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Monday, November 14, 2011

Geek / Film BBC Announces Doctor Who Movie, Terrifies Geeks Everywhere

Posted by Melanie "The Intern" Johnson on Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:23 PM

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So this is happening: the BBC has brought in director David Yates (best known for churning out the final four Harry Potter films) to develop, possibly from scratch, a Doctor Who movie for the big screen.

As a textbook change-is-bad-style geek, my initial reaction to this news looked a lot like this:

But now that I've had some time to consider the possibilities, I am going to try to remain cautiously optimistic. After all, things could be much, much worse:

1. The BBC could have hired a different Harry Potter director. Think of all the family-friendly hijinks the Doctor could get into with Sorcerer's Philosopher's Stone / Chamber of Secrets director Chris Columbus at the helm! Remember Home Alone? How about Christmas with the Kranks? Maybe New Who could be a Christmas movie! EVIL SANTA ROBOTS, CYBERMEN WITH REINDEER ANTLERS, DALEKS LEARNING THE POWER OF LOVE. Ray Romano stars! Blockbuster, instant holiday classic.

2. Or it could be a musical. (Well, this pretty much already happened, but now that he's procreated with his TV daughter-clone-TV predecessor's daughter, David Tennant is basically dead to me, so it doesn't count.)

3. Or they could bring back Billie Piper, who is seriously the worst.

So... I don't know. Allons-y, right? Could be worse? Let's give him a chance?

I'm going to go scream into a pillow now.

 

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1
Just no Daleks please. For at least another decade.
Posted by Marq on November 14, 2011 at 4:57 PM · Report
2
On the plus side, maybe we can see Amy Pond's legs in 3-D.
Posted by dmitrir on November 14, 2011 at 5:09 PM · Report
3
Let's see, what do I think about this? I think that someone needs to GO BACK IN TIME AND KILL THOMAS EDISON. And the Méliès brothers for good measure.
Posted by Todd Mecklem on November 14, 2011 at 7:54 PM · Report
4
I think they should get Arthur Dent/Watson/Bilbo Baggins to play the Doctor. That'd be just another feather in that guys hat.
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 15, 2011 at 12:53 AM · Report
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THERE ALREADY IS ONE DOCTOR WHO MOVIE. NO ONE NEEDS ANOTHER. THE DALEKS LOOK BEST IN TECHNICOLOR.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/142471/dr-who-an…
Posted by Dalek Thay on November 15, 2011 at 9:22 AM · Report
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@MARQ: EAT A BAG OF DICKS.
Posted by Dalek Thay on November 15, 2011 at 9:40 AM · Report
7
The HP image is the greatest in the world. I find it hard not to laugh looking at it.
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 15, 2011 at 10:51 AM · Report
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I REALL HOPE THEY CAST VIN DIESEL AS OPTIMUS PRIME IN THE MOVIE!!!
Posted by Graham on November 15, 2011 at 11:56 AM · Report
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Why is this necessary when the show is still on and is still good? I do not want.
Posted by Joneser on November 15, 2011 at 12:01 PM · Report
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@Joneser, I can see a movie having value if it came at the end of, and in addition to, a regular series. Somewhat like what the X-Files did with their movie: the season and movie complimented each other. It would be a great way to cap off (literally) the reign of the 11th Doctor.

And just to be clear: NOT like the horrible second X-Files movie, which completely ignored the events of the last few (HORRIBLE) seasons of the X-Files.
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 15, 2011 at 12:13 PM · Report
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@Fruit Cup: I agree that an in-continuity movie would be pretty groovy, but that sounds like the opposite of what this is. On the other hand, they do say that this is "a few years away" so who knows?
Posted by tk. on November 15, 2011 at 12:53 PM · Report
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Yeah, ditto tk.
Posted by Joneser on November 15, 2011 at 1:19 PM · Report

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