My Thoughts On Doctor Who: The Movie
I finished Doctor Who: The Movie last night. Well, I didn't know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't this. It's so campy and kind of not really like Doctor Who? Not that that's a bad thing. It was entertaining. I wasn't expecting more of an American flavor to it either. But Paul McGann was great. I really like him as the Doctor and I think I will definitely be looking into the audios. I'll make some more comments at the end of my little summary. On to the plot.
The Doctor Who Movie aka in which The Master nearly starts y2k. The film begins with a narrative from the Eighth Doctor about The Master being held for trial on Skaro and executed. Wait, what? Anyway, The Doctor now has his remains in a box inside his TARDIS (I love this new TARDIS btw), but that doesn't mean he's not gonna escape because he does. This leads the Doctor to just before the dawn of the 21st century in San Francisco. Upon immediately exiting his TARDIS, The Doctor is gunned down by a gang. Just like that. Damn. I really didn't want to see one of my favorite Doctors go out this way. :( But that's America for you. It's not what it used to be. A Chinese-American boy named Chang Lee comes to his aid and calls for an ambulance. Meanwhile, The Master who's some slime snake thing slips inside the TARDIS. Why am I getting The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Movie vibes from this? Well, it did come out a year before.
Unfortunately they've got The Doctor on the operating table and the surgeons don't know what the hell they're doing because The Doctor is an alien and it is really hard to watch. Sadly The Doctor flatlines because the doctors wouldn't listen to him when he said stop. I figured it wouldn't be bullet wounds that killed him. He probably would have survived that. But now it's time to regenerate. In the Morgue of all places. I figured the Seventh Doctor would be regenerating in the movie seeing as we didn't see him regenerate in the show, and I'll be damned if it isn't the weirdest regeneration scene I've seen.
Now The Master has found a body and it is Eric Roberts. Yes, Eric Roberts. If you told me the Master was going to become Eric Roberts I never would have believed that in a million years. It's partly his performance which makes this movie so campy. And he can spit acid too. WTF? The Doctor becomes friends with Grace, the doctor who basically killed him. Or is it more than friends? There's some kissing involved. So all those whiners about New Who about the romance, hello! It happened here first. And I would say The Doctor is definitely in love. I'd call it out-of-character if McGann wasn't so great.
Together he and Grace must stop The Master who has opened up the Eye of Harmony in the Doctor's TARDIS, which is causing matter to become unstable and will destroy earth if nothing is done. The Master also wants the rest of The Doctor's lives ... again. He's dying... again. Wait, he's used up all his lives again??? Of course he blames The Doctor for this and lies to Chang Lee whom he now possesses, that The Doctor stole all his lives lol. The Doctor needs an atomic clock now to close the Eye of Harmony. Good thing there is one conveniently nearby. Turns out the clock wasn't enough. He has to turn back time also, but whoops now The Master is mind controlling Grace. Chang Lee breaks free of the mind control and The Master kills him and then uses Grace to open the eye again, but she rewires the TARDIS so it's basically in a state of flux. The Master kills her too. Sheesh. But then The Doctor shoves the Master into the Eye of Harmony and you think he's dead of course. Luckily time reverts so that Chang Lee and Grace are no longer dead.
The Doctor now invites Grace to travel with him. She stupidly (Or not so stupid? She did die) declines. The Doctor also declines to stay in San Francisco with her because he doesn't do domestic. And so The Doctor leaves alone.
So yeah, this was different. It didn't feel like something coming from the classic series. It felt more like the revival series than anything, which is interesting. I guess it was sort of a preview of things to come even though it didn't set off right away. It's kind of like a bridge between the old and the new series. I definitely liked it. There was a lot of silliness to it, but it was fun. It felt more epic with some pretty good special effects for the time. And I think the Eighth Doctor's TARDIS may be my favorite. You really get to see the scope of the ship and it's got this cool steampunk design. Here's a screenshot from the movie. The Master on the right thinks he's the T-1000, and I think that's exactly what they were going for.
Now I'm a bit sad that all of this is over, as far as TV material goes. However, I'm far from done with Doctor Who as I've said. I'm not ready to give up the obsession just yet, and there's still much to explore. ATM, I've been rewatching clips from the 11th and 12th Doctor episodes. Once I've gone through those again, I'm going to read some book related things and then I think I will start on the Big Finish audio dramas. I will try to buy what I can afford with those. It will be massive undertaking, but I'll get to what I can. Doctor Who isn't going to be a part of my main routine anymore, but I'll always save some time for it.
So, that leaves the question, other than Doctor Who what is next for me? Well, first I'm going to finish Stranger Things, which won't take long. Then I'm going to finally finish season two of Gravity Falls. After that I'm going to go back to jumping back and forth between Deep Space Nine and Pokemon like I used to over two years ago now? I'm also still watching The Transformers and Rugrats too (The latter I'm not going to watch every episode, just up to pre-Dil), but I don't count them as part of what I call the "main routine" so this isn't affecting these shows. I'm still going to watch them. After Pokemon and DS9, I'm not sure what I will do. I haven't thought that far ahead yet, so it's still up in the air. For now, stay tuned.
The Doctor Who Movie aka in which The Master nearly starts y2k. The film begins with a narrative from the Eighth Doctor about The Master being held for trial on Skaro and executed. Wait, what? Anyway, The Doctor now has his remains in a box inside his TARDIS (I love this new TARDIS btw), but that doesn't mean he's not gonna escape because he does. This leads the Doctor to just before the dawn of the 21st century in San Francisco. Upon immediately exiting his TARDIS, The Doctor is gunned down by a gang. Just like that. Damn. I really didn't want to see one of my favorite Doctors go out this way. :( But that's America for you. It's not what it used to be. A Chinese-American boy named Chang Lee comes to his aid and calls for an ambulance. Meanwhile, The Master who's some slime snake thing slips inside the TARDIS. Why am I getting The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Movie vibes from this? Well, it did come out a year before.
Unfortunately they've got The Doctor on the operating table and the surgeons don't know what the hell they're doing because The Doctor is an alien and it is really hard to watch. Sadly The Doctor flatlines because the doctors wouldn't listen to him when he said stop. I figured it wouldn't be bullet wounds that killed him. He probably would have survived that. But now it's time to regenerate. In the Morgue of all places. I figured the Seventh Doctor would be regenerating in the movie seeing as we didn't see him regenerate in the show, and I'll be damned if it isn't the weirdest regeneration scene I've seen.
Now The Master has found a body and it is Eric Roberts. Yes, Eric Roberts. If you told me the Master was going to become Eric Roberts I never would have believed that in a million years. It's partly his performance which makes this movie so campy. And he can spit acid too. WTF? The Doctor becomes friends with Grace, the doctor who basically killed him. Or is it more than friends? There's some kissing involved. So all those whiners about New Who about the romance, hello! It happened here first. And I would say The Doctor is definitely in love. I'd call it out-of-character if McGann wasn't so great.
Together he and Grace must stop The Master who has opened up the Eye of Harmony in the Doctor's TARDIS, which is causing matter to become unstable and will destroy earth if nothing is done. The Master also wants the rest of The Doctor's lives ... again. He's dying... again. Wait, he's used up all his lives again??? Of course he blames The Doctor for this and lies to Chang Lee whom he now possesses, that The Doctor stole all his lives lol. The Doctor needs an atomic clock now to close the Eye of Harmony. Good thing there is one conveniently nearby. Turns out the clock wasn't enough. He has to turn back time also, but whoops now The Master is mind controlling Grace. Chang Lee breaks free of the mind control and The Master kills him and then uses Grace to open the eye again, but she rewires the TARDIS so it's basically in a state of flux. The Master kills her too. Sheesh. But then The Doctor shoves the Master into the Eye of Harmony and you think he's dead of course. Luckily time reverts so that Chang Lee and Grace are no longer dead.
The Doctor now invites Grace to travel with him. She stupidly (Or not so stupid? She did die) declines. The Doctor also declines to stay in San Francisco with her because he doesn't do domestic. And so The Doctor leaves alone.
So yeah, this was different. It didn't feel like something coming from the classic series. It felt more like the revival series than anything, which is interesting. I guess it was sort of a preview of things to come even though it didn't set off right away. It's kind of like a bridge between the old and the new series. I definitely liked it. There was a lot of silliness to it, but it was fun. It felt more epic with some pretty good special effects for the time. And I think the Eighth Doctor's TARDIS may be my favorite. You really get to see the scope of the ship and it's got this cool steampunk design. Here's a screenshot from the movie. The Master on the right thinks he's the T-1000, and I think that's exactly what they were going for.
Now I'm a bit sad that all of this is over, as far as TV material goes. However, I'm far from done with Doctor Who as I've said. I'm not ready to give up the obsession just yet, and there's still much to explore. ATM, I've been rewatching clips from the 11th and 12th Doctor episodes. Once I've gone through those again, I'm going to read some book related things and then I think I will start on the Big Finish audio dramas. I will try to buy what I can afford with those. It will be massive undertaking, but I'll get to what I can. Doctor Who isn't going to be a part of my main routine anymore, but I'll always save some time for it.
So, that leaves the question, other than Doctor Who what is next for me? Well, first I'm going to finish Stranger Things, which won't take long. Then I'm going to finally finish season two of Gravity Falls. After that I'm going to go back to jumping back and forth between Deep Space Nine and Pokemon like I used to over two years ago now? I'm also still watching The Transformers and Rugrats too (The latter I'm not going to watch every episode, just up to pre-Dil), but I don't count them as part of what I call the "main routine" so this isn't affecting these shows. I'm still going to watch them. After Pokemon and DS9, I'm not sure what I will do. I haven't thought that far ahead yet, so it's still up in the air. For now, stay tuned.