Dr Who - 50th anniversary feature length one-off

@Lona - John Hurt was playing a character who had never appeared before - so casting a known 'ex-Doctor' would have been something of a no-no...

Thanks feetle I get it now.
I don't watch it very often

I seem to be in the minority too. Never liked it as a child and not interested now.

Ah, I was wondering where the John Hurt Doctor fitted into the line. Just before the Christopher Eccleston Doctor does make more sense than anywhere else.
I think David Tennant is a really good actor but I preferred Eccleston as Doctor Who.
It was great to see it back with him but I think the BBC was right to junk originally. It had got quite stale and very violent and sick. Brilliant when it came back though.

I enjoyed it but found Elizabeth 1st rather annoying. Much more Queenie from Blackadder than the offspring of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII.

Deedaa, yes the Queen Elizabeth was a huge miscast, am aware that Dr Who is hardly a deep historical drama but the series does expect us to become wrapped up in the suspense and drama which is hard to do when you cannot believe a character who plays quite an important part of the plot.

Yes, I agree Elis. 1 bit didn't work too well. I suppose it didn't matter that the Doctor there was David Tennant as he would have time travelled there, but she was a bit 'Who's Queen?' certainly.

Pretty disappointing.

Much as I love Doctor Who, it has a lot to answer for. I was walking to my writers' group the other day, when i heard Christmas carols in the distance. And what popped into my mind first? A group of homicidal robotic Santas with trumpet guns, playing carols!!

I laughed out loud at myself - must have looked a right idiot.