Doctor Who: The Movie
Original title: Doctor Who
- TV Movie
- 19961996
- 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
9.8K
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The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
9.8K
YOUR RATING
Catherine Lough Haggquist
- Wheeler
- (as Catherine Lough)
Will Sasso
- Pete
- (as William Sasso)
David Hurtubise
- Professor Wagg
- (as Dave Hurtubise)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen The Doctor rifles through a locker looking for clothes, we see him momentarily admiring a long scarf. Doctor Who (1963)'s Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, wore a long scarf in his regular costume.
- GoofsAt the start of the movie, when The Seventh Doctor seals The Master's remains shut with the sonic screwdriver, the head of the screwdriver is slightly out of focus. This is explained in a 2005 interview by Sylvester McCoy; he was holding it the wrong way around.
- Quotes
The Doctor: Wait, I remember. I'm with my father, we're lying back in the grass, it's a warm Gallifreyan night...
Grace: Gallifreyan?
The Doctor: Gallifrey. Yes, this must be where I live. Now where is that?
Grace: I've never heard of it. What do you remember?
The Doctor: A meteor storm. The sky above us was dancing with lights. Purple, green, brilliant yellow. Yes!
Grace: What?
The Doctor: These shoes. They fit perfectly!
- Crazy creditsThe UK television broadcast ended with a dedication to Jon Pertwee, the third actor to play the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) (and one of the most popular), who had died a week earlier.
- Alternate versionsThe version broadcast and released on video by the BBC in 1996 had the following cuts (totalling 1 min 6 secs):
- The caption "Based on the original series broadcast by the BBC" is removed, although no footage is edited.
- Chang Lee's gang firing at the departing car.
- Chang Lee's two friends being shot.
- The third and fourth gunmen aiming at Chang Lee.
- The gunmen firing at the TARDIS.
- The operating scene is heavily edited with many cuts of Grace and her attempts to retrieve the probe from the Doctor's body. The sound of the Doctor's final scream was also removed.
- A closeup of Chang Lee's neck being twisted and the sound of Bruce's wife's neck snapping. These cuts were waived for the 2001 DVD release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
- SoundtracksIn A Dream (I Called Out Your Name)
Written by Barbara L. Jordan and William Peterkin
Performed by Pat Hodges
Courtesy of Heavy Hitters Music
Played on a grammophone when the Doctor is sitting in the lounge of his Tardis, just before the Master escaped
Review
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The show was never designed for glitz and glam
I really struggle with this movie. Being traumatised as a 9 year old when the show was cancelled I can remember the sheer excitement at there being a movie. It starts off well enough, I really enjoyed Sylvester McCoy's appearance, at least he got a send off.
Paul McGann made a really good Doctor, I feel sad for him that he wasn't given a true crack of the whip, he showed us in The Night of the Doctor what we'd missed all those years. He performs as well as can be expected. I even quite liked Grace (not the kissing bit!!)
But, oh my days it's so tacky, Eric Roberts as the Master?? Seriously!! I don't know why they didn't hire Dom DeLuise and have him in drag, well they weren't that far off were they.
The story itself isn't uninteresting, but gang crimes, guns etc it's not what this show was about, were they aiming this movie at the American market? The Doctor being half human? I should coco!!
Overall it's watchable enough, at least they tried to get it to work, it's just a bit too cheesy and glitzy. 5/10
Paul McGann made a really good Doctor, I feel sad for him that he wasn't given a true crack of the whip, he showed us in The Night of the Doctor what we'd missed all those years. He performs as well as can be expected. I even quite liked Grace (not the kissing bit!!)
But, oh my days it's so tacky, Eric Roberts as the Master?? Seriously!! I don't know why they didn't hire Dom DeLuise and have him in drag, well they weren't that far off were they.
The story itself isn't uninteresting, but gang crimes, guns etc it's not what this show was about, were they aiming this movie at the American market? The Doctor being half human? I should coco!!
Overall it's watchable enough, at least they tried to get it to work, it's just a bit too cheesy and glitzy. 5/10
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