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The Ninth Coming

The BBC has announced the hiring of Christopher Eccleston as the ninth* Doctor Who when the series revs up again next year. Eccleston and series exec producer and writer Russell Davies recently worked together on ITV's The Second Coming, a drama in which Jesus Christ returns to Earth as a Manchester City football supporter.

*There have been a couple other Doctors, like Peter Cushing in the Dalek movies from 1965 and 1966, and Richard E. Grant doing the voice for the animated web adventure Scream of the Shalka.