And the Doctor is...
The BBC have announced that Christopher Eccleston (who's not, as the Guardian Diary once reported, the son of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone) is to be the new Doctor Who.
All I can say is 'wow'. That's a casting completely out of left field - I can't even remember seeing his name amongst the speculation after the new series was announced - but I've thought Eccleston is a great actor ever since I saw him in Let Him Have It and his performance is one of the reasons I prefer Shallow Grave to Trainspotting. Of course, he's also worked with Russell T Davies before on The Second Coming - another excellent performance - and his casting gives, I think, an indication of which direction the new series might be heading in - probably darker than most people would have expected, and with higher production values than seen on Doctor Who before. Which wouldn't be too hard, of course.
The big question, of course, is whether the Doctor is going to raise or lower Eccleston's Oldman Index rating?
Update: Reading round the web, Gallifrey Online have a spoiler about the bad guys in the first new story. Don't click the link if you don't want to know.
Update 2: I have a feeling that at least one of my readers will be enlightened on the 'who is this guy?' question when I point out that he played Major West in 28 Days Later.
All I can say is 'wow'. That's a casting completely out of left field - I can't even remember seeing his name amongst the speculation after the new series was announced - but I've thought Eccleston is a great actor ever since I saw him in Let Him Have It and his performance is one of the reasons I prefer Shallow Grave to Trainspotting. Of course, he's also worked with Russell T Davies before on The Second Coming - another excellent performance - and his casting gives, I think, an indication of which direction the new series might be heading in - probably darker than most people would have expected, and with higher production values than seen on Doctor Who before. Which wouldn't be too hard, of course.
The big question, of course, is whether the Doctor is going to raise or lower Eccleston's Oldman Index rating?
Update: Reading round the web, Gallifrey Online have a spoiler about the bad guys in the first new story. Don't click the link if you don't want to know.
Update 2: I have a feeling that at least one of my readers will be enlightened on the 'who is this guy?' question when I point out that he played Major West in 28 Days Later.
Nick got away with this at 5:24 AM
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