Re: [NEWS] Mark Gatiss: "Maybe Doctor Who needs another rest"

On 2025-07-19 22:48:45 +0000, Melissa Hollingsworth said:

Verily, in article <105h69g$2vjk6$1@dont-email.me>, did
YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:

 The reality is he simply wanted a big name on his CV to boost his
chances of getting other big work ... just like Quitopher Etchedinstone
did, and it didn't really do much for his 'career' either since he's
still a two-bit actor taking at best mostly secondary character roles.

 Eccleston has said that the real reason he left was the politics.
 https://www.looper.com/193812/the-real-reason-christopher-eccleston-
left-doctor-who-after-one-season/
 In that interview, he doesn't specify the sort of politics. Some think
it was internal politics, some think BBC politics, and some think
Eccleston disagreed with the producers on real-world politics.

What people *say* about anything is rarely the actual reason / truth. :-)
For example, there are numerous times where one business buys up another one, claiming the purchased company's products will not be ended ... only for those exact products to be ended six months later.
A more on topic example is RTD and the BBC saying "Doctor Who" TV show is not finished, yet every sign is pointing more and more to the reality that it actually is finished (at least for now).