Review Doctor Who: The Movie (1996)

Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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With the 1996 movie.

Your thoughts on this story and production......





Forward, to 21st Century WHO....


ROSE

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/your-journey-into-modern-who-starts-here.1605/


Or detour via.....

THE NIGHT OF THE DOCTOR.....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-night-of-the-doctor-2013.5465/


Or detour back through.....

LOST IN THE DARK DIMENSION.....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/lost-in-the-dark-dimension-1993.3644/


Or detour back through documentary.......

30 YEARS IN THE TARDIS.....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/30-years-in-the-tardis-1993-other-documentaries.5492/


Or detour back through....

DIMENSIONS IN TIME.....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/dimensions-in-time-1993.5466/


Or detour back through......

DEATH COMES TO TIME (2001)......

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/death-comes-to-time-2001.6880/


Or detour through......

SCREAM OF THE SHALKA (2003)......

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/scream-of-the-shalka-2003.6881/



Back to the previous story....

SURVIVAL

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/survival-1989.3683/
 
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Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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It could have been a lot worse than it was, I guess, and had just enough good point to keep it worthy of being part of the canon.

McGann was a good choice too - and the fuss over the kiss seems laughable now, in light of what was to come.
 
chainsaw_metal1

chainsaw_metal1

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I re-watched it about a year or so ago, and some of it holds up. I love the cyberpunk look of the TARDIS control room, and McGann does a great job in the role. Some doesn't hold up, like Eric Roberts. That being said, it was nice to see a proper evil Master, and not a manic crazy villain.

I still love the line that the Eighth Doctor uses in the graphic novel The Forgotten where he tells someone that he once lied about being half-human to defeat an enemy. I wish that was canon.

Also, you let an American studio do Doctor Who, and he immediately gets shot. Murica!
 
Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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ERIC ROBERTS....


This isn’t a single interview, more a collection of quotes concerning his role as the Master in the 1996 TV movie. Some of his comments are a little contradictory at times. If you want to read a good in-depth interview with him about his whole career, I’d recommend looking here.
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On getting the role

I got the offer to do ‘Doctor Who’ and, as I looked into it and saw its popularity, I got very excited about doing it. I did as much research as I could. There was more available than I had time for, but I did immerse myself. Paul (McGann) was great. A great guy and a very giving actor

It was so much fun. It was such a great group, and they all loved what they were doing. And they were all nice.

On becoming part of ‘Doctor Who’ folklore

Look, when I was in school in London at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, that’s when I got turned on to ‘Doctor Who’. It was great fun, but it was big camp, way overacted, and way fake. So, no, I was not intimidated to do that. (laughs) If that answers your question.

I was new to that world, which made it fun in a particular kind of way. The Master is up there in popularity with the Daleks. Isn’t that cool? Playing the baddest baddie in the universe I could really break free because this guy loved causing problems for other people. You had to go way outside the realm of human boundaries to play him.

He was more evil than the past Masters. I just thought he was more graphically evil. The Master’s often described as an evil genius because… he is evil. He’s like all of our worst nightmares, because he’s really mean and he’s really smart, so it’s all the things we’re really scared of.

On working with Christopher Eccleston on ‘Heroes’.

A: Yeah, what a great guy. We talked fast for a couple of days.
 
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