It was OG, it was a bit of self-deprecation by DT in the original article - like the disappointingly untrue kilt rumour it's been bigged up to make a story.

Hi LG

...and thank god it is just a rumour, DT is bad enough, but DT in a kilt would have been one straw too many - Star Trek here I come

Hello!!
Apparantly the costume is just being finalised, but he was wearing a kilt when asked the question and took the p*ss....

I know I am probably very strange - being a female who doesn't like men in kilts *think they just look stupid lol *

I'm not sure why I've got this antipathy towards DT, but I've just never liked him (I certainly know you do ) - hopefully I'll change my mind when the new series startrs

He might have been (relatively) new, but he'd acted in quite a bit before he bacame the Doctor, notably Nicholas and Alexandra and the Sinbad film, which was a big screen Hollywood film.

Couldn't agree more - I think the man would have been terrible as the Doctor and I always wonder if people are being entirely serious when they have suggested him for the role in the past. Still, it's usually the likes of the Sun newspaper who are the first to suggest him

For me any backlash lasts about 3 minutes into the start of the new Docs debut story....even Time And The Rani

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I would have preferred Alan Davies to be the new doctor.
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Surely you jest, sir?
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This always happens. Everyone gets attached to a Doctor then he regenerates.

When Tom Baker regenerated Peter Davison had a hard act to follow but his regeneration brought along a whole new vulnerability and youth to the show. I thought Peter played his part very well.

Then the backlash begins. I can remember people saying horrible things about Colin Baker and how "he had ruined Doctor Who".

Watching some Colin Baker episodes the other day,I could not possibly see how he had ruined it. The guy had charm,a ruthless streak and was sometimes a bit of a coward. (although like Patrick Troughton playing the clown, the coward part was just to lure the enemy into a false sense of security.)

When Sylvester McCoy regenerated into Paul McGann critics slated it. That it had become "transatlantic". They also said that the series did not fit into canon as the Terrileptil destroyed the sonic screwdriver in The Vistitation.

I did not like the idea of Kit Eccles playing the part of the Doctor at first but when I saw him on the screen with those cards,I instantly warmed to him. You could see the old Doctors in there shining through to a new modern audience.

I also didnt like the idea of a pop singer playing Rose. Billie Piper proved me wrong. She was absolutely fantastic!

Conclusively this always happens and I hope David Tennant's Doctor will be memorable like all the others.

Just for a minute there I thought, 'Kit Eccles? Who's that?'!!!