Six, seven, eight, nine, ten: then I let it go again.
Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:30![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
strange_complexOnly yesterday, someone was assuring me that Christopher Ecclestone wasn't going to quit as the Doctor after all, but that it was all a publicity stunt to get people excited. Guess not...
I'm sure this David Tennant guy will be fine, although I didn't watch any of Casanova, so I can't really comment myself. But it just annoys me that a whole incarnation has been used up on only one series, especially given the previous one was wasted on only a one-and-a-half-hour film. There are only 12 to play with, and the remainder need to be conserved! *mutters things about responsibility in the general direction of Christopher Ecclestone*
Also, if this must happen, I'd ideally like to see an older Doctor follow Ecclestone, just to keep a bit of variety in the role. Sure, there's a fine tradition of younger Doctors to follow - especially Peter Davidson. But I'd like to see an actor who can tap into those aspects of the Doctor's character so splendidly explored by people like Jon Pertwee.
I'm sure this David Tennant guy will be fine, although I didn't watch any of Casanova, so I can't really comment myself. But it just annoys me that a whole incarnation has been used up on only one series, especially given the previous one was wasted on only a one-and-a-half-hour film. There are only 12 to play with, and the remainder need to be conserved! *mutters things about responsibility in the general direction of Christopher Ecclestone*
Also, if this must happen, I'd ideally like to see an older Doctor follow Ecclestone, just to keep a bit of variety in the role. Sure, there's a fine tradition of younger Doctors to follow - especially Peter Davidson. But I'd like to see an actor who can tap into those aspects of the Doctor's character so splendidly explored by people like Jon Pertwee.
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Date: Sunday, 17 April 2005 10:42 (UTC)I'm not entirely sure what makes McGann 'canon' and Cushing not, but I think it comes down to the level of BBC involvement in the production: they were involved with both production and distribution for the McGann movie, but had no such direct link with the Cushing films that I'm aware of, apart, of course, from giving permission for the use of the character.
At the level of the story, the degree of BBC involvement shows itself in the form of direct continuity between one incarnation and the next. Hence, we saw McCoy regenerate into McGann in the 1996 film, while hints have been dropped in the new series that Ecclestone is newly-regenerated, and a flashback to the actual regeneration scene remains a possibility. However, Cushing (as for the other non-canon examples you give) seems to have stood alone - there's no reference to his regeneration from or into any of the accepted canon incarnations.
Obviously, Richard Hurndall 'counts' as the same incarnation as William Hartnell, which is the only example I know of of such an approach so far.