You want to back that up with any names or sources? Because I promise you a can find quotes from a dozen people saying otherwise.

Fair enough. I just keep running into people who say "He wanted a different director for the 50th" like it's a known fact, when it isn't.

Is there anything to back up the idea that Eccleston turned down the 50th because he wanted a different director, other than the joke he made about coming back for the 100th if Joe Ahearne directed it? Because the director of the 50th, Nick Hurran, also directed Eccleston in two episodes of a show called Fortitude…