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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 15:02:31 GMT
Matt Smith was put on the spot during an interview which had more to do with his new projects than Doctor Who. With the best will in the world, he could hardly say that he would be unwilling to feature in any audios. Yes, they would be easy to squeeze into his schedules, but my own feeling is that he wants to branch out into other things before returning to the Tardis - and I can't blame him for that. I think he will do some audios, but not for a few years yet.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Feb 20, 2016 17:28:44 GMT
Matt Smith was put on the spot during an interview which had more to do with his new projects than Doctor Who. With the best will in the world, he could hardly say that he would be unwilling to feature in any audios. Yes, they would be easy to squeeze into his schedules, but my own feeling is that he wants to branch out into other things before returning to the Tardis - and I can't blame him for that. I think he will do some audios, but not for a few years yet. Then why was it said that James only smiled about Matt Smith audios when asked as opposed to debunking it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 17:40:13 GMT
Matt Smith was put on the spot during an interview which had more to do with his new projects than Doctor Who. With the best will in the world, he could hardly say that he would be unwilling to feature in any audios. Yes, they would be easy to squeeze into his schedules, but my own feeling is that he wants to branch out into other things before returning to the Tardis - and I can't blame him for that. I think he will do some audios, but not for a few years yet. Then why was it said that James only smiled about Matt Smith audios when asked as opposed to debunking it? Whistfully dreaming about how wonderful it would be?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 18:05:01 GMT
Then why was it said that James only smiled about Matt Smith audios when asked as opposed to debunking it? Is James Jason's stunt double?
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Post by nottenst on Mar 21, 2016 17:49:39 GMT
Several times this past weekend at ReGeneration Who 2, Jason talked about Matt's interest in doing Big Finish. Jason thoroughly believes - "I think he will come back." Matt's agent just says "Not at the moment." Jason said that Nick asked Matt a couple of times when working with him and received positive responses about him being happy to return to the role after some time had passed. With David Tennant they always knew he would come back.
Jason also says they periodically nudge Christopher Eccleston's agent without getting any positive results.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Mar 21, 2016 18:05:02 GMT
Could someone just set up a camera outside the entrance to The Moat studios and share the pictures with us when/if Smith walks in or out?
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Post by aztec on Mar 21, 2016 19:24:27 GMT
Several times this past weekend at ReGeneration Who 2, Jason talked about Matt's interest in doing Big Finish. Jason thoroughly believes - "I think he will come back." Matt's agent just says "Not at the moment." Jason said that Nick asked Matt a couple of times when working with him and received positive responses about him being happy to return to the role after some time had passed. With David Tennant they always knew he would come back. Jason also says they periodically nudge Christopher Eccleston's agent without getting any positive results. Great to hear confirmation Smith/B.F seem so open/excited about the idea, Smith signing up to do audios would be particularly interesting for me, as I loved his performance as the Doctor and admired the complex fairytale tone of his tenure, but I wasn't actually that keen on most of his storylines, new storylines that merge the complex backsdrop and scope of his era with the budgetary and pacing freedom of audio would certainly be interesting (and would be able avoid some of the emphasis on physical comedy and the over reliance on the sonic screwdriver that cheapened Smith's 'old man in a young man's body' take on the character in later episodes i.m.o), and with the huge amount of off screen gaps for Big Finish to play around with they'll be the freedom to both create new storylines, and expand on the arcs show on TV. Weirdly enough, at times it felt like much of the 11th Doctor's character progression happened off screen in between episodes anyway... ...Let's hope they nudge Eccleston's agent a little harder...
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Mar 21, 2016 20:05:43 GMT
Several times this past weekend at ReGeneration Who 2, Jason talked about Matt's interest in doing Big Finish. Jason thoroughly believes - "I think he will come back." Matt's agent just says "Not at the moment." Jason said that Nick asked Matt a couple of times when working with him and received positive responses about him being happy to return to the role after some time had passed. With David Tennant they always knew he would come back. Jason also says they periodically nudge Christopher Eccleston's agent without getting any positive results. ...Let's hope they nudge Eccleston's agent a little harder... It won't make a difference. Christopher Eccleston will always be a no-show.
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Post by icecreamdf on Mar 21, 2016 23:54:31 GMT
...Let's hope they nudge Eccleston's agent a little harder... It won't make a difference. Christopher Eccleston will always be a no-show. He'll return to Who eventually, even if it takes a few decades.
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Post by omega on Mar 21, 2016 23:58:00 GMT
It won't make a difference. Christopher Eccleston will always be a no-show. He'll return to Who eventually, even if it takes a few decades. He doesn't want to return at this stage (remember Tom Baker chose not to be in The Five Doctors), so we shouldn't pressure him. Ideally he should want to revisit the role and give a great performance. A poor performance by the lead actor in a Big Finish can really show and drag the story down.
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Post by jasonward on Mar 22, 2016 0:16:08 GMT
Nobody knows what Christopher Ecclestone will do in the future, not even himself, all we know is that he is currently a "no", whether he remains a "no" for ever more or becomes a "yes" only time will tell.
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Post by nottenst on Mar 22, 2016 17:12:11 GMT
Nobody knows what Christopher Ecclestone will do in the future, not even himself, all we know is that he is currently a "no", whether he remains a "no" for ever more or becomes a "yes" only time will tell. He was about 41 years old when he played the part. He is just 52 now. It looks like he has two relatively young children. Once they get to the age of watching and enjoying Doctor Who, I wouldn't be surprised if they could convince him to do more work as the Doctor.
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Post by barnabaslives on Mar 22, 2016 18:41:46 GMT
The point being made I think was more that they may feel that by doimg Doctor who on audio so soon after leavin the show, they are sending a subconscious signal "my career's washed up so I'm returning to what made me famous to begin with". Probably the only thing worse they could do about now would be appear on "I'm a celebrity......" Their agents could well be strongly advising against. The last thing I'm actually familiar with is the BBC audios but I was certainly under the impression that the BBC didn't waste much time in making audios with these actors, although some of them seem to be less like the show in format than Big Finish full-casts. I'd at least like to think on that account that there's the chance of Big Finish audios being construed easily enough as simply more of the same business rather than as a career status indicator - if not as simply the actors being sympathetic and generous to us story-starved fan-things also. I mean, it really is fantastic of cast members to return to roles in Big Finish audio that they obviously don't actually have to take. Also, I have no way of knowing exactly how full BF's plate is but they seem to be taking on quite a bit lately. Maybe they could be less ready at the moment than some of the cast for additional returns? I do hope I'm not just trying to shape facts here in order to delude myself that 9th, 11th and 12th Doctor audios from Big Finish are inevitable - I very much would like to think that.
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Post by nottenst on Mar 22, 2016 18:55:29 GMT
One note about "being ready" - at ReGeneration Who 2, Jason Haigh-Ellery said that it took one year to get David Tennant and Catherine Tate together for three days to do their recording. One of the key reasons they were doing it was to do it together. Their schedules were just so busy to get coordinated in that way. In addition, when John Hurt basically said that he could do it "now" to them, they managed to get ready in time. So, when the opportunity strikes for the 9th, 11th, and 12th Doctors, I think they will be ready.
By the way, at a 5th Doctor panel, they did float the idea of a 5th and 10th Doctor audio. Peter Davison said that he knew someone who could apply some pressure to getting David Tennant on board.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Mar 22, 2016 19:29:01 GMT
Nobody knows what Christopher Ecclestone will do in the future, not even himself, all we know is that he is currently a "no", whether he remains a "no" for ever more or becomes a "yes" only time will tell. He was about 41 years old when he played the part. He is just 52 now. It looks like he has two relatively young children. Once they get to the age of watching and enjoying Doctor Who, I wouldn't be surprised if they could convince him to do more work as the Doctor. I would. He'll probably ban his kids from watching Doctor Who.
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Post by nottenst on Mar 22, 2016 19:35:23 GMT
He was about 41 years old when he played the part. He is just 52 now. It looks like he has two relatively young children. Once they get to the age of watching and enjoying Doctor Who, I wouldn't be surprised if they could convince him to do more work as the Doctor. I would. He'll probably ban his kids from watching Doctor Who. On the 9th Doctor panel Robert Shearman said that Chris is proud of his work on Doctor Who.
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Post by agentten on Mar 22, 2016 19:38:46 GMT
One note about "being ready" - at ReGeneration Who 2, Jason Haigh-Ellery said that it took one year to get David Tennant and Catherine Tate together for three days to do their recording. One of the key reasons they were doing it was to do it together. Their schedules were just so busy to get coordinated in that way. In addition, when John Hurt basically said that he could do it "now" to them, they managed to get ready in time. So, when the opportunity strikes for the 9th, 11th, and 12th Doctors, I think they will be ready. By the way, at a 5th Doctor panel, they did float the idea of a 5th and 10th Doctor audio. Peter Davison said that he knew someone who could apply some pressure to getting David Tennant on board. I wonder if that pressure applying person might also appear in said audio. We could finally get a follow up on whatever happened to the Doctor's daughter.
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Post by nottenst on Mar 22, 2016 19:50:16 GMT
One note about "being ready" - at ReGeneration Who 2, Jason Haigh-Ellery said that it took one year to get David Tennant and Catherine Tate together for three days to do their recording. One of the key reasons they were doing it was to do it together. Their schedules were just so busy to get coordinated in that way. In addition, when John Hurt basically said that he could do it "now" to them, they managed to get ready in time. So, when the opportunity strikes for the 9th, 11th, and 12th Doctors, I think they will be ready. By the way, at a 5th Doctor panel, they did float the idea of a 5th and 10th Doctor audio. Peter Davison said that he knew someone who could apply some pressure to getting David Tennant on board. I wonder if that pressure applying person might also appear in said audio. We could finally get a follow up on whatever happened to the Doctor's daughter. I suggested just that to Nick Briggs after another panel. Nick did say they have been thinking about trying to get to her reprise her role. I then asked the question of her reprising directly to Peter at a later panel and he asked "has she been asked?" I can't recall exactly what Nick then replied. In any case, it is on their mind.
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Post by jasonward on Mar 22, 2016 19:54:08 GMT
He was about 41 years old when he played the part. He is just 52 now. It looks like he has two relatively young children. Once they get to the age of watching and enjoying Doctor Who, I wouldn't be surprised if they could convince him to do more work as the Doctor. I would. He'll probably ban his kids from watching Doctor Who. You have a serious downer on Christopher Ecclestone, did he do you some serious personal injustice at some stage?
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Post by aztec on Mar 22, 2016 20:39:08 GMT
Personally I never really understood why the Doctor's 'Daughter' was such a popular character, she appeared nearly a decade ago in a fairly middle of the road story and seemed to exist mainly to give Donna and The Doctor a more 'relatable' guest character to react against (a role any other character could have played), she had a pretty bland personality i.m.o (though I liked Georgia Moffat's performance) and on the basis of that one story it's kinda hard to see where/how they could continue her story and make it relevant to the Doctor without it feeling like just another box being ticked, obviously it's something many fans would love to hear, but does it need to happen? Moffat might not have being joking when he said he imagined she crashed into a moon immediately after 'regenerating'.
The River, Churchill and Jago and Lightfoot spin offs all had reasonably well established characters/tones/era's to base new stories off, but the Doctor's Daughter just seems a bit unnecessary i.m.o...I'd be open to her returning in another story or two opposite Tennant, but I'm not convinced it would work as a spin off...frankly I'm more interested in finding out more about his actual family...
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