Eccleston explained why it’s unlikely we’ll see the Ninth Doctor on screen again. <\/p>
With Doctor Who<\/a>\u2018s 60th anniversary coming up in 2023, fans have been hoping the historic event will bring a multi-Doctor story to our screens, Day of the Doctor<\/a> style.<\/p>\n One name who was missing from the 50th anniversary special, which featured\u00a0primarily David Tennant\u2019s Tenth Doctor, Matt Smith\u2019s Eleventh Doctor, and John Hurt\u2019s War Doctor, was Christopher Eccleston.<\/p>\n Eccleston, who played the Ninth Doctor in the series\u2019 2005 revival, has since revealed he didn\u2019t think the story did his Doctor justice<\/a>. He has, however, reprised the role for a series of Doctor Who audio dramas produced by Big Finish, which has made fans wonder whether a 60th anniversary TV appearance will be possible.<\/p>\n Sadly, it\u2019s unlikely. Speaking during a Q&A as part of Dragon Con, Eccleston explained why a 60th anniversary return was \u201cdoubtful\u201d, saying \u201cmy relationship with the BBC over Doctor Who has not healed.\u201d<\/p> He added: \u201cI left because my relationship with Russell T Davies, [producers] Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson completely broke down during the shooting of the first series.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say\u2026 that the first series nobody knows what they\u2019re doing and the politics are raging.\u00a0The shooting of the first series was a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n Eccleston explained the circumstances surrounding his exit, saying: \u201cI agreed with Russell that I would go, quietly and respectfully, and I would look after the show publicity-wise, in terms of publicising it.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then, without saying anything to me, they announced that I was leaving. They didn\u2019t tell me they were going to do that. I was walking down the street and suddenly I got quite a lot of aggression.\u00a0And more importantly\u2026 they created a quote, and they attributed it to me, which said I was tired.<\/p>\n \u201cNow the thing is about that, \u2018Oh I found it too tiring\u2019, \u00a0I didn\u2019t find it too tiring. I found it too tiring working with Russell, and Phil and Julia. I didn\u2019t find it physically too tiring.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen they said that, any other producer reading that would go \u2018Oh, we\u2019re not going to employ Christopher Eccleston because he gets tired\u2019.\u00a0So it was a lie, and it was in quotation marks, and I\u2019m from Salford, you don\u2019t do that to me.<\/p>\n \u201cSo they issued a kind of apology, but it\u2019s not enough, so no.\u201d<\/p>\n Eccleston did, however, tell the crowd he would continue doing Big Finish and attending conventions, so there\u2019s definitely more Ninth Doctor in the sci-fi show\u2019s future.<\/p>\n Doctor Who will return to BBC One later in 2021 \u2013 visit our Sci-fi<\/a> hub for more news and features or find something to watch with our TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Eccleston explained why it’s unlikely we’ll see the Ninth Doctor on screen again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4136,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/christopher-eccleston-says-its-very-doubtful-hell-return-to-doctor-who-on-tv.png",867,546,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/christopher-eccleston-says-its-very-doubtful-hell-return-to-doctor-who-on-tv-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/christopher-eccleston-says-its-very-doubtful-hell-return-to-doctor-who-on-tv-300x189.png",300,189,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/christopher-eccleston-says-its-very-doubtful-hell-return-to-doctor-who-on-tv-768x484.png",768,484,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/christopher-eccleston-says-its-very-doubtful-hell-return-to-doctor-who-on-tv.png",800,504,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/christopher-eccleston-says-its-very-doubtful-hell-return-to-doctor-who-on-tv.png",867,546,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/christopher-eccleston-says-its-very-doubtful-hell-return-to-doctor-who-on-tv.png",867,546,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Eccleston explained why it's unlikely we'll see the Ninth Doctor on screen again.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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