Doctor Who

[meganlynn09]

I'm sure most of you are pretty sick of these posts, aren't you?
I was re-watching "Father's Day" the other day, capping it to make icons and I realized that I really did watch the show for the Doctor. When you watch an episode like that where it's prominently about someone else, Rose, and you can't help but focus completely on someone else, the

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[sushigal007]

I've never been able to get into nine as a doctor, because I've been watching it since I was a small child, when the doctor was an old man who looked like my granddad and was a guardian figure, and the whole shippiness just weirds me out. Plus I think it was all spoiled for me when I found out he was quitting after one series because he didn't want to get typecast. I know it's childish, but I don't like CE for that, I feel like he only took the job because it was a big part that would look good on his CV.
Silly, I know, but that's my view.
Caps are nice though, and I will admit to loving Fathers Day very very much.

[nina_ds]

I wholly understand the guardian issue (I spent the first two episodes thinking, "Am I supposed to be seeing what I know I'm seeing?" in terms of sexual chemistry), but it's a shame that whole thing about being "typecast" is still out there in the air, because the BBC retracted the statement and has admitted that it was not true and that they were in the wrong to say so. Also, in Britain, CE is such a highly respected actor that people were more surprised that he was taking such a "lowbrow" show, rather than it showing up as a line on his CV. If anything, Doctor Who was trading on his cachet as an actor of great integrity to demonstrate that they were serious about bringing it back as a quality show. The chances are very high that he was only optioned for one series; he tends not to stand still for long (he even got himself written out of a very successful show once before), and since Russell T Davies has known him for ages and he's worked with the production company many times before, so they certainly must have known that

[sushigal007]

Ah, I never realised it had been retracted. I read it in the Sun originally, checked it out in proper news, but then they never said anything new. Stupid tabloids. ^^

[nina_ds]

Yeah, the tabloids are horrible. I couldn't help but be amused by the Daily Mail saying that the reason CE left was that he wanted to play a "more masculine, less fey" character. The idiotic reporter obviously had no clue... Othello? 28 Days Later? even Hearts and Minds? If you're going to make up lies, at least make them ones that make sense!

[meganlynn09]

I have to ditto what nina_ds said about the typecasting.

But I respect your opinion, I knew therr were people out there that didn't like him as the Doctor because of the past, and it's nice to hear from those people, being an American that's never heard of the show before this past March.

So, thanks for your comment and glad you like the caps!