For the first time in 15 years, Christopher Eccleston is reprising his role as the Ninth Time Lord for new
Doctor Who audio adventures from Big Finish but don t expect him to return to live-action anytime soon. Recently speaking with Lorraine Kelly, the actor jokingly said that he d return to the TV series only when Hell freezes over.
First announced over the summer, the project was written by Big Finish creative director Nicholas Briggs, who has voiced the Daleks and Cybermen since 2005. At the time of the interview with Kelly, Eccleston was on his way to do the second day of recording; no plot details have been shared with the public yet.
Christopher Eccleston Teases His Doctor Who Audio Series Return With New Photo
The BBC’s 2005 relaunch of
Doctor Who continues to be a success. Since it began, we’ve seen the show go through many different Doctors, build a fervent international audience and show us a whole bunch of juicy capers spanning time and space. But the series’ return didn’t go as smoothly as the producers hoped.
Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston was praised for his performance, though left the show after just one season due to conflicts with the production staff. Of course, the nature of
Doctor Who meant it was fairly easy to regenerate him into David Tennant, but that bad blood ensured that Eccleston has been absent from every multi-Doctor special – he was particularly missed in the 50th anniversary spectacular. But now, 15 years after he vowed never to step into a TARDIS again, he’s back.