the more i see of David Tennant as Doctor Number Ten, the more i miss Christopher Eccleston's Doctor Number Nine. sure, Tennant is incredibly expressive, and 'unpredictable', but Eccleston has class. here's an unaired clip of Rose meeting the Tenth Doctor, shown only on BBC's Children in Need 2005, and posted on youtube:
(or, as usual, here.)
the clip serves as a kind of prologue, and directly connects 2005's The Parting of Ways with The Christmas Invasion.
Eccleston, by comparison, is far more subtle, switching from dark to manic in a blink without being quite as hysterical as Tennant.
(or here.)
compare that with the Tennant bits in the Series 2 trailer i put up a few posts ago, or see him in the Christmas Invasion. Eccleston is just so much cooler. imho.
i'm tempted to make a comment on the British apparently being impressed by 'unsubtlety' as a by-product of the repressive 'stiff-upper-lip' culture, as a lot of Brits seem to dig Billie Piper's annoying hystrionics, and, now, seem to prefer Tennant's acting to Eccleston's...oh, well, there you go, i just did.
here are a few more Eccleston goodies c/o youtube:
a bit where he's interviewed by a kid who went on BBC's Mastermind as a Doctor Who expert:
(here)
and a Dead Ringers sketch on why Christopher Eccleston quit after only one season (series) of Doctor Who, riffing off SF culture cliches:
(and here.)
ah, the fruits of 'working' on a Saturday. right. i'm off to do some writing.
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