Moffat met with Eccleston about appearing in Day of the Doctor, it obviously didn't lead to an agreement, and Moffat has been politic about it. Eccleston has on occasion spoken about disagreements he had with the production that contributed to his departure.
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/11/steven-moffat-talks-doctor-50th-ecclestons-absence/ http://screenrant.com/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-christopher-eccleston/ Given one of the plot arcs in the piece, having his Doctor around could have made a great deal of sense. I enjoyed the special just fine, but I missed having Nine about. I've followed absolutely none of the press for Thor: The Dark World, so I have no idea if the topic didn't come up during press for that film. I suspect not, since it would have eventually been picked up by inquisitive Whovians. David ________________________________ From: M-D November <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] "Who" only comes in second in UK Saturday Eccleston has said on multiple occasions that he didn't want to be pigeon-holed as "The Doctor" for rest of his career - that was his justification for leaving he show after one series, and that has been his continued justification for not participating in anything "Who" related. (Never mind that he's since been in "Heroes" and "Thor: The Dark World", so it's not like he's averse to sci-fi...) Ultimately, it didn't matter. Thanks to editing and digital composites, they found a way to get by without him. On Monday, November 25, 2013 8:29:47 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 11:55 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Those who missed the Doctors that didn't show on the 'official' special can >check out this Peter Davison-penned special. >> >>http://www.latimes.com/ entertainment/tv/showtracker/ >>la-et-st-watch-the-fiveish- doctors-reboot-doctor-who- >>20131123,0,4796566.story# axzz2lXLvqwP2 >> >> >> >>Between this and the prequel episode, all but one of the living actors gets a >>sliver of the screen time. > > >Which begs the question, two questions, really: 1) Why has Eccleston refused >to participate in any element of the events of the past week? 2) How hard was >it to get every single other person to not mention his name? -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
