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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 3, 2017 0:19:18 GMT
Given the circumstances, the ideal situation right now is for Briggs to simply ask Eccleston politely now and then about returning to Nine for Big Finish. By all accounts, Eccleston got on well with Briggs and I'm sure if the timing ever feels right, that open invitation will only help. I would never want Eccleston to do it for any reason other than he genuinely wanted to. In my gut I feel like eventually he'll do it, but we may need to be very, very patient. So be it. I respect the man's desire to ply his art in many different arenas. When is the timing right though? This year it's 12 years since he last played the Doctor. If I was Christopher Eccleston, I'd be knocking Nicholas Briggs' door down to return to the role on audio. Hell, after 12 years I'd be practically begging to return to such a popular role - especially when as Eccleston I'd be aware I'm not doing as well as David Tennant, Matt Smith or Sylvester McCoy in terms of a acting career. Please stop. You are embarrassing yourself.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Jan 3, 2017 0:40:53 GMT
I think the perfect introduction for Eccelston to the world of BF is to hire him for a Classics release.
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Post by xlozdob on Jan 3, 2017 0:41:20 GMT
Given the circumstances, the ideal situation right now is for Briggs to simply ask Eccleston politely now and then about returning to Nine for Big Finish. By all accounts, Eccleston got on well with Briggs and I'm sure if the timing ever feels right, that open invitation will only help. I would never want Eccleston to do it for any reason other than he genuinely wanted to. In my gut I feel like eventually he'll do it, but we may need to be very, very patient. So be it. I respect the man's desire to ply his art in many different arenas. All things considered, his first role with BF might not even be his Doctor. He may want to test the waters with something else. We still have no details about the cast of 'The Time Machine' or 'The War of the Worlds', maybe he's lined up to star in either one of these two (after all, they're starting the HG Wells range with a 9th Doctor, what better way to end it than with the proper one). Not likely, but stranger things have happened. Ahh, one can only hope.
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Post by xlozdob on Jan 3, 2017 0:43:16 GMT
I think the perfect introduction for Eccelston to the world of BF is to hire him for a Classics release. My thoughts exactly.
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Post by agentten on Jan 3, 2017 0:47:26 GMT
Given the circumstances, the ideal situation right now is for Briggs to simply ask Eccleston politely now and then about returning to Nine for Big Finish. By all accounts, Eccleston got on well with Briggs and I'm sure if the timing ever feels right, that open invitation will only help. I would never want Eccleston to do it for any reason other than he genuinely wanted to. In my gut I feel like eventually he'll do it, but we may need to be very, very patient. So be it. I respect the man's desire to ply his art in many different arenas. When is the timing right though? This year it's 12 years since he last played the Doctor. If I was Christopher Eccleston, I'd be knocking Nicholas Briggs' door down to return to the role on audio. Hell, after 12 years I'd be practically begging to return to such a popular role - especially when as Eccleston I'd be aware I'm not doing as well as David Tennant, Matt Smith or Sylvester McCoy in terms of a acting career. When is the timing right, you ask. How long is a piece of string? It'll be right when it's right for Eccleston.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 0:52:33 GMT
I agree with everyone else. Chris was great and I would love to have him back as the 9th doctor at Big Finish. But if he doesn't want to come back, he doesn't need too. And if he wanted to join BF for any other ranges that would be a wonderful gateway for him.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Jan 3, 2017 1:17:35 GMT
Given the circumstances, the ideal situation right now is for Briggs to simply ask Eccleston politely now and then about returning to Nine for Big Finish. By all accounts, Eccleston got on well with Briggs and I'm sure if the timing ever feels right, that open invitation will only help. I would never want Eccleston to do it for any reason other than he genuinely wanted to. In my gut I feel like eventually he'll do it, but we may need to be very, very patient. So be it. I respect the man's desire to ply his art in many different arenas. All things considered, his first role with BF might not even be his Doctor. He may want to test the waters with something else. We still have no details about the cast of 'The Time Machine' or 'The War of the Worlds', maybe he's lined up to star in either one of these two (after all, they're starting the HG Wells range with a 9th Doctor, what better way to end it than with the proper one). Not likely, but stranger things have happened. Ahh, one can only hope. The Newspaperman from War of the Worlds?
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Post by omega on Jan 3, 2017 1:50:23 GMT
We've got so many options at the moment, I don't mind waiting for Chris Eccleston.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jan 3, 2017 9:06:30 GMT
Given the circumstances, the ideal situation right now is for Briggs to simply ask Eccleston politely now and then about returning to Nine for Big Finish. By all accounts, Eccleston got on well with Briggs and I'm sure if the timing ever feels right, that open invitation will only help. I would never want Eccleston to do it for any reason other than he genuinely wanted to. In my gut I feel like eventually he'll do it, but we may need to be very, very patient. So be it. I respect the man's desire to ply his art in many different arenas. All things considered, his first role with BF might not even be his Doctor. He may want to test the waters with something else. We still have no details about the cast of 'The Time Machine' or 'The War of the Worlds', maybe he's lined up to star in either one of these two (after all, they're starting the HG Wells range with a 9th Doctor, what better way to end it than with the proper one). Not likely, but stranger things have happened. Ahh, one can only hope. I'd hope they wouldn't hype it up, because it would be so disappointing if they said 'We've got a Doctor onboard for one of our upcoming releases' and it turned out Christopher Eccleston was in a HG Wells release and not a Doctor Who one.
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Post by sherlock on Jan 3, 2017 10:10:54 GMT
Given the circumstances, the ideal situation right now is for Briggs to simply ask Eccleston politely now and then about returning to Nine for Big Finish. By all accounts, Eccleston got on well with Briggs and I'm sure if the timing ever feels right, that open invitation will only help. I would never want Eccleston to do it for any reason other than he genuinely wanted to. In my gut I feel like eventually he'll do it, but we may need to be very, very patient. So be it. I respect the man's desire to ply his art in many different arenas. When is the timing right though? This year it's 12 years since he last played the Doctor. If I was Christopher Eccleston, I'd be knocking Nicholas Briggs' door down to return to the role on audio. Hell, after 12 years I'd be practically begging to return to such a popular role - especially when as Eccleston I'd be aware I'm not doing as well as David Tennant, Matt Smith or Sylvester McCoy in terms of a acting career. Why would he be begging? His career's doing fine. He's currently a regular on a HBO series and was a lead in a successful BBC drama last year which has been renewed for this year.
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Post by elkawho on Jan 3, 2017 11:40:22 GMT
All things considered, his first role with BF might not even be his Doctor. He may want to test the waters with something else. We still have no details about the cast of 'The Time Machine' or 'The War of the Worlds', maybe he's lined up to star in either one of these two (after all, they're starting the HG Wells range with a 9th Doctor, what better way to end it than with the proper one). Not likely, but stranger things have happened. Ahh, one can only hope. I'd hope they wouldn't hype it up, because it would be so disappointing if they said 'We've got a Doctor onboard for one of our upcoming releases' and it turned out Christopher Eccleston was in a HG Wells release and not a Doctor Who one. Not me. I'd be thrilled.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 11:55:45 GMT
I'd hope they wouldn't hype it up, because it would be so disappointing if they said 'We've got a Doctor onboard for one of our upcoming releases' and it turned out Christopher Eccleston was in a HG Wells release and not a Doctor Who one. Not me. I'd be thrilled. Me too! If BF could get Christopher Eccleston on board for a non-Doctor Who story first, great. He might enjoy the lunches and stick around then... who knows after that?
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Post by aztec on Jan 3, 2017 12:01:25 GMT
Eccleston was such a fantastic Doctor of course I'm hoping he'll change his mind and come back do some audio adventures eventually...on the other hand I wouldn't want Eccleston to do anything he was less than 100% invested in, and the 9th Doctor has such a tight character arc that creating new companions, story arcs and more in the audios could ultimately undermine the redemption of the 9th Doctor as seen on TV. If he does the audios it will be fantastic (get it? ) news, if he doesn't it will still be great news...for my bank account Either way I'm frankly a little uneasy about the implied sense of entitlement some fans have when it comes to Eccleston's Doctor, people seem to focus on resenting him for not giving us more, when I respect him for already giving so much as the character.
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Post by doctorkernow on Jan 3, 2017 12:02:52 GMT
Hello again.
As any actor he is free to choose what jobs he does. No amount of weeping, wailing or gnashing of teeth will bring him to the playhouse.
Big Finish has plenty of treats for us, using elements of NuWho and our regular Big Finish Doctors. Let's enjoy them and instead of impatiently waiting for something that might not happen...
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Post by aztec on Jan 3, 2017 12:02:58 GMT
Me too! If BF could get Christopher Eccleston on board for a non-Doctor Who story first, great. He might enjoy the lunches and stick around then... who knows after that? Well John Hurt is doing a HG Wells story so it look like he is sticking around, if the lunches can persuade such a high profile busy actor they must be truly magnificent
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Post by bobod on Jan 3, 2017 12:05:23 GMT
Given the circumstances, the ideal situation right now is for Briggs to simply ask Eccleston politely now and then about returning to Nine for Big Finish. By all accounts, Eccleston got on well with Briggs and I'm sure if the timing ever feels right, that open invitation will only help. I would never want Eccleston to do it for any reason other than he genuinely wanted to. In my gut I feel like eventually he'll do it, but we may need to be very, very patient. So be it. I respect the man's desire to ply his art in many different arenas. When is the timing right though? That's up to him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 12:08:02 GMT
Surprised no one brought up Billie Piper... BBC have made clear he had her exclusively as his first companion... and she was consistent. What she say about BF?
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Post by Tony Jones on Jan 3, 2017 12:13:44 GMT
Me too! If BF could get Christopher Eccleston on board for a non-Doctor Who story first, great. He might enjoy the lunches and stick around then... who knows after that? Well John Hurt is doing a HG Wells story so it look like he is sticking around, if the lunches can persuade such a high profile busy actor they must be truly magnificent I can vouch for the lunches;-)
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Post by bobod on Jan 3, 2017 12:14:09 GMT
Me too! If BF could get Christopher Eccleston on board for a non-Doctor Who story first, great. He might enjoy the lunches and stick around then... who knows after that?
And even if not doing DW, just working for them is a good thing.
Josette Simon was lovely at an event recently and spoke of liking working for Big Finish (having done one DW with Paul and another with Tom) but made it clear that while she loved Blakes 7 and was proud of her time on it she simply didn't return to jobs in such a way and so would gladly do more work with BF but wouldn't consider playing Dayna again. (Later in the conversation she did add a 'ok lets never say never' not because she'd any intention of changing her mind but because she didn't like the idea of making a flat definitive statement).
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Post by bobod on Jan 3, 2017 12:15:06 GMT
Surprised no one brought up Billie Piper... BBC have made clear he had her exclusively as his first companion... Have they?
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