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Eccleston's role as the Doctor was taken over by [[David Tennant]] at the end of the last episode of the 2005 series, ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]''. | Eccleston's role as the Doctor was taken over by [[David Tennant]] at the end of the last episode of the 2005 series, ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]''. | ||
On 11 June 2005 during a BBC radio interview, when asked if he had enjoyed working on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', Eccleston responded by saying, "Mixed, but that's a long story." Eccleston's reasons for leaving the part continued to be a subject of discussion in Britain's newspapers: on 4 October 2005, [[Alan Davies]] told ''The Daily Telegraph'' that Eccleston had been "overworked" by the BBC, and had left the role because he was "exhausted. "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/10/04/bvalan04.xml] Ten days later, Eccleston told ''The Daily Mirror'' this was not true and expressed some irritation at Davies for his comments. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/10/04/bvalan04.xml] He later indicated in an interview about another TV show he worked on, ''Lennon Naked'', that he didn't enjoy the working environment. [http://www.bad-wolf.info/LNinterview01-a.htm] | On 11 June 2005 during a BBC radio interview, when asked if he had enjoyed working on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', Eccleston responded by saying, "Mixed, but that's a long story." Eccleston's reasons for leaving the part continued to be a subject of discussion in Britain's newspapers: on 4 October 2005, [[Alan Davies]] told ''The Daily Telegraph'' that Eccleston had been "overworked" by the BBC, and had left the role because he was "exhausted. "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/10/04/bvalan04.xml] Ten days later, Eccleston told ''The Daily Mirror'' this was not true and expressed some irritation at Davies for his comments. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/10/04/bvalan04.xml] He later indicated in an interview about another TV show he worked on, ''Lennon Naked'', that he didn't enjoy the working environment. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160414062548/http://www.bad-wolf.info/LNinterview01-a.htm] | ||
In 2005, Eccelston won [[National Television Awards|National Television Award]] for most popular actor and TV Quick and TV Choice award for best actor for his role in ''Doctor Who''. | In 2005, Eccelston won [[National Television Awards|National Television Award]] for most popular actor and TV Quick and TV Choice award for best actor for his role in ''Doctor Who''. | ||
