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[mrph]

Actor Christopher Eccleston has quit as Doctor Who after just one episode of the new series, the BBC has confirmed

Er. Right. Remind me, didn't he actively ask for the role? Oh well.

Feck.

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[zarbi.livejournal.com]

Can't imagine it would be very good for his chances of being hired for anything else, either; he'd be forever remembered by programme comissioners as "the quitter".

Exactly. If he wanted not to be stereotyped, he has done exactly the wrong thing. Past Dr. Who actors have not suffered from this, whereas he will be long remembered as the one who let the fans down.

[polidori.livejournal.com]

"Past Dr. Who actors have not suffered from this"

Actually, most of them have, and several Doctors have quit the series for exactly the same reason as Eccleston apparently has.

Being slightly more cynical, The BBC appear to have a love/hate relationship with Doctor Who, and they spent many years trying ther best to get ratings to fall to justify axing the series: Terrible scripts and horrendous costumes/sets which plagued Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy, for example.

Perhaps, as the Doctor has only a few lives left (12 Regeneration = 13 Doctors), they may be thinking to quickly cycle through the last few incarnations and end series totally.