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meanmistermustard said

AppleScruffJunior said

Chris Eccleston is making me sad, he’s my favourite Doctor and all of the Doctors that are still alive did a little two-minute video or so ‘thank you’ for front line workers. Every Doctor except him. Like Chris I know you hated the way the BBC treated you (and other workers) during Who but come on, record yourself for 20 seconds saying you’re the Doctor and it would have made everyone happy.

 

His absence was enormous, made him look like a colossal dick.

  

I loved his Doctor, easily my favourite, but I’m of the opinion that if it’s not right for him he shouldn’t do. I’m sure he’s doing other things to show his appreciation so why phone in a 20-second thank you when he doesn’t mean it in this context. It’s meaningless.

  

This is also a reply to RN. And looking into it more now it’s a two-sided reply, the first being my initial thinking, the second being my revised:

He’s said before his great appreciation for the NHS, the way they treated and helped his father when he was dying, and their care in treating Chris’ own struggles with anorexia and mental health issues.

While he stayed away from the ‘DW’ imagery for a long time and if he had continued avoiding that connection until now, I would have been a bit more forgiving of his absence but he’s been going to conventions for the last 2 or 3 years where he is advertised as ‘that guy from DW and Thor’. He’s perfectly willing to sign Doctor Who things and talk Who, so it is something that he’s becoming more comfortable with. For people who don’t actively follow DW news and the convention circuit, they wouldn’t know but there are a lot of people who do. He wrote in his autobiography how much he appreciates DW and its fans:

“These days, I feel nothing but positive about the show, to the extent I have even started doing conventions, something I’d been wary of because I always wanted to earn my money from acting.”

“What I’ve actually found is some amazing people who want to talk to me not only about Doctor Who but Our Friends in the North, 28 Days Later, Second Coming, Shallow Grave, Cracker, and so on”.

“People bring memorabilia from across my whole career, which makes me feel good about my work and also about myself. It has healed something in me.

“Forget producers, forget politics – here are real people who have seen me do my stuff and want to shake my hand.”

It’s very easy for him to do a 20-second video, it only benefits him- in good publicity and making him look like a sound bloke. It benefits not only on a superficial level but also for other Who fans who work on the front line, it might make them happy that Eccleston who has a tendency to turn away from DW, that his desire to say “thank you” brought him back into the role of the Doctor.

ON THE OTHER HAND:

Looking at his Instagram (which I didn’t know was a thing until today), he and I fall under the “The NHS isn’t a charity and shouldn’t be treated like one” bracket. It wouldn’t surprise me if that’s why he didn’t do it, not bad blood or anything with the BBC, just that he feels there should be proper support (and therefore taxation) for the NHS. While last night’s fundraiser wasn’t directly for the NHS, he has shown to be quite strong in his beliefs and probably didn’t do a video for that reason. 

NHS workers risking their lives to save lives during the Pandemic and working in “Corridor wards”immediately Pre-Pandemic should NOT be funded by Charity.

On a happier note Paul McGann is continuing to look great. Petition for him to be the Doctor again!

So he’s Quarry’s, mmm’s and my favourite Doctor. Is there anybody whose favourite Doctor isn’t Eccleston??? 😉