http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Dr_Who_Website_In_Meltdown&feed=atom&action=historyDr Who Website In Meltdown - Revision history2024-03-29T02:20:07ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Dr_Who_Website_In_Meltdown&diff=13739&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = Daily Record | file = | px = | height = | width = | date = 2005-04-02 | author = | pages = 3 | language = English | type = | description = | categori..."2016-05-07T21:17:12Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = Daily Record | file = | px = | height = | width = | date = 2005-04-02 | author = | pages = 3 | language = English | type = | description = | categori..."</p>
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A DOCTOR Who website has been closed down after fans fell out about the show's star quitting the role.<br />
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Popular online forum Outpost Gallifrey was swamped with strongly worded emails from fans furious over Christopher Eccleston's shock departure from the programme. <br />
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As fans accused the actor of using the show to boost his profile, his supporters defended him, leading to bitter clashes on the forum.<br />
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Website editor Shaun Lyon said: 'Tempers have become incredibly heated. Perspective on the subject has been lost and some incredibly poor-spirited exchanges have taken place. Sometimes emotion and sentiment boil over to extremes.<br />
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'Many Doctor Who fans who should have been rejoicing in the renewal of the series have instead found themselves dealing with the news that Eccleston isn't returning to the role.<br />
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'Some of what's transpired in the past two days has been an embarrassment. It's the first time we've had to do this.'<br />
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Eccleston, 41, angered fans when he told the BBC that he wouldn't return to the £10 million series, despite the first episode proving a hit.<br />
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The series' return after 16 years attracted 10.5million viewers. <br />
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Eccleston has committed to a Christmas special following the 13-part first series but refused a second series.<br />
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He claimed he did not want to be typecast<br />
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GRAPHIC: QUITTING: Eccleston<br />
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