Oh Eccleston was fantastic as Nine. Of course I've been a Who fan for a very, very long time which means I've seen everything since Three. Nine was manic & considerably very much darker than anything we had beforehand, but considering he'd just come out of the Time War that was perfectly understandable to us old hats.

Eccleston's gig was a tough one. He & Davies had one season and one season only to get the old fans (now all very much grown up)on board. Because Eccleston was always only going to be in 1 season. Yet it also had to be fresh enough to grab new ones ie: our kids and adults who fell into the gap years. Like I said, that's a tough gig. And they pulled it off more than admirably.