Dr Who Review, Part 10 – The Christopher Eccleston Era
The tenth episode in my ongoing series of reviews, with analysis, of the BBC science-fiction show, Doctor Who.
In this part, we consider how the fortieth anniversary was marked by the production of the first animated version of the long-lived programme, before the BBC finally got their act together and commissioned a fully-fledged revival that relaunched the show to great popular acclaim.
Chapter Selection:
0:00 Room 101
2:41 The fortieth anniversary
4:07 BBCi
5:30 Scream of the Shalka
11:29 An official BBC announcement
12:00 A changing TV landscape
15:43 BBC Wales
17:14 Russell T Davies
19:57 Production begins
21:15 An informed approach
26:34 Christopher Eccleston
32:20 A marked departure
34:30 The debut
37:20 The Ninth Doctor
44:52 A hit… with some misses
46:04 Difficulties behind the scenes
48:53 Is this for me?
50:41 Dalek
51:59 Exterminated?
52:46 Jubilee
54:11 An alternative enemy
54:50 The new Daleks
57:41 Face-off
59:25 Rose and the Dalek
1:01:52 The Empty Child
1:06:36 A departure
1:08:56 The Parting of the Ways
1:12:04 A convert
1:13:33 End credits
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