Tennant Gives Props to Smith
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Yeah, and I think it was only twice. The first time it was cute. The second time, not cute. Used on this board, fucking annoying. But that's not the point.
Also, what exactly does a Time Lord act like? Hell, more specifically, what does the Doctor act like? Each one has been pretty different.
Also, what exactly does a Time Lord act like? Hell, more specifically, what does the Doctor act like? Each one has been pretty different.
Can you introduce me to the Time Lord you know, that Matt Smith "actually acts like." I was unaware that there were any around.
I watched Single Father last night and was actually pleasantly surprised. Great cast; far too many incidental people but the principals are very good. Enjoyed it enough to keep watching. As a Scot I can say it is utterly refreshing to have a family cast with children who are actually Scottish rather than English/other kids failing dismally at sounding Scottish.
Ditto.
I mean, it's pretty obvious that Tennant's performance was influenced a great deal by Tom Baker's, but it's also obvious that he injected a lot of his own acting choices into it. The same way every previous actor did. The same way Matt Smith does -- his performance is obviously influenced by Patrick Troughton, but, again, he injects his own unique acting choices into the role as well.
Because, at the end of the day, while every actor who plays the Doctor takes influences from their predecessors and tries to have a central core of traits that the Doctors will all have in common, every actor is also, y'know, an actor, and, as such, wants to do something different, too.
Tennant is a class act.
I think it was very professional and genuinely darned nice of him to say that. It's good to know he's enjoying a measure of success after his tenure in Who and that he's still such an obvious booster and fan of the show.
I think it was very professional and genuinely darned nice of him to say that. It's good to know he's enjoying a measure of success after his tenure in Who and that he's still such an obvious booster and fan of the show.
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I don't really recall Eccleston talking much about his own run on Doctor Who either.
Is there a link to this? Last I heard, it was still largely speculation & innuendo. There's sort of an idea that Eccleston really didn't like some of the directors he had to work with on the show. And I think Eccleston did go on record as saying that previous reports of why he left the show were inaccurate. But nothing specific.
^ There was a long thread about Eccleston's comments here a few months ago when it broke. Otherwise I'd just do a google search, probably faster. David has always seem to be a classy guy and has admitted in the past to being a Doctor Who fan so I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually watching the show again just like the rest of us. I think he got off the ride at the right time for him, and I say this as a huge Tennant fan.
I found this: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/64537...hy-i-quit-doctor-who-by-christopher-eccleston
I remember reading this a little while back. It's still pretty vague. He says that he didn't like the "culture" of producing the series and, "I thought if I stay in this job, I'm going to have to blind myself to certain things that I thought were wrong." But he doesn't say what those "certain things" were.
that's it.