'Doctor Who' Season 9: Ten Years On, Why Did Christopher Eccleston Leave? Actor Speaks Out [VIDEO]
Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston is speaking out about his reasons for leaving the BBC series.
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Ten years have gone by since Russell T. Davis rebooted the iconic sci-fi production with Eccleston in the lead role and the actor recently discussed the reasons for his early departure while promoting his newest venture, "Safe House."
"I didn't agree with the way things were being run, or like the culture that grew up around the series," Eccleston explained, according to The Radio Times. "I hope I'll be remembered as one of the Doctors. I have no ill feeling towards the character or the series. I don't watch it and am not keen to discuss it because I want this to be about 'Safe House.' That's my mortgage."
Part of this culture Eccleston took issue with was the way the BBC wanted the actor to speak for the role. Eccleston gave the ninth iteration of the Time Lord a northern accent while the network prefers their actors to adopt a standard received pronunciation.
"I wanted to move him away from the RP (received pronunciation) for the first time because we shouldn't make a correlation between intellect and accent" Eccelston explained, later adding that this is something that the BBC still needs to address.
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