Christopher Eccleston IS the Doctor!!!

Oh yes!!!

Result!!!

Re-fucking-sult!!!!!

Uh, okay. I'll have some of whatever you're smoking btw.

Okay, after careful thought and examination of your signature... I think I understand now. This Christopher dude is playing Dr. Who in a new version of the show?

Congrats!

I wondered how T-M would feel about this.

Now I know.

I've been reading Douglas Adams' biography recently, in the course of which it appears that the only reason there are no books of Adams' Dr Who stories is that the BBC weren't willing to increase their standard £600 fee, so it's a bit of a surprise that they've got a quality actor with solid film experience to do this.

Mind you, reading T-M's sig, I'd be worried - wouldn't the makers of those shows make Dr Who too comedic (and with a Romana-esque male assistant...)?

The BBC didn't publish the "Doctor Who" novelisations, PG. That contract was owned by a company called Target Books, a division of WH Allen.

Besides, he did novelise two of his stories, he just changed the title to "Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency".

:-)

That fits - overrated actor, overrated show.

Groovy. We have a Doctor.

I've yet to see Christopher Eccleston in a bad production, a good choice.

Dirk Gently includes cannibalized elements of the Who stories, at best.

You're right abour Target, although the point I was trying to make about Dr Who previously being made on the cheap would have stood up with a better example.

Yes I know, and to be fair he probably considered "Shada" fair game as an unfinished show.

Well yes, it was never the most expensive of shows originally, but when it was originally on it didn't seem to matter a great deal to anybody. Nowadays, however, you can't get away with so much on television so it stands to reason they'd put more money in. They also want to make this re-launch a flagship show to anchor their new-look Saturday night line-up.

I couldn't wait before, goodness knows how I'm going to cope now...

I have a talking dalek. It takes the edge off the Doctor cravings.

Better choice than Richard E Grant.

And to think, I saw Christopher Ecclestone in HMV in Manchester one day aaaaaaaaaaages ago.

I too have a talking Dalek. My brother gave it to me for Christmas a couple of years ago... However, attempting to ascertain his/her/its verdict on Eccleston's casting solicits only a reply of "Seek-Locate-Ahnialate".

I know exactly what you mean. I should stop making important decisions on it's reponse.
My sister swears it say 'Seek The Cake- Ahnialate'