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[M Holmes]

William Duffy writes:

> > Did you catch the made for TV Dr. Who movie a couple of years back?
> >
> Yep. It was very disappointing, particularly as Paul McGann is one of my
> favourite actors, and I would have loved to have seen him given the
> opportunity to do it properly.
> One of the reasons they took so long to do it was trying to get him to play
> the role. He didn't want to do it if it was 'Americanized', which is what
> happened anyway, although it's not as bad as the previous plots written for
> it. One of the reasons Spielberg dropped out was because he wanted to change
> far too much (ie He wanted Daleks in it, but like The Terminator??)

I think it'd have been a much better movie with either Daleks or
Cybermen in it, though maybe updated versions of 'em.

The real problem with the movie was that, as with others, they spent so
much of the movie explaining who the Doctor was, and even why he wore a
scarf, that there just wasn't any time left for a plot. That the plot
concerned time running out was ironically apposite.

Paul McGann, IMHO, would clearly make a better Doctor than some of the
later ones in the TV series. Perhaps when they find the plot...

FoFP