Doctor Who: The Movie Q&A | BFI

[@JoeKnaggs]

Paul needs another Doctor Who Movie. Or TV Series. Or Mini Series. Or ANYTHING

[@EndsWiithZ]

or an audio ser- ... oh yeah. the audios series with mcgann is very good.

[@ChadtheDJguy]

***** I'm having a lot of trouble finding the episodes. Is there no way to listen for free? Or must they all to be purchased?

[@EndsWiithZ]

It shouldn't be too hard to find a torrent.

[@ChadtheDJguy]

Robo9400 Thank you!!

[@JoeKnaggs]

Robo9400 Yeah, I didn't realise how good value they were! :) Thanks

[@_SomeRandomYoutuber_]

McGanns voice is so good, I would know who it was anywhere.

[@mrmentality8456]

Paul Mcgann has the potential to be one of the best doctors ever, which Is why he needs a proper series. I'm not saying he's bad, far from it. I loved him in the movie and in 'Night of the doctor', but that's why I want more of him cause he's so good, and giving him a series would honestly make his doctor up there with Matt or David. (Before you ask, I know about Big finish and I love them, but come on. Well all agree he needs a series)

[@Thatminiacecosplayer]

Yeah I totally agree!

[@johnmoraites6020]

Paul McGann is the coolest guy

[@IllusivePrime]

I know Paul did the movie and the prequel to Day of the Doctor, but I hope Moffat can bend the rules of Time Lord wibbily wobbaly..timey whimey..stuff and make the next regeneration Paul again, I think he deserves at least one TV series. It really would be awesome.

[@mcgubbin]

Illusive Prime a prequel series would make more sense

[@AlaskaRS]

Lol, the Doctor kisses nearly everyone these days, guys and girls. Honestly the movie was the catalyst for it :P

[@charlesmento5968]

I love Paul and Daphne, they've been at various conventions I've been at and they are gracious, happy, patient, kind people!

[@ashwheeler5742]

Well, Paul's an awesome interviewer

[@Pahjx]

Make a second Doctor Who movie about the start of the Time War! We need more McGann!

[@ChadtheDJguy]

We do need more McGann but have you seen the Night of the Doctor?? :D

[@Pahjx]

ChadtheDJguy I absolutely LOVE the Night of the Doctor!

[@ChadtheDJguy]

RIGHT SAME HERE OMFG. It was awesome. I'm trying to find places to download some of his audiobooks. No success so far.

[@johnmoraites6020]

James Chumsa-Jones he Frick in killed it. best 6 min I saw in the 50th.

[@darthjarjar7572]

​@@ChadtheDJguy 5 years later, if you get this, you can get loads of audio dramas on apple music, if you have it, or can get it, that's where I listen to the eighth doctor Big Finish.

[@ninfilms]

McGann was great as The Doctor.

[@ghostface_tardis]

He still is. Always will be.

[@rudenotginger123]

@@ghostface_tardis Hell yeah

[@NorybDrol82]

If Twice Upon a Time is a success then I hope they start making one off movies with McGann & David Bradley that are just them set in their own times. Maybe loosely tied to new Who but not necessarily.

[@destinationdocklands]

Bring back McGann as the Dr! Imagine McGann meeting Capaldi Dr!

[@TheGava4]

Paul seemed more the interviewer here! Very interesting!

[@johnbowman6197]

Note to BFI: You currently state that it was shot in the US. In fact, it was filmed in Canada.

[@jerobriggs6861]

I'm one of the few who actually liked the idea of the Doctor being half human. Didn't care for the romantic bits, but I figured it's an American film so I'll let it go. What I don't care for is how they've brought the romantic bits back in the new show and yet not the half human bit. Loved watching these interviews, thanks for posting it.

[@Samhainix]

Such a badass Doctor, not just in the Telemovie but also in the countless books, comics, audio dramas and short stories 8 was in. Hopefully Moffat had the sense to include him in the 50th but told him to keep teasing the fans on the run up to keep everyone guessing.

[@BFIEvents]

Hi there - I just inadvertently removed a comment from someone called Kaoru I believe asking why they are edited. So sorry, was very much unintentional! There are a number of reasons for this - sometimes we get requests to remove certain sections/spoilers, or there are technical issues. A couple of these you can find fuller versions of on our own BFI website - do take a look.

[@DTMK01]

Hi. I've looked and it's the same as this. What happened?

[@ghostface_tardis]

Thank the lord for big Finish!

[@ldmt-yd6sz]

He deserves so much more.. but it's not late yet.

[@jplegend98]

ldmt1995 big finnish

[@jimmyjambhere]

i grew up watching doctor who. i remember when this movie was on fox back in 1996. i recorded it on my vhs recorder that night. i have to say i thought it wasn't that good. i'm glad it started back up in england. i dont think it would still be around today if it did originally get picked back up in 1996.

[@djco5782]

jimmyjambhere *cough* Wales *cough* ;)

[@MondySpartan]

you still have the VHS of Doctor Who TV movie now?

[@Double0Inside]

The best example of how you cannot blame everyone for a movies faults. Regardless of whether you love or hate the decisions made for the movie, none of these 3 people are responsible for any of the writing that was involved. McGann and Ashbrooke played the role that was written for him and the Director did his best with the script and time/production constraints he had. The problem is, the movie was CONCEIVED by the wrong people.

[@jarredstuart6943]

Would be nice if they did season with him after Capaldi, villian changes his past in 8th regeneration and one of companion gets somehow there and tries to lead him on right way and get back in Doctors future.

[@Newjourney14]

and yeah, people bitching that the movie was "an american fault" can eat it. It was NOT made by Americans and in fact the people of the UK LOVED the movie.

[@Newjourney14]

joshua powell cant keep moving the goal post. It was a British/Canadian production, not one location was actually filmed in America, done by the BBC crew who also runs Doctor Who. Nothing about the movie was touched by American hands. Several episodes of Doctor who have taken place in America as well. So stop blaming America for the movie. And besides, America did not receive the movie very well because DW was not a known show over here. In Britain however, the movie was a success and received positive ratings. I know facts get in the way of a good narative, however they are necessary from time to time.

[@StuartTheGamerNerd]

johnkerry7 Here's another fact, the american-made FOX helped co-produce it as well and get it on air in America. The station where all good TV-show idea's go to air and be cancelled shortly after. so you can see why the 8th doctor series never got picked up >...

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

newjourney7 ...not known here except to a generation of geeks running PBS affiliates who aired classic Who in the early-mid 1970s before PBS inked a national deal in 1977-78 (and those who watched it there).

[@VitoGregoliMusic]

To the comment about Ms Ashbrook chewing gum: good solution for dry mouth during interviews. ;)

[@KarlShookauthor]

Americans knew about Doctor Who when the movie came out.

[@rocketmik65]

It was a cult thing, not a general audience thing. The general people simply saw it as that show over in that Britain place.

[@ChadtheDJguy]

Grakniir That is a very, very accurate description. Well said.

[@gastertwosoul7763]

WE NEED A RECREATION OF SCHERZO

[@nataliecameron]

Do we though?

[@gastertwosoul7763]

@@nataliecameron ....maybe.

[@FacePimpd]

Paul is SO hot here wtf!?

[@jvictor001]

Ikr?

[@bigrarr]

Nicholas Bruce? Think he meant Nicholas Briggs...

[@beepboopethanj]

The Doctor's 12th incarnation would, soon after regenerating following the Medusa Cascade incident, convey to his TARDIS' projection of Martha Jones that it was a clever lie to throw off the Master.

[@johnbowman6197]

Glad to be of service (c:

[@jeffnettleton3858]

I am always a bit miffed when I hear people say they wondered how Americans might react to Doctor Who, like the movie was something wholly knew to us. We had the program, via PBS, since the late 70s; so 2 decades of Doctor Who being on American tv, in some fashion. It was a cult audience, certainly; but, a rather large cult audience. Marvel Comics had reprinted some of the British material. My local PBS station, attached to a university, actually ran the program week nights and had bought the earlier series, as they existed and ran it from Hartnell forward, with what still existed. Prior to that they had purchased Pertwee and ran it and then back into Tom Baker and on to Peter Davison; but, when I was in college, we got from start to the present (with much of the early stuff missing; obviously). Starlog regularly featured articles about it and Blake's 7. So, there was a certain cultural awareness of the program, even if it wasn't a mass media hit here. I think what hurt the film's performance was that it was Fox, who had a different idea of what they were doing and that led to a lot of sub-par stuff in it, though there is plenty of good material, with McGann. I do think Eric Roberts was horribly wrong for the Master and he made Anthony Ainley seem subtle. So, yeah, America had a certain level of knowledge of Doctor Who. Some of us had even seen the Peter Cushing movies.

[@valley_robot]

Fan request for the 8th doctor to have his own show and forget 13 ever existed

[@hotredtiger316]

Here is what I don't get about BBC. Why couldn't they have a televised series featuring the Eighth Doctor's adventures? Wouldn't that be awesome for Doctor Who fans to have something else besides radio adventures to feature this version of the Doctor?

[@jplegend98]

Fast Donny 316 to be fair the audio plays are amazing

[@stonebaxter]

Why do people think that Moffat is the only person that can speak definitively about the half-human issue? First of all, he had NOTHING to do with it back then. Second, he's the showrunner for right now. Nothing more. The next guy can come along and completely contradict whatever he did (just as he's doing by retconning RTD's Time War and all that War Doctor nonsense). So, this notion that Moffat has any type of "answer" to anything is baffling to me...

[@BigFatCock0]

In what way did Moffat retcon the Time War? It's a time travel show. It all still makes sense.

[@julieeverett7442]

having to working John Hurt as the war doctor because Eccelston wouldnt come in. He could have gotten McGann to do it. but no, had to invent another doctor and burn another regeneration ( and yes there are those keeping track!)

[@julieeverett7442]

until the 8th doctor there was NO hint the doctor was half human, he never was. We have half human ten, but he only has one heart, eight definately has two. 8 can regenerate, obviously, human 10 cant! The first 7 could obviously so why change?

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Everett ha! The doctor has endless regenerations

[@julieeverett7442]

@@JoshuaKevinPerry maybe now, but until this new cycle he had to keep the 12 only rule like all other time lords

[@Timartyn]

This is awesome. But I would really like to know what the answer is to the whole half human thing. The only person who can "give information" on that is Moffat, I think.

[@BFIEvents]

Thank you kindly - this has been amended.

[@signcrash]

Daphne Ashbrook is a lovely lady but why does she have to chew gum all through the interview?

[@nataliecameron]

Might be anxious

[@jayrox40]

The film is shit. Day of the Doctor is great. McGann should've had a series.