9. Fortitude
High in the public consciousness at the moment is Christopher Eccleston's brief turn in the new Sky Atlantic drama Fortitude. In the first episode of this ongoing drama, Eccleston plays Professor Charlie Stoddart, the British scientist in charge of the arctic biology department at the Fortitude research base. Spoiler alert - he's found murdered in episode 1. Unless there are a multitude of flashback scenes featuring Stoddart in later episodes, that may well be it for Eccleston's involvement with Fortitude. Since the programme looks like it's devolving into a more conventional drama after an atmospheric beginning, Eccleston seems to have made the right call in making a brief appearance and then moving on to something else before the series fizzles out.
Mike Morgan
Contributor
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
You can find him on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/blog/culttvmike
See more from
Mike