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Why did Christopher Eccleston leave ?
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Sorry just something i always wondered ?
Did he hate Dr who?
Did he hate Dr who?
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Like what ?
dont know
google it and some ideas will come up
he did say a few weeks ago that he loves kids coming up to him saying they loved him on Doctor Who
Could you should provide a source for that last sentence as I have never heard that he said any such thing, and it seems incredibly unlikely, frankly, especially as naive is the last thing anyone would call Eccleston?
In regards the OP there is a lengthy thread on this topic further down the page where the ins and outs are discussed in some detail...:)
Course - it's on Doctor Who at the BBC: A Legend Reborn, on CD1 (at least it was on my advance review copy - the CD got pulled from shops just before release; not sure what was changed for the retail version).
I couldn't tell you which particular interview it is without listening to it all again. Naive is his word rather than mine, although he quickly backtracks, realising he's given the impression that he was disappointed.
Okay, thanks, I haven't heard of that CD.
So this was a dissuasion about making the series at the time rather than as in relation to an interview after he had left? I don't think it's fair to apply something he may have said about the process of making the show and translating it to a reason he left, especially as nothing he said since he left seems to support it.
We may never know the full story behind why he left, but all evidence points to him leaving primarily because of how he felt the crew were treated by certain people and not being willing to accept it.
"The main attraction was getting eight scripts by Russell T Davies. Bit naive in a way, because, to a certain extent, Russell is constrained, by... the fact that it's Doctor Who -- in fact he's not constrained, I think he's writing at the top of his form."
It's at 3:36 of track 3 of my copy, talking to Jo Whiley on 24 March 2005.
I did mention the crew. But I don't at all think it's unfair to bring his comments up in this context. The interview was, after all, done after he had already quit the job. And if someone who has just quit an acting job says they were naive about the scripts they'd be working on, that's certainly worth mentioning, at the very least, in the context of a discussion of why they left, even if it's not the major factor.
Thanks for that, but again, there is no evidence to suggest his departure had anything to do with the scripts. I think it's an unfair leap of logic to make, based on a couple of sentences in an interview which are not supported by anything that has been said on the subject by any involved parties since.
Besides which I am pretty sure that no one can say they haven't at some point in a discussion expressed a point poorly and had to clarify what they meant.
I aint taking sides on the debate though
Or why Eccleston seemed to be the only one bothered by alleged conditions, both at the time or since.
Please don't tell me it's because of his "integrity", as if he's the only person connected with DW who has such a strange and uncommon thing!
I know a lot of people like Eccleston (I do myself, though not as the Doctor), but that doesn't mean he's always right.
He's not 'right' to do what he wants with hs own career? 'Right' has got nothing to do with it.
I never mentioned his career.
Neither did he, apparently.
If he left because he wanted to do different things, or because he saw DW as hindering his career, then that's his choice and that's fine.
It sure is. So why did you make such aggressive comments about him? Actually, forget that: let's talk about muffins. Which is your favourite flavour?
Blueberry!
(*smug smirk* Yeah, I have an opinion :cool:)
Even if it doesn't, even if you have enough integrity not to name names, it would be very difficult to stay and be complicit in something you feel strongly against.
Eccleston voted Labour and the rest of the crew were a coalition of Liberals and Conservatives I guess.
While the truth about the frictions behind the scenes regarding Eccleston is probably the best kept secret in TV, I personally believe Eccleston was never that keen to be Doctor Who but was rather jumping at the chance to work with RTD again. Eccleston always made it clear in interviews that he never had any particular affinity for the programme (which is a reason plenty of other actors have turned it down before). I don't think Eccleston ever dreamed of being a cult sci-fi star. I think that's the reason he got out as fast as he could, and the reason he doesn't wish to maintain any association with the show through interviews etc.