Doctor Who to play meddling monk?

Now it's all starting to make sense...

Earlier it was reported that Christopher Eccleston was bailing out of "Doctor Who" after only one season. Now we may know why. There is a report he is in the running to play Silas, the albino killer monk, in Ron Howard's adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code."

Meanwhile it's been confirmed that Alfred Molina will play Silas' boss and Sir Ian McKellan will play the eccentric brit the story's Harvard professor hero (to be played by Tom Hanks) turns to for help. However, when I first heard Molina and McKellan were going to be in the movie, I imagined them in the opposite roles.