter as the doctor
I could easily have enjoyed another year of Tennant, but a year less of Smith.
I am enjoying Capaldi but can't decide if he's a good long-term option for the show. I don't think I'll know how I feel about him until he has a new companion.
well we have not even seen the full charaterization of 12..that comes in series 9
I would have liked Tennant to have been the one to do that >sigh<
Regarding Capaldi though, it would certainly show the people who said he was too old to take on the role in the first place if he became the longest serving doctor.
Yeah, I could have easily watched eight series of David Tennant.
Not me. Not if the rest of the seasons were as poor as series 7.
I'm glad Matt regenerated because Peter's Doctor interacts with Clara so much better than Matt's Doctor did. Now I think about it, Matt's Doctor was too much of a pushover allowing both Amy and Clara to twist him round their fingers and stick him under their thumbs at the same time. Capaldi's Doctor really shook Clara up and made her a more interesting character.
Eccleston & Tennant were both rude to Rose's boyfriend. Capaldi was rude to Clara's boyfriend. Could never imagine Matt treating either of the lads were anything other than deference. Rudeness wasn't his style.
I wonder how a Matt-Clara-Danny season would have played out. Could they have still done the betrayal scene?
Eight series of David Tennant and eight series of Matt Smith. That really would have been Nethersphere...I mean 'heaven'.
Oh good god no thanks.
Much as I love 'em both, nah, they both left at the right time if y'ask me.
I think David Tennant left at the right time but I still wouldn't have said no to eight years of him in total. As for Matt Smith, he left way too early IMO. Don't feel like we saw enough of him; there was potential for at least one more series with 11.
You never know. He played Malcolm Tucker for eight years.