Eccleston Has “Really Enjoyed” Returning to Ninth Doctor Role

Christopher Eccleston has spoken about returning to Doctor Who having just completed his first week of recording for the upcoming Ninth Doctor audio adventures.

Responding to how he was feeling when asked by Nicholas Briggs on the Big Finish Podcast, he replied: “I really enjoyed it. I really enjoyed playing him again. As I always said, he’s always a joy to play, somebody with that amount of optimism, enthusiasm and brains – and heart… two hearts!”

He continued: “Thank you for the beautiful scripts. That’s what made it feel seamless. I felt that you’d understood what he was all those years ago – and so it was like putting on a pair of old shoes. Running shoes!”

“I think what I realised, with all my writers, when I did the 13 episodes – and with this – is basically you’re playing the writer. You’re playing Steven Moffat, you’re playing Russell T Davies, you’re playing Rob Shearman… you’re playing them, their projected self, as the Doctor – and that’s what’s nice, because he has a slightly different voice from episode-to-episode while having continuity, of course. You all wanna be the Doctor!”