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I'm pretty sure he just only wanted to do one season. He might have too busy with Thor 2 coming out. I know actors usually have to travel around a lot for promo stuff and maybe his schedule just didn't line up.
In my understanding, I thought Eccleston, while appreciative of his fans, did not want to be known for just being The Doctor. Which I completely understand, because Doctor Who is very different than anything I've ever seen him in. He's a very dramatic, serious actor and tends to play darker roles.
There are also other Doctors that are also still alive that didn't make an appearance, such as Sylvester McCoy (who might be busy with Hobbit related stuff). I would have expected to see more of them at the end during the thank yous from cast, but whatevs. I was pleased with how it ended, even if it was CGI.
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 Nov 2013, 15:14 ---I still don't get why Eccleston couldn't take ten thousand quid to show up for fifteen seconds. (I don't know how much they offered him or if they even asked but yeah)
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The same reason Tom Baker didn't show up in the 20th anniversary special "The Five Doctors"- he claims he has moved on from the part or something like that.
But think about it, if he really was involved the whole story would have been different. At least we know that they left it open that he could have appeared at any point if he changed his mind, but he didn't...
Method of Madness:
Yeah, but you can also explain the older Doctors not appearing by "they've aged too much".
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 Nov 2013, 20:35 ---Yeah, but you can also explain the older Doctors not appearing by "they've aged too much".
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No, the aging is explained in a trick they used in the past: meeting your future self ages the younger self...it was used to explain why Patrick Troughton looked much older in The Two Doctors. Plus given the storyline, they weren't really needed in the special. It might have been nice to have them appear with new voiceovers for their old footage but that is about all they could really contribute to the special without drastically altering a carefully crafted story that spanned all seven previous seasons of the show.
Barmymoo:
I believe there was some bad feeling between Christopher Ecclestone and the production team of the series he was in, but I'm not sure.
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