NINE LIVES
AN AUDIENCE WITH Christopher Eccleston is rare. And while this writer has enjoyed being in the audience for many of Eccleston’s stage and screen performances, there’s one role in particular that will stay with the actor forever. Which makes it all the more exciting when he grants SFX an extremely rare interview to talk about it.
We are, obviously, referring to Dougal Siepp in The League Of Gentlemen. Nah, not really – it’s Doctor bloody Who.
Sixteen years since he led the revival of the BBC’s biggest sci-fi show, Eccleston is once more stepping on board the TARDIS, in a series of adventures that fans never thought would happen.
He’s not one to speak to the press often – unless there’s a project he’s passionate about, and even then it’s on the understanding that it’s about this project only. So it’s fortunate for all concerned that Eccleston has nothing but praise for the team at Big Finish. And who can blame him? They’ve been making Doctor Who audio dramas – and a great many others besides – since 1999. But it’s fair to say they broke the internet, or certainly their own website, when they announced the return of Christopher Eccleston to the role of the Ninth Doctor last year.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
The excitement should come as little surprise. It is, after all, one of those roles that stays with an actor forever
