History Creator / ChristopherEccleston

-->'''Eccelston:''' Sack Creator/RussellTDavies, sack Jane Tranter, sack Phil Collinson, sack Julie Gardner, and I'll come back. Can you arrange that?

-->'''Eccelston:''' Not at all, I love being associated with the character, just don't like being associated with those people and the politics that went on in the first series. The first series was a mess, and it wasn't to do with me or [[Creator/BilliePiper Billie]], it was to do with the people who were supposed to make it, and it was a mess. And the first series of any show, [[Creator/BilliePiper Billie]] did [[Series/SecretDiaryOfACallGirl Confessions of a...]]

-->'''Eccelston:''' You know, first series: nobody wants to know. The BBC were like [[ItWillNeverCatchOn "We're gonna keep a big distance from this", and then as soon it was a success, they were all up close going "I was responsible for that!" but they were all at a distance like this is a folly. "Eccelston's Folly", "Piper's Folly", "Russell T Davies' Folly".]] And then when it worked, suddenly: "I worked on that!" They wouldn't come anywhere near us, and then they jumped on the bandwagon. Those kind of politics, I'm not good at handling, [[PrecisionFStrike I can't swallow that shit.]]
** He had a similar opinion of ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', as an interview [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-03-12/christopher-eccleston-says-doctor-who-exit-almost-destroyed-his-career/ revealed]] that he hated the film.

** He had a similar opinion of ''Film/GIJoeRiseOfCobra''. as an interview [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-03-12/christopher-eccleston-says-doctor-who-exit-almost-destroyed-his-career/ revealed]] that he hated the film.

[[caption-width-right:350: [[Main/PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't]] '''[[Series/DoctorWho Skip]]''' '''[[Characters/DoctorWhoNinthDoctor NINE.]]]]'''

-->'''Eccelston:''' You know, first series: nobody wants to know. The BBC were like [[ItWillNeverCatchOn "We're gonna keep a big distance from this", and then as soon it was a success, they were all up close going "I was responsible for that!" but they were all at a distance like this is a folly. "Eccelston's Folly", "Piper's Folly", "Russell T Davies' Folly".]] And then when it worked, suddenly: "I worked on that!" They wouldn't come anywhere near us, and then they jumped on the bandwagon. Those kind of politics, I'm not good at handling, [[PrecisionFStrike I can't swallow that shit.]]

On August 9th 2020 it was [[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=christopher-eccleston-big-finish announced]] that he would be returning to his role as the Ninth Doctor in an audio series for [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish]], after a fifteen year absence from playing the character. By his own admission, [[MoneyDearBoy this was financially motivated]] due to lack of work in the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, but he has since found other work, including the 2021 psychological thriller 'Close to Me', based on the novel of the same name.

* CreatorBacklash: Zig-zagged for his run in the first season/series of Series/DoctorWho. He loved working on the show, but he hated the fairweather politics that went on behind the scenes with the production staff, according to a panel involving him and his co-star Creator/BilliePiper at the [[https://youtu.be/SWh6JnN9bOw?si=C-MwbrH-3AE9gm7I "For The Love Of Sci-Fi" 2023 convention.]]

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Eccleston also appeared in an episode of ''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram'' as [[CaptainErsatz Dr. Lazer Rage]], the title character in a show within the show about a cult favourite science fiction hero, [[ActorAllusion possibly in reference to his stint as the Doctor in]] ''Series/DoctorWho''.

Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964 in Salford, England) is an English stage, film and television actor. Most may remember him as [[Characters/DoctorWhoNinthDoctor the ninth incarnation of the Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 2005 -- the first Doctor of Revival ''Who'' -- and is likewise the first actor to play the Doctor who was born after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the show's debut in 1963]]. The shortest-serving of the Doctors, he only played the part for a single series before leaving the show over {{creative differences}} and handing the role to Creator/DavidTennant.

In December 2005, Eccleston traveled to Indonesia's Aceh province for the BBC Breakfast news programme, examining how survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami were rebuilding their lives.

In August 2006, Eccleston filmed ''New Orleans, Mon Amour'' with Creator/ElisabethMoss. The film was directed by Michael Almereyda, and shot in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, it is currently in post-production and was scheduled for a 2008 release. Also in 2006, he starred in ''Perfect Parents'', an ITV drama written and directed by Joe Ahearne, who had directed him in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964 in Salford, England) is an English stage, film and television actor. Most may remember him as [[Characters/DoctorWhoNinthDoctor the ninth incarnation of the Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 2005, and is likewise the first actor to play the Doctor who was born after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the show's debut in 1963]]. The shortest-serving of the Doctors, he only played the part for a single series before leaving the show over {{creative differences}} and handing the role to Creator/DavidTennant.