Comments on: Doctor Who The Movie?

By: James

James — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:07:21 +0000

Yes, great idea!

I would love to see more of Eccleston as the Doctor. : )

John, check the new series out. It’s great stuff!

By: someeone

someeone — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:12:07 +0000

There already is a couple of movies including a very big budget one.

They could do another movie but as said above it might be blah when you compare it to the Holiday Specials (which rock).

I like David Tennant, he is good. Although you will never beat Tom Baker.

While I love what they’ve done with the new series, I do feel they’ve moved away from writing original isolated stories (e.g. 2 hours = one isolated story arch) and more to progressive story telling (e.g. 1 series = one story arch).

So less like the Twilight Zone and more like the new Battlestar Galactica.

By: cea314

cea314 — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:41:59 +0000

There’s plenty of indy theaters that would embrace it to show to smaller venues. I wouldn’t underestimate the Doctor’s popularity in the US, however I do think a movie would require a Three Doctors type plot where they’ll bring Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and the next Doctor together like they’ve done with the old series at times. A Time Lord is always bound to cross paths with himself. Especially if they could convince Eccleston to do it. And if it was written by Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat.

By: Brian D

Brian D — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:35:21 +0000

This would have been the year to do it. They cut way back on the episodes being made so David Tennant could take a little break and do other things, but he decided to quit. They could have done a movie this year (instead of the 4 or 5 episodes this year) that could possibly lead into the series with the new doctor.
In the 60s they made 2 Dalek movies with Peter Cushing as the Doctor. One of the reasons Tom Baker stayed on as the Doctor for as long as he did is because there were movie rumors and he assumed that if he was the TV Doctor then he would also be the Movie Doctor. Spielberg in the early 90s considered doing a Who movie.

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:29:23 +0000

Yeah, David Tennant is probably my favorite Doctor…so far.

By: Thos

Thos — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:27:18 +0000

David Tennant is brilliant as the Doctor. I didn’t like Sarah Jane much.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:24:15 +0000

Agreed. I am a major Doctor Who fan, and while it is considered insanely popular in the UK, over here it is not so big. A Doctor Who movie would be nothing more than a glorified christmas special.

This season has been scattered into 4 1-hour TV events (one already happened) and then Tennant is handing off the Tardis to a younger actor who will be the next Doctor.

I don’t see a movie unless its a TV special.

By: party marty

party marty — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:34 +0000

Its kind of pointless. The christmas special episodes are over an hour long, have a massive budget and scale by BBC TV standards, the movie would have to up the ante an incredible amount.

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:38:54 +0000

Man, I love the this show and would love to see a movie….just a shame that I don’t get to watch it as much as I used to.