XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: no@spam.invalid   
      
   In article <7Wx4g.65396$F_3.51744@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,   
   Wunderkind  wrote:   
      
   > Anybody wrote:   
   > > In article <270420062015003556%no@spam.invalid>, Babaganoosh   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> In article <280420061249004505%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com>, Anybody   
   > >>  wrote:   
   > >>>> Christopher Eccleston isn't doing anything now--how about him as   
   > >>>> Captain Robert April? That would be "Fantastic!" ;-)   
   > >>> Yep, great, *IF* you want the show to last only one season before he   
   > >>> quits and then you have to find someone else ... not as easy to do when   
   > >>> the character can't change his appearance as easily as Dr Who.   
   > >> It was always understood from the beginning that Eccleston would only   
   > >> do one season. He didn't "quit", it was already decided that he would   
   > >> leave.   
   > >   
   > > Quit, left ... it makes no difference. The selfish moron still signed   
   > > on to a continuing series and was gone after only one season.   
   >   
   > You don't understand how British TV works. Instead of going on and on   
   > for years, British series are short. Yes, there are exceptions, but most   
   > TV shows in the UK are short-lived!   
      
   And Eccleston could not, by definition, be selfish for simply   
   fulfilling the terms of his contract as written. He would have been   
   selfish if he'd bailed prematurely, but he didn't: he told them he'd   
   only do one season, and they agreed. So how can that be selfish? If   
   they wanted someone to do more than one season (as it seems David   
   Tennant will), they didn't have to hire CE in the first place. The   
   producers knew CE would only do one season. He delivered on that   
   promise. Ergo, no selfishness.   
      
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