It was Daniel Craig's performance in "Our Friends in the North" that first brought him to the attention of producer Barbara Broccoli, who later cast him in the role of secret agent James Bond in the long-running film series. Christopher Eccleston also later went on to achieve success in a screen role when he appeared as the Ninth Doctor in the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who" in 2005. Since then various media articles have noted the coincidence of the future James Bond and "Doctor Who" leads having co-starred in the same production earlier in their careers.