# Christopher Eccleston: Hot or weird-looking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517 "2010-06-17T04:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/1 "2010-06-17T04:48:33Z")
When I first saw [Christopher Eccleston](http://img178.imageshack.us/i/12499zb5.jpg/), I thought he was [funny-looking.](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XCJ62cJhAPU/S8C7w-QWo4I/AAAAAAAAHEQ/45nhTe62xNs/s1600/Christopher_Eccleston.jpg) I have since changed my mind; now I think he’s [hot.](http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/03/09/drwho_wideweb__430x279.jpg) He’s certainly not traditionally good-looking, but he has a lot of character in his face; I also really liked his Doctor Who character, which helped make him more attractive. So, quick and dirty poll - hot or weird-looking? ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/2 "2010-06-17T04:59:13Z")
Hey, there’s no option for “both.” The two are not mutually exclusive. Especially with a face like his. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/3 "2010-06-17T05:01:13Z")
He’s one of those cases where he doesn’t do anything for me but I could see how he might for someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/4 "2010-06-17T05:08:00Z")
> [@Kaio](#): > > Hey, there’s no option for “both.” > > The two are not mutually exclusive. Especially with a face like his. 😃 Hmm, I didn’t think of that. I can still see his weird-lookingness, but now I see the hot more. I guess you have to decide if he’s _more_ hot or weird-looking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/5 "2010-06-17T05:35:09Z")
I think he looks like an Easter Island statue. Not necessarily a bad look, just a bit unusual. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/6 "2010-06-17T06:08:01Z")
He does what Armando Iannucci likes to call “gurning” which is a big cheesy stupid grin that is quite alarming to be confronted by and only manages to emphasise his sticky out ears. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/7 "2010-06-17T13:24:41Z")
I don’t have an opinion as to “Christopher Eccleston: Hot or weird-looking?”, surely one of the most vital issues of our time, but I think it’s only fair to submit some photos with more hair. It tones down the sticky-outness. (Of course some women like that. A friend of mine refers to Russell Tovey’s ears as “handlebars.” [http://www.heroestheseries.com/stills/christopher-eccleston-stills/christopher-eccleston-1.jpg](http://www.heroestheseries.com/stills/christopher-eccleston-stills/christopher-eccleston-1.jpg) [![](https://100grana.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/christopher-eccleston-heroes.jpg) ](https://100grana.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/christopher-eccleston-heroes.jpg) [http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00965/SNN14TV01A-280\_965607a.jpg](http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00965/SNN14TV01A-280_965607a.jpg) [http://top-people.starmedia.com/tmp/swotti/cacheY2HYAXN0B3BOZXIGZWNJBGVZDG9UUGVVCGXLLVBLB3BSZQ==/imgchristopher%20eccleston4.jpg](http://top-people.starmedia.com/tmp/swotti/cacheY2HYAXN0B3BOZXIGZWNJBGVZDG9UUGVVCGXLLVBLB3BSZQ==/imgchristopher%20eccleston4.jpg) (I think he was 12). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/8 "2010-06-17T13:33:13Z")
That picture of him dressed up as John Lennon is amazing - I had to check to make sure that was him (yup, same nose). ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/9 "2010-06-17T14:03:08Z")
He looks like Ralph Fiennes’ angry cousin. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him smile. But he is hot in _Elizabeth_. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/10 "2010-06-17T14:10:39Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That picture of him dressed up as John Lennon is amazing - I had to check to make sure that was him (yup, same nose). Well, lots of planets have a North. I’d vote for hot **and** weird looking. Which goes for Matt Smith, too. I was disturbed to hear The Latest Doctor was so young. But, in action, he’s a weird, long-limbed, rubber-faced Muppet. Hardly your standard Young Cutie. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/11 "2010-06-17T14:14:43Z")
Sorry, another “both” here. He’s odd looking, but with that smoldering intensity and self confidence thing that’s hot no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/12 "2010-06-17T14:38:16Z")
Definitely “both.” ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/13 "2010-06-17T15:08:37Z")
I always hear a banjo tune in my head whenever I see him. . . It’s a little better with the beard, but I still find myself thinking he’s more likely to bite the head off that pidgeon than release it. . . ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/14 "2010-06-17T15:11:01Z")
Someone in a Who thread (it may not have been here) posted a side-by-side of Eccleston and Wallace from Wallace & Grommit. It was amusing. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/15 "2010-06-17T15:15:38Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Which goes for Matt Smith, too. I was disturbed to hear The Latest Doctor was so young. But, in action, he’s a weird, long-limbed, rubber-faced Muppet. Hardly your standard Young Cutie. Interestingly, there’s a lot more of Smith than usual on display in the latest episode (“The Lodger”), and I was surprised by how gangly and awkward he _isn’t_. I think they normally exaggerate that aspect through his mannerisms and the way his wardrobe is fitted. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/16 "2010-06-17T15:17:06Z")
Dunno what to vote. He’s definitely one of those chameleon-like guys that can change their look as a Google image search will tell you. Imho he still doesn’t approach the lower limit of “hot”, but he may bump into the category of “interesting”. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/17 "2010-06-17T15:20:26Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Someone in a Who thread (it may not have been here) posted a side-by-side of Eccleston and Wallace from Wallace & Grommit. It was amusing. It was here, the thread about how Eccleston didn’t particularly enjoy doing Who. [Here’s the post.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12580512&postcount=9) ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/18 "2010-06-17T15:22:19Z")
Does the choice have to be binary? He’s neither. ---
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/19 "2010-06-17T16:52:45Z")
So so so so so hot. One of my major crushes. But that’s because he’s weird-looking, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517/20 "2010-06-17T17:11:53Z")
I admit he’s weird looking, but overall he’s hot. I’ve been picturing him as Felix Castor as I read through Mike Carey’s series, and it works perfectly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-eccleston-hot-or-weird-looking/543517.md?page=2)