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    Nordan123

    [21]Dec 5, 2011
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    Basically an awful idea.


    The only redeeming quality would be if the movie was the last of Smith's doctorial duties,or the first of the new doctor.


    If the movie happens in 2013 or 14 that would be possible.A movie separate from the series is just for making money.

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    PsyduckRanger

    [22]Dec 7, 2011
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    Ok, I know it's been confirmed already that this won't be the case, but you guys are all talking as if films separate from the series are a completely new concept. Does the name Peter Cushing mean anything to anyone?
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    steamheaduk

    [23]Dec 7, 2011
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    PsyduckRanger wrote:
    Ok, I know it's been confirmed already that this won't be the case, but you guys are all talking as if films separate from the series are a completely new concept. Does the name Peter Cushing mean anything to anyone?

    But they were'nt what is being talked about here, those were big screen adaptations of stories from the TV series. Not "starting from scratch" as this was originally mooted. With the Cushing movies at least you could rationalise where they fit in the big scheme of things, they were like "cover versions" of the real thing.

    Whereas what originally appeared to happening was more like "I know, let's make a new band called Take That, we'll make it sound perhaps a bit like the real Take That, but probably not, there won't be any original members, we won't do any of their songs, and we'll let them tour at the same time the other Take That are touring - it'll be great, all the Take That fans are bound to buy into it"
    Edited on 12/07/2011 9:58am
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    dragon22a

    [24]Dec 7, 2011
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    The Cushing movies made a lot of changes to the basic storyline so it was easier to tell the two versions apart. Instead of being called the Doctor, Cushings version was explicitly named Doctor Who. He was an earthling and not a timelord. The Tardis was his invention rather than being stolen and had aradically different console room. Both Barbara and Susan were his grand daughters.


    Regardless, One of the big problems with a separate movie would be that Doctor Who is far bigger than it was back then. When the Cushing movies were made, there was still only one Doctor so it was easier to reconcile the change as it being a retelling. Now we have had 11 doctors. A new doctor would likely cause some to believe that this is a new incarnation.


    There has been attempts to reconcile the movies with continuity. One was that Cushings movies exist in contiunity as movies and were based on reports of the Doctors adventures but the facts were changed because few people knew of the Doctor's true nature. Another was that the movies were based ona book written by Barbara but that she changed some facts to protect the Doctor.

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    chaos_789

    [25]Dec 8, 2011
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    There has been some new info, Moffat spoke out on the movie, he said if there is a doctor who movie, it will be made by BBC, if will tie into the current series, and it will star the current doctor. The harry potter director seems to still claim he's making it though.
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    steamheaduk

    [26]Dec 9, 2011
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    chaos_789 wrote:
    There has been some new info, Moffat spoke out on the movie, he said if there is a doctor who movie, it will be made by BBC, if will tie into the current series, and it will star the current doctor. The harry potter director seems to still claim he's making it though.

    The "speaking out" was a tweet, not a sanctioned press release, so it could be just Moffat's opinion on how it is going to pan out, i.e. he's made it his mission that this is what will happen, probably using some weight he has in his current role to block anything separate.

    Since when the first news of this broke he tweeted "Announcing my personal moonshot, starting from scratch. No money, no plan, no help from NASA. But I know where the moon is - I've seen it." indicating he probably had no idea at the time what was going off and he thought it sounded like a stupid idea. I don't think all the moondust has settled yet.
    Edited on 12/09/2011 12:43am
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    chaos_789

    [27]Dec 9, 2011
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    steamheaduk wrote:
    chaos_789 wrote:
    There has been some new info, Moffat spoke out on the movie, he said if there is a doctor who movie, it will be made by BBC, if will tie into the current series, and it will star the current doctor. The harry potter director seems to still claim he's making it though.

    The "speaking out" was a tweet, not a sanctioned press release, so it could be just Moffat's opinion on how it is going to pan out, i.e. he's made it his mission that this is what will happen, probably using some weight he has in his current role to block anything separate.

    Since when the first news of this broke he tweeted "Announcing my personal moonshot, starting from scratch. No money, no plan, no help from NASA. But I know where the moon is - I've seen it." indicating he probably had no idea at the time what was going off and he thought it sounded like a stupid idea. I don't think all the moondust has settled yet.


    oh, ok, innerspace did say he tweeted it, but I thought he was saying it as a fact not opinion.
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    steamheaduk

    [28]Dec 9, 2011
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    chaos_789 wrote:


    oh, ok, innerspace did say he tweeted it, but I thought he was saying it as a fact not opinion.

    It may well be fact, but I suspect it's more likely to be a statement based more on what Moffat thinks is the case after, presumably, he's kicked up a stink internally about it. However the reports I've seen in various places all basically report what Moffat tweeted, there's no real interview where he lays down where the confusion came from and what the position actually is now. The thing that makes me suspect that as yet it is only Moffat's view, is that the original story was reported in Variety and then on the BBC News site itself. This "correction" as far as I'm aware hasn't been reported on the BBC.
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    chaos_789

    [29]Dec 9, 2011
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    steamheaduk wrote:
    chaos_789 wrote:
    oh, ok, innerspace did say he tweeted it, but I thought he was saying it as a fact not opinion.
    It may well be fact, but I suspect it's more likely to be a statement based more on what Moffat thinks is the case after, presumably, he's kicked up a stink internally about it. However the reports I've seen in various places all basically report what Moffat tweeted, there's no real interview where he lays down where the confusion came from and what the position actually is now. The thing that makes me suspect that as yet it is only Moffat's view, is that the original story was reported in Variety and then on the BBC News site itself. This "correction" as far as I'm aware hasn't been reported on the BBC.


    oh, ok, well, either way, I just hope they get the movie right, doctor who is one of my favorite shows, the doctor is such an interesting and uniqe character, so I do hope, the movie would star the current doctor, if they do there own thing, it may not do so well. I know if there could do a kind of side story, that way it would still take place during the current series, and it would be good for people who havn't saw it before.

    Edited on 12/09/2011 12:29pm
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    archangelwho

    [30]Dec 10, 2011
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    They could run the movie and TV along side each other. There are so many stroies that need to be told but it would take more than they could do a tv unless it was a "Key of Time" type of season. One story for the whole season. The Doctor's family, school years, the Time War, dealing with leaving Gallifrey. It would be easy to work in event from from to the other in the way of lines and flash backs to keep it honest to the overall story.

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    chaos_789

    [31]Dec 19, 2011
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    It seems the movie is currently set for a 2014 release, that's a long time away, so who knows who will play the doctor in 2014.
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    steamheaduk

    [32]Dec 21, 2011
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    Moffat was on BBC Breakfast yesterday stating that it will NOT be a Movie independent from the current production. Describing what David Yates spoke about as an "imaginary film". So I'm happy now the story has gone out on the BBC that we're not just getting a tweeted opinion, albeit from Moffat, touted as fact.

    Here's the interview to judge for yourselves - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UESwgPs2PE
    Edited on 12/21/2011 3:44am
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