Christopher Ecclestonhas had a recollective road of private and publicly processing his time on Doctor Who — for many years , the actor just refused to talk about why , having helped turn the seriesinto a sensationwhen it return in 2005 , he left and never looked back . But , while still largely reserve , Eccleston is now more open about his experience than ever — and unclouded about what it ’d take for him to render .
The brusque actor went viral this week after a abbreviated moment from a panel bear with his Doctor Who co - star Billie Piper at the For the Love of Sci - Fi convening in Manchester , England , earlier this month . WithDoctor Whoitself back on silver screen forits sixtieth day of remembrance , and with Eccleston ’s own successor David Tennant back in the TARDIS , naturally the actor was ask about his own potential difference to take back to Doctor Who on video anytime shortly . His list of requests was … , well , see for yourself :
“ Sack Russell T Davies . Sack Jane Tranter . Sack Phil Collinson . dismission Julie Gardner . And I ’ll amount back . So can you fix up that ? ”
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Quite the ask , considering all four of those people are currently make Doctor Who again . But also a brutally apprehensible one , give Eccleston ’s anterior opening up about his time on Doctor Who . Multiple clip in the pastthe actor has hash out how his working relationship with the product team on season one of Who ’s revival broke down and never recovered , as well asthe mental health struggleshe was facing while filming . After slowly opening himself back up to the enfranchisement publicly in the last few long time — it ’s only been in the last few years that Eccleston would really verbalise about Doctor Who again , let alone attend conventions — the constant question of his potential rejoinder makes his honesty a requisite .
Plus , it ’s not like Eccleston has no honey for his clock time as the Doctor , or the character he uprise at all . The actor has made a august return as the Ninth Doctor on audio for Big Finish — a kinship he ’s happy to carry on , in hisown trademark style . When asked if he ’d ever mold alongside Billie Piper again for the audio producer , Eccleston added “ calculate on the money ! I ’ve got a mortgage . Billie ’s got a mortgage . large Finish , it ’s up to you . ”
So there ’s mountain of chance for Eccleston ’s return in some ways — just do n’t anticipate it on TV any metre soon .
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