it prunes back the snarled and tangled Gallifreyan backstory for the Doctor, stripping him to the bare essentials (insert *snerk* here) of a quixotic loner. That's the core appeal of the charcter, after all. It has the added bonus that he now has a dark note of tragedy and mystery
Christopher Ecclestone stripped to his bare essentials.... *sigh*
Um, moving on... I think that this plays to Ecclestone's strengths as an actor. We've all been mentioning the fact that they've very carefully balanced the lightness and humour with more serious moments, and much of the success of this is, I think, down to Ecclestone. I knew he could play dark and intense, but I wasn't aware of how well he could play chipper and oh-so-slightly-manic as well. So by providing *his* doctor with the pared-down and tragic backstory, it's really giving him an opportunity to shine, and also exploiting his talents. I'm really not sure that (for example) Colin Baker or Sylvester McCoy could have carried it off so well.
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Date: 2005-04-03 04:16 am (UTC)Christopher Ecclestone stripped to his bare essentials.... *sigh*
Um, moving on... I think that this plays to Ecclestone's strengths as an actor. We've all been mentioning the fact that they've very carefully balanced the lightness and humour with more serious moments, and much of the success of this is, I think, down to Ecclestone. I knew he could play dark and intense, but I wasn't aware of how well he could play chipper and oh-so-slightly-manic as well. So by providing *his* doctor with the pared-down and tragic backstory, it's really giving him an opportunity to shine, and also exploiting his talents. I'm really not sure that (for example) Colin Baker or Sylvester McCoy could have carried it off so well.