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 From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca 
  
 In article , 
 Stephen Wilson  wrote: 
 > 
 >"The Doctor"  wrote in message 
 >news:d94llr$sqg$32@gallifrey.nk.ca... 
 >> In article <42b5b938$1_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, 
 >> John Russell  wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>>"The Doctor"  wrote in message 
 >>>news:d93p99$9hs$19@gallifrey.nk.ca... 
 >>>> In article , 
 >>>> Andrew Oakley   wrote: 
 >>>>>On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 08:12:03 GMT, "Karis"  
 >>>>>wrote: 
 >>>>>>Just to clarify: RTD knew CE was leaving. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>I have to agree. Whilst I am quite happy to also agree with: 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>>It was all planned - right from the very start. All the publicity, all 
 >>>>>>the 
 >>>>>>'stories' were planned to increase awareness of Doctor Who. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>...yes, and the fact of the matter is that the BBC cannot, and could 
 >>>>>never, afford to hire CE for more than one season. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>>Really, there's no other conspiracy. CE was only signed up to do 1 
 >>>>>>season, 
 >>>>>>which he did. He enjoyed it, but a regeneration was ALWAYS planned for 
 >>>>>>the 
 >>>>>>end of the show. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>CE cost the BBC half a million pounds for one series. He would 
 >>>>>certainly command double, four times or more for a subsequent series. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>There are only around six BBC people who command those kinds of fees. 
 >>>>>They are the headline radio breakfast & drivetime show presenters like 
 >>>>>Terry Wogan that bring in tens of millions of listeners every single 
 >>>>>day. CE brought in 8 million a week, which is superb for TV, but the 
 >>>>>numbers simply can't justify the Beeb doubling his fee. BBC TV shows 
 >>>>>just can't justify breakfast radio salaries no matter what the viewing 
 >>>>>percentages are. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>The BBC is not a commercial organisation, they are government funded. 
 >>>>>They have to justify every pound they spend. They usually rely on 
 >>>>>home-grown talent and, with only very few exceptions, leave the 
 >>>>>high-fee celebs for the commercial channels to pour money over. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>Tennant will cost less than half of CE's fee, he is a home-grown 
 >>>>>talent and familiar enough to carry a primetime TV role. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>> 
 >>>> Canada's CBC put some money into this.  Was CE that unaffordable? 
 >>> 
 >>>Why should it come down to money? Some actors don't want to be tied to a 
 >>>long running series, and are quite happy to lose money in order maintain 
 >>>their freedom of choice. Eccleston was written out of Cracker, and one 
 >>>wonders if that wasn't at his request. 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >> 
 >> Exactly.  Recall Tm Baker.  He did it because he loved the role. 
 > 
 >Who? 
 > 
 >> Also explain Hartnell to Pertwee. 
 > 
 >Hartnell was not a well man. So it was a case of scrap the show or replace 
 >the lead character. 
 > 
 > 
  
 They all loved the role that they stay for a good long time. 
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