New Doctor Who series

[lars573]

How come the first Doctor actor quit after 1 year? Did he think the show sucked that bad?

1.Christopher Eccelston
2.His contract was only for 1 season
3.The BBC wanted to show a regeneration scene

How come they added a pointless Black guy to the cast in season 2 - I really don't like that character.

That pointless black guy (Mickey) was on 1/3 of last season. Mickey was in the premeire. He and Rose are a flip of the way doctor side-kicks used to be. That is the girl is only good for screaming and running away while helping once in a while. Where as the guy side-kick is the smart heroic one.

I watched a few episodes of season 1 and the season 2 Christmas special. Seems like the first Doctor was not at all Doctor-like and the second Doctor is a schizophrenic Which is also not at all Doctor-like.

You do realize that each doctor is very different than the last one. The 1st doctor (I've cooked up a nickname for all 10, 1st is Prof. Farnsworth) was a cranky underhanded old koot. In the second episode (where the Daleks are introduced) the only reason they meet the Daleks is because the Doctor sabotages the Tardis to explore more. The 2nd Doctor (Moe) was immature and played a recorder. 7th Doctor (the Carnival barker) was a schemer. 9th (Big ears) was written as a goof.

The show would have been better if they had a competent casting director who was capable of casting Doctor-like actors to play the Doctor.

It's well cast. You've just never seen any Doctor but Tom Baker.


My Doctor nicknames (for future reference)
1st, Prof. Farnsworth
2nd, Moe
3rd, Snaggle-toothed homosexual
4th, Captain Scarf
5th, Baby faced pimp
6th, The Riddler
7th, The Carnival barker
8th, Mr. Bush
9th, Big ears
10th, Brown coated manic man