Christopher Eccleston is the Doctor! (webcast)

Christopher Eccleston is the Doctor!
Doctor:	Ninth Doctor
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Director:	Chris Thompson
Music:	Howard Carter
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	13 May 2021
Premiere network:	YouTube
Format:	1 minute 34 second trailer

Christopher Eccleston is the Doctor! was a trailer leased by Big Finish Productions to promote Series 1 of The Ninth Doctor Adventures. It was animated by Chris Thompson and featured unique narration from Christopher Eccleston. Many elements of the trailer paralleled The Trip of a Lifetime.

Summary

The Ninth Doctor speaks to the viewer, offering to let them join him on his adventures. He speaks of several places they'll visit, says it may be dangerous, and promises it will be fantastic.

As the Doctor speaks, we visually travel through a variety of locations from Series 1 of The Ninth Doctor Adventures.

Cast

• Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston

Credits

• Trailer - Chris Thompson

Worldbuilding

• The Sphere of Freedom has tourism advertisements for the Sense Sphere and Varos.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Many elements parallel The Trip of a Lifetime:
  • Where in the original trailer the Doctor says the viewer will "see" things, this trailer has the Doctor discussing what the viewer will "hear".
  • The exploding hallway from Trip reappears.
  • The shot of the TARDIS control room evokes Trip.
  • The Doctor's warning of the danger of travelling with him is similar to the warning in Trip.
• We see the Serapheem from AUDIO: Girl, Deconstructed ^[+]Loading...["Girl, Deconstructed (audio story)"], Forth Bridge as seen in AUDIO: The Forth Generation ^[+]Loading...["The Forth Generation (audio story)"], the planet of drones from AUDIO: Cataclysm ^[+]Loading...["Cataclysm (audio story)"], the Sphere of Freedom from AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom ^[+]Loading...["Sphere of Freedom (audio story)"], Occasus from AUDIO: Planet of the End ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the End (audio story)"], 1946 Paris as seen in AUDIO: Fright Motif ^[+]Loading...["Fright Motif (audio story)"], Babelsberg Studio as seen in AUDIO: Monsters in Metropolis ^[+]Loading...["Monsters in Metropolis (audio story)"], the Ravagers from AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom ^[+]Loading...["Sphere of Freedom (audio story)"], the robotic warrior from AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom ^[+]Loading...["Sphere of Freedom (audio story)"], and soldiers firing cannons from AUDIO: The Hunting Season ^[+]Loading...["The Hunting Season (audio story)"].