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bonny, re WoM: The Girl and I spent the the second half of the episode repeating a 'This is why he needs a Companion' mantra.
I'd love an American Doctor, complete with American accent - or, indeed, any non-British incarnation. But given negative British reaction to the 'Americanizing' of the TV movie (which I quite liked, but many people didn't), it seemed that people still wanted their Doctor in British form back then. Whether things would be different now that there's a wider fanbase, I don't know. But, as great as Tennant's English accent is, it's interesting that RTD didn't want him to use his own Scottish accent for the Doctor. And it might have been a nice touch of variety, too.
And it might have been a nice touch of variety, too
Eccleston used his normal accent, didn't he? "Lots of planets have a North" indeed.
"Lots of planets have a North" indeed.
Hee. Yeah. Is he the only Doctor whose accent has been recognisably regional?
Well, Sylvester McCoy had a touch of the Scottish burr about him. Which is probably the reason they didn't want DT to use his.
I still like Nine better than Ten. I'm sad he only wanted one season.
OK. I might be totally out of the blue, but... you're saying that Tennant didn't use his Scottish accent?
Because I heard Scottish accent. Hell, one of the nights I was watching a Whorathon. The following day, in class, when I read a passage in English (since I can't help but mimic other people's accents), I read it when a somewhat Scottish accent because of that.
Jesus, it's like I've been watching Who from an alternate universe, not an alternate continent.
And bonny and Seska, I'm with you, all the way with the mantra. He wouldn't get nor stayed there if he had a companion.
I might be totally out of the blue, but... you're saying that Tennant didn't use his Scottish accent?
He's doing an English accent, isn't he? He sounds different when he talks with his normal Scottish accent. Which he used in
Blackpool,
I think.
Have you heard Tennant speak normally, Shir? He has a strong Scottish accent. Hell, you can almost see him speaking differently. Someone, scare her up an interview clip on youtube. I can't get there from work.
I saw interviews, I saw (and recommend highly of) Takin' Over the Asylum - I just thought he's trying to speak more clearly for the part of the Doctor - but I still hear the accent.
I'm quite shocked.
Whorathon
um? I'm not sure this means what you think it means. :-)
