What Happened to Christopher Eccleston? 

One of the many reported reasons that caused more tension during series one was the director of the first production block Keith Boak was verbally abusive and bullying extras and crew. Chris stood up to Boak for their treatment, and was quite angered by Phil Colinsons lack of response to the incident. There's also the flaming sofa incident which nearly killed/hurt extras in the scene.

While David Tennant is the guy who sold me on doctor who, I have huge respect for and really enjoyed christopher eccleston and wish we got more of him. Had he not delivered, I doubt I would have gone on to watch more. Given what I've heard, it makes sense why he left.

The sad thing was seeing Chris become more at home with the fanbase over time, and willing to see how much his take on the role meant to people... and the slow return to the show, discussing the 50th with Moffat, working with Big Finish... only to then see the three people he hates the most given the golden goose again, but his time with more control than ever at Bad Wolf... to know he'll never be on our screens again as the 9th Doctor. Such a shame.

This is a very thoughtful video about Christopher Eccleston's role in Doctor who which is very rare to see anywhere. Thank you for this. I also thought that John Barrowman had quite a spiteful character assassination against Chris in his autobiography when he said that Chris was grumpy, lacked charisma and was too intense compared to David Tennant. This got Digital Spy very angry because he was basically criticising his personality. Chris's dad had vascular dementia and stage 4 cancer at the time. Chris himself was suffering from anorexia, depression and body dysmorphia. Even before Chris relealed the later in his own autobiography, Digital spy members said that Chris may have been unhappy at the time and he didn't need his co-star giving him a blow. Digital spy members are very smart and astute people.

I’m so happy Christopher Eccleston was saved by Big Finish and it really makes me happy that he’s happy with the writers of big finish.

Wow they did him dirty! The “don’t you think she looks tired” was definitely aimed at him. Also a deleted scene where 10th Doctor said “Fantastic!… no, that sounds stupid” or something. SMH.

I have to agree with you, Eccleston's my favourite doctor

When the cheesy exposé music started I feared the worst but this was great coverage, thanks. I never noticed the similarity between what Ten did to Harriet Jones and what the BBC did to Eccleston before. Wow, that really is a smoking gun.

I was 7 years old when the ninth doctor for the first season aired he has always been my favourite doctor and I was gutted when he only did one and always will be it’s a shame the co producers made it hard for him

I really miss the 9th doctor we didn’t see enough of him I feel this is the best doctor by far shoot me dead I don’t care.

Wow this is heartbreaking, they really fucked over Chris Eccleston 😢 and sounds like RTD protected John Barrowmen

I didn't start watching Doctor Who until the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith, who is one of my two fav Doctors, Peter Capaldi being the other) and I was hooked. Later I found Doctor Who on HBOMAX and Watched almost all of the episodes from every season of the new-Who. Christopher Eccleston was a good Doctor. The writing was good and the show was fun/entertaining, making his season one of my favorites (I'll probably get hate for this but...imo, the 9th Doctor was better than the 10th). I wish things hadn't went the way they did. I would have loved to see Christopher Eccleston in two more seasons.

Christopher Eccleston was not my first Doctor but in my opinion he was the best. All of the Doctors before him were too campy and the Doctors following him were only standing on his shoulders.

Thank you . Christopher Eccleston made that show . He deserves better

Thanks for the Upload. This show has always been a favorite of mine. When it was rebooted in 2005 one of my Nieces became a fan of the show. It was nice to have something in common between us.

I wish he would've come back.. he was FANTASTIC as the Dr

It really is a shame about all this, and it really does sour a bit of the otherwise fantastic Series One to know about all this. Christopher Eccleston is a fantastic actor (he’s probably one of best actors to play the character outside of John Hurt and Peter Capaldi) and it would be wonderful to see him again. That being said, like Colin Baker before him on Time and the Rani, I bare him no ill will for just saying: ‘no’ to any returns. It’s also lovely to also see him at conventions and stuff. It’s clear that what happened didn’t just sour him on Doctor Who and he obviously loves the fans. He’s also, seemingly, someone who’ll stand up for himself and others, which I also greatly respect. And whatever he wants, or thinks will be better for his health is more important to me than the shrill fan service of him sharing the screen with Tennant or Smith.

Christopher Eccleston is definitely my Doctor, and I believe that he was the best Doctor in the show's history. He had the perfect balance of quirkiness and seriousness that the Doctor needs. He felt real, and that overcame the cheesiness of the rest of the production. I'd love to see him back someday.

Matt Smith is my Doctor, as Dr.who we're not aired in Hong Kong, I discovered who pretty late. Also if Eccleston never left and stayed we might never get tenet

I don’t trust Russell anymore… And that breaks my heart to say but my reason for this is because of how he treats some people, I have been a fan of Russell’s since Doctor Who came back I was a kid way back then as I’m sure we all were who love the show even to this day, I followed many other pieces of his work and agreed with most of his views yet, When this whole situation came out about Russell and Chris I found it hard to believe yet have personally experienced latterly Russell’s wrath, I logged into my Instagram accounts to discover that Russell had blocked me on everything I have absolutely no idea why, I’ve never made a wrong move against him or any of his beliefs or views in fact it’s thanks to Russell that I’m so accepting of people from all ages and all walks of life his writing showed me how we should treat people with kindness and respect never to judge or push aside through Doctor Who I leaned how to be a better person to be stronger and wiser but it’s a-shame Russell can’t listen to our hero instead he attacks fans on the internet and blocks them if he does not agree with their views, I understand that sometimes we disagree with people and that is perfect fine we are all allowed our opinions our beliefs as long as you are a good person and do good to and for others but Russell doesn’t understand this he isn’t a kind or understanding person he doesn’t accept people or take into consideration the thoughts or needs of others, It’s why Chris got so much abuse working on the show he was told to leave and blacklisted like you said in the video, As for fans who have supported Russell loved his work for many years who randomly and without question or answer gets blocked without any reason, He does not care that’s as simple as I can put it, I don’t trust Russell as a person anymore, I think his a fantastic writer he knows what to put into a script he knows how to write people but he doesn’t know how to treat them.

Your Doctor was Nine. My Doctor was Ten. But our era, was RTD.

The Russell T. Davies days were by far the best in New Who.

You deserve much more views

I loved every doctor. For a long time, David was my doctor, but now Peter is my favorite. Capaldi was so good, at times too good.

80’s Tom baker! He left in 81

Always my doctor

Christopher Eccleston and Tom Baker will always be my favorites.

That interview with Phil Collinson at the end gives me very bad vibes with the context of what Chris has said. No acknowledgement of the troubles on set, nothing but praise for the actor and trying to frame it as planned perfection. Very suspicious. Other than that, I fully agree, while I loved Tennant and Capaldi, Eccleston will always be *my* doctor. People always say Tennant was the most human portrayal of the character, which I can see, but Eccleston seemed far more caring, far less destructive when he was upset and so much more personable.

Eccleston seemed to handle himself well. I get the impression fairness matters to him. He really needed better treatment. That scenario about Barrowmen: 😬 That concept about 'only the new people seeming concerned' is a common enough occurrence that it's been given a name. (I can't remember it. Something to do with 'stair?' 'Flying stair?') Where the group shrug off a problematic member's behaviour and tell the new people to just work around it: Huge red flag. The entire group is compromised.

I'm an old Dr. Who fan. My favorite is Tom Baker (my first). I really liked Christopher Eccleston and wished he had done more than one season.

most of tom baker was 70s there are 3 other doctors from that decade!

Yeah this is what I've also pieced together from following various interviews. 🙁 I stand beside my Doctor. 💕 But also in the sense, that I think it's time to let this go, and just appreciate him, despite of everything, being back. ^^

Loved the video! Hope you cover more on Doctor Who!

Tom is more a 70s Doctor.

Nope. Bottom line is Chris had enough of John Barrowman. Crossed the line a lot with his ‘Humour’

He was one of the best doctors.

Love the last 2 seconds of this video

I didn’t think there would be more reasons for me to despise the bbc but here we are 🤷‍♀️

I stand with Chris

I really want to know more about what Russell and Julie did specifically. I love the media they produce and Russell's return has seen Doctor Who immediately bounce back after Chibnall gutted it. So it would be good to know if they're shitty people who will misuse their power. So far the worst things I've heard are what happened AFTER Chris was leaving and stuff that OTHER people were doing during the production. What was done to Chris was shitty and leadership are responsible for what happens under their watch. But, for example, there is a difference between somebody who actively takes part in bullying and somebody who doesn't do anything to stop it. Both are shit and if a leader allows certain things to happen, that in itself should disqualify them from future leadership positions. Everything feels very vague right now. I really want to know if there's anything the leaders actively did or how bad were the things they allowed to happen.

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christopher eccleston is the only new series doctor i can stand to watch and love

In that last clip, Joe Aherne not looking convinced by Collinson's retrospective justification of Eccleston leaving.

Something that i always point out is that Eccleston was the only one to complain and quit. I think all of it comes down more to his eccentricities than anything else.

don't you think she (he) look tired . OUTCH

I never liked Tennant's Doctor. Bad enough he was always apologizing ("I'm sorry. I am so sorry."), but he was a 900+ year old alien time traveler and in love with a 19 year old human gitl. Eccleston's Doctor's love for Rose came across more as if he were a big brother. I think he saw where they wanted to take his character (especially when they had the Doctor kiss Rose at the end) and did not think the character he had incested strongly in should go in that direction and did not want to be a part of it. As he said in the clip above, he disagreed with the "politics" of the situation. They should have listened to him, When the First Doctor regnerated into the Second (Patrick Troughton), were it not for Triughton's convincing portrayal of the Doctor, that, although differet he was still the same Doctor, the show would have been canceled. What it not for Eccleston''s portrayl of the Doctor, it would have been canceled before his last episode was ever filmed. I have been following the Doctor since Pertwee played him (although I stopped watching after Series 11). I am sure I am not the only American who became interested in Eccleston as an actor and watched him in what they could find. I saw his first film, "Let Him Have It," and watched him in "Cracker" and "Second Coming." SPOILER!!! Seems all Iwatched him in, he dies at the end. For me, out of all the Doctors, he is in the top five. PLUS, he once made a special video playing the Doctor for a child who was very ill. Much better thanjust sending him an autographed picture.

The announcement was leaked by the BBC production office as an act of spite.

"Six words" I can describe them in a single word: Sexism. Looking "tired" is only an accusation against women. Men are allowed to look tired without consequence. For men, looking tired is just evidence of how hard they're working to achieve their goals.

I’m ngl when Eccelsten left I stopped watching the show

Hu. Well some of my favorites from series 1 like john and noel are shitheads. Nice.

Christ, I totally forgot you existed

I would've dropped a like if you didn't keep saying 'the early 2000s.' 2005 is the mid 2000s.

He was TOO gay.