Wow, THAT was fast...

[rj_anderson]

So with just one episode of the new Doctor Who actually broadcast (and not only doing rather smashingly in the ratings, but already slated for another thirteen episodes and a Christmas special), Christopher Eccleston has up and decided he isn't going to keep playing the Doctor for fear of being typecast. Whoa, Chris, I understand the concern, but

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[kerravonsen]

So by the time they actually bother to show it in Australia, they will be on another Doctor? (sigh)

[infiniteviking]

Come on! And I'd just gotten used to the guy!

You know, we've heard this before. Several of the Who actors feared being typecast. They were all wrong.

But opting out only days after receiving such tremendous reviews from all quarters? Grr. He might have had the decency to keep us in suspense.

[kerravonsen]

But opting out only days after receiving such tremendous reviews from all quarters? Grr. He might have had the decency to keep us in suspense.

Maybe he wouldn't have feared being typecast if it had been a flop. After all, if he was that afraid of being remembered as The Doctor, then he ruddy well shouldn't have taken the job in the first place!

And typecasting is actually not the handicap so many actors think it is. I remember a remark from Gareth Thomas (who is most well known in fannish circles as playing Blake in Blake's 7) who managed not to get typecast, despite being the eponymous lead in an SF show -- he said that the problem with not being typecast is that you're never the first person that casting directors think of for a role...

[serenasnape]

But he has to stay! I've only just seen the first episode and I'm hooked!

And Firefox is incredible - I hate having to use IE for anything now.

[reveilles]

I've been using Firefox/Thunderbird for over a year now, and they're both reliable and much better than the behemoth that is IE and the bug-magnet that is Outlook Express. I have a couple of minor quibbles, but I'd rather be using the Mozilla development stuff any day.

I'm annoyed that Eccleston is getting all prima donna on us. How could you possibly be typecast as the Doctor? The Doctor isn't a single character when it comes to looks or personality! I think he's just blowing indie smoke.