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 From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca 
  
 In article <42b54f98$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, 
 John Russell  wrote: 
 > 
 >"Martin Arnold"  wrote in message 
 >news:d92eqc$2nl$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com... 
 >> So what was all that about CE quitting the show after the first episode 
 >> was 
 >> aired? Given that weve just seem him regenerate, it must have been 
 >> planned. 
 >> This means that the newspapers have grossly misrepresented him (which make 
 >> shim look like a bad actor). Or was it all a joke at our expense? I'm not 
 >> entirely sure what's happened - and I'm not convinced of the wisdom of 
 >> replacing an actor this soon. 
 >> 
 >> 
 > 
 >Eccalston is a renouned "proper" actor. If RTD wanted him to raise the 
 >profile of the program ,as well as giving a cracking performance, he 
 >couldn't dictate terms. Unlike  US actors, decent British actors are more 
 >likely to walk away from a project than be locked into a multi-series deal. 
 >Far better to go that way than have a second rate actor desperate to be on 
 >TV. 
 > 
 > 
  
 So RTD may have lost control. 
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