# There's a new "Doctor Who" in the TARDIS...

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**Created:** [March 24, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-new-doctor-who-in-the-tardis/236221 "2004-03-24T23:18:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-new-doctor-who-in-the-tardis/236221/1 "2004-03-24T23:18:25Z")

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…and his name is Christopher Eccleston. Starred in “ExistenZ” and “Gone in 60 Seconds” among other things.

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/03/20/10073.shtml](http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/03/20/10073.shtml)

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-new-doctor-who-in-the-tardis/236221/2 "2004-03-24T23:40:25Z")

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[Indeed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246131)

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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-new-doctor-who-in-the-tardis/236221/3 "2004-03-25T00:03:46Z")

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He was the commding soldier guy in _28 Days later_ right? I like him, he’s kinda got a dark creepiness to him that would put an interesting spin on the Doc.