New Doctor Who Movie Rumour

By the sounds of it, because he's a bloke?

I'll wait to see what comes of this rumour, but hopefully not a TARDIS with lips and the casting of David Hasselhoff..*

*for those who didn't know..pre the TV movie the British press ran stories of a possible feature film. The Hoff was one of the possible contenders for the role and there was talk of giving the TARDIS a complete revamp inc a giant pair of lips on the wall of the console room. Fortunately it was just a rumour, but can you imagine?....😱 😱 😱 😱

Oh it’s that time of year again. 

You could probably set your calendar to the annual Torchwood is returning, Tenth Doctor and Rose are returning and Doctor Who Movie rumours. 

This idea crops up every few years and then it goes away again. I'm not sure about it as a notion, to be honest. Yeah, a huge Doctor Who extravganza would be fun and could be a boost to the franchise. It might be the style of stories last year but to me, the current Doctor doesn't *feel* like she belongs on the big screen. Maybe that was just me. To be honest, if you want to make a Doctor Who movie that has a chance of mainstream appeal, you'd either need to put a really recognisable face in the lead. I'd pay serious cash to see Emma Thompson or Hayley Atwell or (insert any one of a dozen names) as the Doctor if they were intent on a female Doctor, but if I wanted the best chance of my Doctor Who movie doing really well I'd stick a huge pile of cash in front of David Tennant and start pleading. Nothing to do with gender. I just think a big screen David Tennat Doctor Who film would have the best chance of success. However, I think we might be back here in ten years having the same conversation with Peter Cushing remaining the only big screen Doctor.

The BBC told Moffat that McGann wasn't a big enough name to replace Eccleston for the 50th when that was Moffatt's backup - they're not giving him a movie anytime soon as wonderful as that'd be

I wouldn't even be confident that any film would be in continuity. A reboot with a film actor was the rumour when David Yates was talking it up in the Smith era. He was quite chatty about it, which I think annoyed the Moff, no end. He used one of his DWM columns to say IF there was a Doctor Who film while he was in charge then Matt Smith, or whoever was the incumbent, was going to be the lead. 

No interested while tennants female clone is in charge or the ever annoying Bradley Walsh is about (if there was ever a companion I want to die it’s him!)

But seriously what do films really have to offer above the tv series these days..........Tv spends the budget much better than a movie does........if you been unlucky enough to watch the downtown movie........it was just a feature length episode, the movie thing added absolutely nothing..........

See, I really enjoyed what Beyond did, but although I can watch watch the first two, I don't really think of them as Trek. Trek-adjacent like Mass Effect, maybe.

If we're looking at previous movies, I think all three nailed their respective Doctors -- Cushing's a delight and McGann was a perfect choice -- but they tended to fumble a bit on the writing. The goofy slapstick of the first two tends to overshadow the stakes and the latter feels like some of those longtime references are really wedged in there. A bit of a shame really because there are some genuinely great performances and scenes in there (I'll always remember Eight's "Please, you have to get me out of here before they kill me again," in the back of the car). If you scooped up someone like Neil Gaiman maybe it could work?

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