"...but not outside of expectation or stereotype." Indeed. But stereotyping, or in the case of film/drama "type-casting", is what makes a part. A person is cast in a part because they have, or can portray, a type. Jon Pertwee's accent for Doctor Who was entirely appropriate for the part. His entirely different (provincial) accent for Worzel Gummidge was entirely appropriate for that part. The part of The Doctor is of someone special and unusual. There is nothing different or alien about the Eccleston Doctor. His portrayal reminds me of several of my Northern friends when they ham it up for their kids' entertainment, or prat about down the pub. He's just some bloke, no more exotic than "Essex girl" Rose Tyler. What the hell is he doing flying our Tardis? ;-) Maybe times have changed and I'm wrong on this. But I suspect that this Doctor will soon be looked upon as the least interesting. As Ford Prefect once demanded, "What do you mean you've met? This is Zaphod Beeblebrox from Betelgeuse Five, you know, not bloody Martin Smith from Croydon."