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[identity profile] beamjockey.livejournal.com 2013-08-07 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Can somebody point me to a table of regional accents employed by actors playing Doctor Who? Or do they all sound like they come from the same location within Britain?

[identity profile] daveon.livejournal.com 2013-08-07 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Historically it's been:

'Received Pronunciation' - Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Baker, Davidson, Baker, Tennant*, Smith

Northern English - Eccelstone, McGann

Scottish - McCoy

* - he was effecting more of an estuary accent to be fair

[identity profile] mmcirvin.livejournal.com 2013-08-07 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, it's worth mentioning that Tennant is actually Scottish. In one episode he used his actual accent when the Doctor was pretending to be a Scotsman; he called himself "Dr. James McCrimmon," after the Second Doctor's friend Jamie.
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[identity profile] beamjockey.livejournal.com 2013-08-08 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Interesting, thanks!