XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: jax@knickersjaxtrawstudios.com   
      
   Babaganoosh wrote:   
   > In article <280420061614191589%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com>, 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.   
   >   
   > But as I said...everybody *knew* he would leave after one season. That   
   > was the agreement. He signed on for one season, and delivered on that   
   > promise. Everybody knew he was going to leave, it was agreed upon that   
   > he would. So he can't be selfish if he only fulfilled the terms of the   
   > contract.   
      
   No. It wasn't known in advance. In fact, Russell T Davies wrote two endings   
   to The Parting Of The Ways- one with  the Doctor regenerating, and one   
   without, because it wasn't known whether Ecclestone would be staying or not.   
      
   Ian   
      
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