Oh, great, the TARDIS is going to look like a goddamn Apple store, the movie will be covered in Lens Flare, and some talentless pretty boy will be plugged into the William Hartnell First Doctor role.

/as long as the series stays on the air, I don't see where this will affect things any more than the Peter Cushing movies affected the William Hartnell years.

What?

Actually, I take back my slashie... if some crappy movie were to be mildly successful, they would use that as a way to rationalize turning Doctor Who into whatever the movie is about, and piss away 50 years of history and success for a short term gain.

A Movie reimagining is a bad idea, and hopefully it will wind up failing to materialize like all the rest did.

Yes. I enjoy the show, and I have watched quite a few of the older episodes and enjoyed them, but Doctor Who is a prime contender for some canon trimming.

I'm not a fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

You know, they're about to run out of Doctors, right?

They've been going through them like candy since the start of the revival.

Shostie: You know, they're about to run out of Doctors, right?

They've been going through them like candy since the start of the revival.

There's a limit? Well, finish off the last one in a blaze of glory movie.

Shostie: You know, they're about to run out of Doctors, right?

They've been going through them like candy since the start of the revival.

Oh, c'mon. They spilled that can of beans when the brought back The Master. Without the rest of the Time Lords, there are no rules for the Doctor.

Mirrorz: I'm not a fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

Reasons?

I like him because he brought back a bit of the eccentricity to the proceedings. That and making sure that the doctor romance is a bit more Doctory.

Still if they treat the movie as it's own whovierse- I'm cool!

Linoleum_Blownapart: Shostie: You know, they're about to run out of Doctors, right?

They've been going through them like candy since the start of the revival.

Oh, c'mon. They spilled that can of beans when the brought back The Master. Without the rest of the Time Lords, there are no rules for the Doctor.

I'd like to note that I know absolutely dick-all about Doctor Who except for the following: A) Time travel, B) The Sonic Screwdriver is not a drink, C) Something about giant salt shakers, D) Each Doctor gets a set of attractive and/or expendable everyman companions, and E) There are only supposed to be 12 (presuming the writers can't come up with some half-assed way to buy more time).

Also, if you refer to him as "Dr. Who," people lose their sh*t.

Dr Seuss and Whoville Whos wait in the wings with patience.

Shostie: E) There are only supposed to be 12 (presuming the writers can't come up with some half-assed way to buy more time).


They did that last summer in Let's Kill Hitler.

Neil Gaiman, paging Neil Gaiman please report immediately!!

Mirrorz: I'm not a fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

I am a fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

Shostie: You know, they're about to run out of Doctors, right?

They've been going through them like candy since the start of the revival.

No, they went back and pretty much threw that out.

Shostie: Linoleum_Blownapart: Shostie: You know, they're about to run out of Doctors, right?

They've been going through them like candy since the start of the revival.

Oh, c'mon. They spilled that can of beans when the brought back The Master. Without the rest of the Time Lords, there are no rules for the Doctor.

I'd like to note that I know absolutely dick-all about Doctor Who except for the following: A) Time travel, B) The Sonic Screwdriver is not a drink, C) Something about giant salt shakers, D) Each Doctor gets a set of attractive and/or expendable everyman companions, and E) There are only supposed to be 12 (presuming the writers can't come up with some half-assed way to buy more time).

Also, if you refer to him as "Dr. Who," people lose their sh*t.

isn't it 12 regenerations? meaning 13 doctors?

mitchcumstein1: I am a fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

seconded.

mitchcumstein1: Mirrorz: I'm not a fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

I am a fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

Shostie: You know, they're about to run out of Doctors, right?

They've been going through them like candy since the start of the revival.

No, they went back and pretty much threw that out.

Hell, they threw that out in the old series. Deadly Assassin I think it was?

I wouldn't mind seeing an origination story (The Last Great Time War and the doctor first taking the Tardis.)

James72: I wouldn't mind seeing an origination story (The Last Great Time War and the doctor first taking the Tardis.)

What's with the incessant need for an origin story?

When you look at Angelina Jolie, do you feel you have to go back and look at Jon Voight's sweaty ballsack? No. You appreciate what you see and go about your business.

So why would anyone need to see the Doctor take the TARDIS, or little Anakin lose his mother? It will always suck and pale in comparison to your imagination.

FirstNationalBastard: When you look at Angelina Jolie, do you feel you have to go back and look at Jon Voight's sweaty ballsack? No. You appreciate what you see and go about your business.

Thank you for that imagery, Patton.

Shostie: FirstNationalBastard: When you look at Angelina Jolie, do you feel you have to go back and look at Jon Voight's sweaty ballsack? No. You appreciate what you see and go about your business.

Thank you for that imagery, Patton.

I'm glad someone got the reference.

...although in a Who thread that's bound to be filled with geeks, I shouldn't be surprised.

James72: I wouldn't mind seeing an origination story (The Last Great Time War and the doctor first taking the Tardis.)

Not I. I wouldn't mind seeing an R rated movie with Amy Pond as the companion.

FirstNationalBastard: James72: I wouldn't mind seeing an origination story (The Last Great Time War and the doctor first taking the Tardis.)

What's with the incessant need for an origin story?

When you look at Angelina Jolie, do you feel you have to go back and look at Jon Voight's sweaty ballsack? No. You appreciate what you see and go about your business.

So why would anyone need to see the Doctor take the TARDIS, or little Anakin lose his mother? It will always suck and pale in comparison to your imagination.

Point taken.

But if you are trying to kick off a movie franchise and hopefully expose the character to all sorts of new potential fans, where else are you going to go with the plot?

James72: FirstNationalBastard: James72: I wouldn't mind seeing an origination story (The Last Great Time War and the doctor first taking the Tardis.)

What's with the incessant need for an origin story?

When you look at Angelina Jolie, do you feel you have to go back and look at Jon Voight's sweaty ballsack? No. You appreciate what you see and go about your business.

So why would anyone need to see the Doctor take the TARDIS, or little Anakin lose his mother? It will always suck and pale in comparison to your imagination.

Point taken.

But if you are trying to kick off a movie franchise and hopefully expose the character to all sorts of new potential fans, where else are you going to go with the plot?

5-10 minutes in the beginning. That's it. If it takes more than that to explain, it shouldn't be done.

Hell, in 1963, children didn't need to see the Doctor take the TARDIS... Everyone just accepted "crazy old man has magical box that goes through time and space. Ooh, look, Cavemen!".

Blues_X: WHY!?!

simmer. you don't have to watch it. hell, i haven't watched the other movies. who is still great to me.

it's all up to you.

James72: I wouldn't mind seeing an origination story (The Last Great Time War and the doctor first taking the Tardis.)

came here to say THIS THIS AND MORE THIS!!!!!
this could be amazing. it wont. it will be shiat. unless they get moffat or better to write the damn thing.

FFS
the Last Great Time war could be one the great movies of our lifetime.
sigh

YAY voting is enable!!!!
+9000 for subby

The Stealth Hippopotamus: Neil Gaiman, paging Neil Gaiman please report immediately!!

FFS
you win
neil gaiman, writing the last great time war.
EPIC

I hope that they do this and do it well, but am worried that they'll fark it up somehow...

namatad: The Stealth Hippopotamus: Neil Gaiman, paging Neil Gaiman please report immediately!!

FFS
you win
neil gaiman, writing the last great time war.
EPIC

I would like to go ahead and give tentative approval to this one.

sheep_shagger: FirstNationalBastard: James72: FirstNationalBastard: James72: I wouldn't mind seeing an origination story (The Last Great Time War and the doctor first taking the Tardis.)

What's with the incessant need for an origin story?

When you look at Angelina Jolie, do you feel you have to go back and look at Jon Voight's sweaty ballsack? No. You appreciate what you see and go about your business.

So why would anyone need to see the Doctor take the TARDIS, or little Anakin lose his mother? It will always suck and pale in comparison to your imagination.

Point taken.

But if you are trying to kick off a movie franchise and hopefully expose the character to all sorts of new potential fans, where else are you going to go with the plot?

5-10 minutes in the beginning. That's it. If it takes more than that to explain, it shouldn't be done.



WAIT! I'm confused. Why would a Dr. Who movie need to start with 5-10 minutes of Jon Voight's sweaty ballsack? Didn't they already do that during the Colin Baker era?

No, that was the beginning of the 8th Doctor's era, which proves that movies just don't work.

Shostie: Linoleum_Blownapart: Shostie: You know, they're about to run out of Doctors, right?

They've been going through them like candy since the start of the revival.

Oh, c'mon. They spilled that can of beans when the brought back The Master. Without the rest of the Time Lords, there are no rules for the Doctor.

I'd like to note that I know absolutely dick-all about Doctor Who except for the following: A) Time travel, B) The Sonic Screwdriver is not a drink, C) Something about giant salt shakers, D) Each Doctor gets a set of attractive and/or expendable everyman companions, and E) There are only supposed to be 12 (presuming the writers can't come up with some half-assed way to buy more time).

Also, if you refer to him as "Dr. Who," people lose their sh*t.

About B: it is a drink (new window) a very tasty drink.

Just glad it's not Alfonso Cuaron (Prisoner of Azkaban).

/Will hold off on judgement until some casting news and some sort of synopsis is revealed