Eccleston quits

March 31st, 2005

The ticker on the BBC News site is reporting that Christopher Eccleston has quit the role of Doctor Who, despite today’s announcement that a second season has been commissioned.

(I can’t link to a story about Eccleston’s departure at the moment: at the time of writing all that’s showing is a one-line entry in the ticker on the front page of the BBC News site with a “more soon” tag at the end.)

[Updated to add: in the absence of a story to link to, here’s a screendump of the relevant portion of the BBC News front page.]

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2 Responses to “Eccleston quits”

  1. Ray Girvan Says:
    April 2nd, 2005 at 4:11 pm

    It’s online now: Eccleston quits Dr Who role.

  2. John Says:
    April 2nd, 2005 at 6:23 pm

    Yes, it certainly is. I haven’t seen David Tennant in anything as far as I can remember, so I have no idea what he’d be like in the role. I’d quite like to see Bill Nighy give it a go - provided they make sure he’s signed up for at least two seasons, dammit!

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