“Rose, before I go, I just want to tell you, you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I." -–The 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), Doctor Who. (Hear The Doctor say fantastic a lot, or just fast-forward to the quote in question at the 2:05 mark, in the clip embedded after the jump!)
Ok, now you’re just out to make me cry!
Christopher Eccleston. What a guy. Yes, David Tennant was the Doctor everyone fell hopelessly in love with, but the Ninth Doctor still has my heart. Fantastic!
It will be interesting to see who they choose to be the next doctor.
Both guys did terrific jobs and I’m sure the next guy will find his way as well. Rumor has it we may find out who number 11 is as early as the 14th!
Eccleston brought a nice, nasty edge to the Doctor that it took Tennant several episodes to find. I really like Tennant, but one has to admit that had it been anyone other than Eccleston (and Piper), the new Doctor Who might not have lasted very long.
I cried when I heard Chris Ecclestone was leaving Who – I was thrilled that they had brought the show back (having been a fan since a small child!)and worried that the TARDIS would crash and burn with a new guy at the helm. I was delighted when they announced David Tennant as I had loved him in “Casanova” (another RTD creation). Now, for all I still have a great affection for CE, DT is MY Doctor and I love him to bits. I will really miss him but am looking forward to finding out his successor (but I don’t want to know until it happens on screen!!!!)
Glad to see so many Nine fans here. Tennant’s fangirls seem to have taken over the world. People are even claiming his leaving will destroy the show, and that he’s just committed career suicide, claims which are both totally preposterous. I can’t wait for the Eleventh Doctor and Steven Moffat to take over as writer.
Fantastic. Thanks. A great way to start the morning. A reminder that each regeneration brings something different and great.
This makes me cry and smile a lot. Great to see some Doctor Who love around here! (Especially of the non 10 variety. No one ever gives 9 any credit for being, well, fantastic!!)
I loved Eccleston’s doctor he was so…fantastic (I’m sorry I just couldn’t resist).
I know that you didn’t make the video Aubry, but I’m bumming that it cut right before my favorite Who quote from that season (from The Doctor Dances, right after he says Fantastic):
R:”Look at you beaming away like you’re Father Christmas!”
D:”Who says I’m not RedBicyleWhenYouWereTwelve.”
Classic.
Oh, one of my favorite moments.
wouldn’t it be fantasitc if they could figure out a way to make Eccelston the next Doctor again.
I loved Nine! Another great quote was “Rose? Yes, Doctor? I’m coming to get you.” from Bad Wolf. And the hologram in the TARDIS when he sends her away. Those two episodes were perfection.
I had seen Eccleston in other things–I actually saw Heroes before his Doctor Who season–but his turn as the Doctor is what tipped me into a full-on crush on the man. His goofy smile, his too-close-cropped hair, his protruding ears; somehow, it all added up to crush material. I have not watched much of Tennant’s work as the Doctor, and maybe I’ll change my mind when I’ve seen the rest of his seasons, but I find it hard to believe that he’ll win me away from CE.
I loved Nine so much (and also only watched the first season of Heroes to see Christopher Eccleston’s episodes), and the quote you posted is one of my favorites- the frist time I heard it it made me cry!
“Fantastic” is a good way to describe the Ninth doctor, actually. I too am glad to see so many Nine fans.