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Doctor Who movie (1996)
Oct. 14th, 2025 02:16 amLast night I finally watched the Doctor Who movie with Paul McGann, which I've had on my watch pile for a while and postponed because I needed a break after the exhausted end of the Moffat era. I was also expecting it to be of questionable merit, and it was, but it was also very fun. Mostly because it was so stupidly over the top. The whole Frankenstein-intercut regeneration and resulting mirror scene was so try-hard it was rather cute.
The script was clunky. I know the basic lore, and was still astonished by all the drab info-dumps cluttering the script. I can't imagine what a fresh audience was supposed to take away from this, but obviously it didn't work.
The TARDIS set was cool beyond cool. Absolutely the best it has ever looked of what I've seen. Also, compared to the modern show playing coy with the interior, this one just dove right into the place. It also made sense of why the Doctor, finding trouble as he does, didn't burn through all his lives in about 100 years, because this version is an actual vast ship one can picture him living in very contentedly. Wonderful use of 90s TV movie budget.
Also looking great was Paul McGann, the most beautiful Doctor ever. The pre-Raphaelite curls, the sad eyes, the Michelangelo's Next Top Model semi-shirtlessness, the dressy attire. He made the perfect objet d'art, and more seriously, tried his darnedest to sell the script. ( I'll cut the rest for old spoilers and for length )
The script was clunky. I know the basic lore, and was still astonished by all the drab info-dumps cluttering the script. I can't imagine what a fresh audience was supposed to take away from this, but obviously it didn't work.
The TARDIS set was cool beyond cool. Absolutely the best it has ever looked of what I've seen. Also, compared to the modern show playing coy with the interior, this one just dove right into the place. It also made sense of why the Doctor, finding trouble as he does, didn't burn through all his lives in about 100 years, because this version is an actual vast ship one can picture him living in very contentedly. Wonderful use of 90s TV movie budget.
Also looking great was Paul McGann, the most beautiful Doctor ever. The pre-Raphaelite curls, the sad eyes, the Michelangelo's Next Top Model semi-shirtlessness, the dressy attire. He made the perfect objet d'art, and more seriously, tried his darnedest to sell the script. ( I'll cut the rest for old spoilers and for length )
