He’s baaack…to be played by a new actor, but a Tory MP sounds a warning note:

“As for Christopher Eccleston, it’s great casting because he’s a very talented actor. I just hope he remembers he’s not playing a socialist time peasant, but an aristocratic Time Lord, and that he demonstrates that he can smile as well as scowl. The whole point about Doctor Who is its very light humour. Without it, the show would be just a bunch of upended rubbish bins talking in silly voices and waving egg whisks.”