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 From: sr.wilson@ntlworld.com 
  
 "The Doctor"  wrote in message 
 news:d93p4o$9hs$17@gallifrey.nk.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. 
  
 No, I don't think he has. 
  
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