Doctor Who fans go mad (no surprise there then)

So Christopher Eccles-cake has quit Doctor Who just after the BBC has launched the series. Ah well, thought I, still got 12 weeks of the fellow and then we get a new Doctor for 2006. Not so bad.

I expected some fans to be annoyed about this, a little miffed even. But I should have known better. There is more spleen being vented online than ever before.

So far this outburst on a fan forum (which has now been shut down for a few days so the fans can calm down a tad) is my favourite:

"Ten and a half million viewers, a bright future, a second series guaranteed, and he [Mr Eccleson] has to ruin it for everyone.

There was no need for this.

I adore his acting, but my opinion of him as a person has sunk lower than a cockroach.

When I THINK how hard we all fought back in the early nineties to try to save the show. When I THINK how we've suffered for sixteen years, and also really my opinion of the twelve years prior to that is public knowledge. When I THINK that we
after so so so so long had a return to the glory days and had something to celebrate,
yet this selfish individual has done his best to spoil it for everybody, MY BLOOD BOILS.

I put it to you all that he had no moral right whatsoever to take on this role, if he was gonna quit after thirteen episodes.

What a slap in the face and a betrayal of the trust that Russell placed in him.

And how unfair to Russell, who has been Doctor Who's messiah, in not only bringing the series back, but giving us a series worthy of being proud to be a fan.

If Eccelston cared at all, he wouldn't have even considerd quitting till at least two years had passed.

But NO, he's worried about his precious reputation.

DAMN HIM !!!!!!!!!!!

But after all the wonder and magic and brilliance and excitement and awe and thrills of topping the ratings, and joy at seeing posters everywhere, it just all seems so futile.

Why oh why oh why ???
I feel sick.
Please let it all work out in the end.
PLEASE LET DOCTOR WHO STILL HAVE A FUTURE.
PLEASE. "

Calm down dear, it's only a TV show.

And what's all this about 'suffering' for 16 years? People suffer when they loose their jobs, they suffer when their marriages break up, the suffer when they become ill. They do not suffer when their favourite TV show isn't on telly.

Some people need to get a grip. The man is an actor who has completed his contract and thought, nope don't want to do that anymore. He isn't a murderer or a rapist or anything nasty. He's just an actor. Breathe deeply and repeat that mantra ten times. Then remember that it's a TV series and enjoy tomorrows episode if you watch it.

Thanks you