Christopher Eccleston Would Be Willing to Come Back toDoctor Who—Alone

Although Christopher Eccleston has opened himself back up to the reality of Doctor Who in recent year — attend conventions , returning to play the Ninth Doctorin audio dramas , and in general allowing himself toactually talk aboutthe series in an extended capability for the first time in over a decade — he ’s long stay steadfastagainst really hark back to the TV series at all . Until now , it seems .

Speaking late at theSupernova conventionin Australia ( viaScreenrant ) , Eccleston opened up about one finicky style he could see himself coming back to the serial : his staunch opinion that the Ninth Doctor works best astheonly Doctor around .

“ I ’ve never been a buff of multi - Doctor stories . You roll in the hay , when I worked on the serial I had really potent ideas — surprise , surprisal — about what run and what does n’t , and I always call back that multi - Doctor fib are a bit of a cash - in , and a bit of victimisation , ” Eccleston said . “ Creatively they never act upon for me . … The Ninth Doctor in special is a one - man band , definitely . So , he does n’t work with other Doctor of the Church . If you require me back , you get me on my own . ”

The Doctor: the genuine article, you might say.

The Doctor: the genuine article, you might say.Screenshot: BBC/Big Finish

Now we know at least why it was always going to be a doomed prospect for Steven Moffat to attempt and get Eccleston back for an appearance in Doctor Who’salmost - disastrous 50th day of remembrance special . It also make sentience , especially for an worker who has made clear just how badly his human relationship with the production team behind Doctor Who had become by the timehe’d determine to leavethe series , in spite of an enduring passion for the fiber .

Multi - Doctor story are fun for us as an audience to get to see the most archetypal versions of these different Doctor embodiment riff off of each other , but that ’s by and big the lone appeal of Multi - Doctor special . The stories themselves are rarely more than excuses to smash those characters together , and when you ’re competing for screen metre between Brobdingnagian personality like the different doctor are — especially so as a “ guest ” Doctor next to the current incumbent Time Lord — you’re not really going to get much more profoundly into the kind of character exploration you’re able to do than returning to the broadest - mother wit definition of those past physician . Eccelston has made it cleared with his return to the Ninth Doctorfor Big Finishthat he has big ideas about how to grow and play his Doctor beyondwhat was donein his lonesome season of the TV show — and if he can explore that on sound recording as a standalone character more than he could come along as one Time Lord among many on boob tube , there ’s no surprise as to what he ’d opt .

But hey , pay certain unhinged rumors floating around about what the show might do with Russell T. Davies ’ issue and the upcoming 60th anniversary , possibly it would n’t be out of spot to expect a prospect for a solo Ninth Doctor regaining in some capacitance . Perhaps even like Night of the Doctor , a short story backup that lets Eccleston get one last huzzah on screen ? We can but hope — but at least now we know the actor himself would be conformable to making the leap back to televisual escapade in time and space .

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