I used to watch old Doctor Who reruns when I was a kid. You know… back when the Dalek’s were a group of armless, feetless rolling garbage cans who just yelled “Exterminate”! I never did understand how they built anything.
I must admit that I haven’t really watched the new series at all… not because I don’t think it looks bad or anything like that… I’ve just never got around to it despite the fact that lot of people I know seem to love it.
Anyway, there is some rumblings that BBC is possibly looking at developing a Doctor Who movie. The folks over at Sci-Fi Wire give us this:
A spokeswoman for BBC Films confirmed that “a script is in development,” the BBC reported in a story about David Tennant’s upcoming guest appearance as the Time Lord in the Doctor Who spinoff series The Sarah Jane Adventures. BBC entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba said there were no guarantees a film would be made; if the project went into full production, a release would be a long time coming. It’s also unclear whether Tennant or another actor would fill the title role.
I really don’t think this will ever actually come to pass. Doctor Who has a very loyal following, but a loyal following isn’t enough… it needs a large enough audience, and Doctor Who just doesn’t have it. I can’t see them ever investing the budget or the resources into a full length major feature film.
