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The Doctor gets a hot new face and kisses his companion in a chaotic '90s fever dream.
TMDB
62
IMDb
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Audience Score
49
Google
90

Doctor Who (1996)

gloriously unhingedsynth-heavyAmericanized chaos

Overview

AdventureScience FictionTV Movie

The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Paul McGann's 56 minutes of pure, wasted potential and charm.

Costume

That velvet jacket and cravat combo? Unmatched. Iconic. Immediate.

Production

Fox's desperate attempt to make Who 'sexy' for Americans. Spectacular failure.

Best for:Streaming: With wine and a willingness to embrace beautiful disaster.·Friends: Group roasting session mandatory. No Whovian purity allowed.·Rewatch: For the 47th time, wondering what could've been.
Heads up:Violence: The Master goes full body-horror with some genuinely gross possession stuff.·Triggers: Chang Lee's treatment as disposable Asian sidekick hasn't aged gracefully.
Geoffrey Sax

Director

Geoffrey Sax

ReleasedMay 12, 1996
Runtime1h 26m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
Budget$5M·Revenue$42M
Universal Television
BBC Worldwide

Top Cast

Paul McGann

Paul McGann

The Doctor

Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Bruce / The Master

Daphne Ashbrook

Daphne Ashbrook

Dr. Grace Holloway

Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester McCoy

The Doctor

Yee Jee Tso

Yee Jee Tso

Chang Lee

Will Sasso

Will Sasso

Pete

Dolores Drake

Dolores Drake

Curtis

John Novak

John Novak

Salinger

Catherine Lough Haggquist

Catherine Lough Haggquist

Wheeler

Bill Croft

Bill Croft

Motorcycle Policeman

Michael David Simms

Michael David Simms

Swift

Jeremy Radick

Jeremy Radick

Gareth

Eliza Roberts

Eliza Roberts

Miranda

Dee Jay Jackson

Dee Jay Jackson

Security Guard

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

The TV movie was designed as a backdoor pilot for a Fox series. It bombed so hard in America that the BBC didn't touch live-action Who again until 2005. McGann got one night shoot and a decade of audio dramas.

Cultural

This is the only time the Doctor's regeneration was shown onscreen between 1987 and 2005—the 'wilderness years' where fans kept the franchise alive through novels and audios while this beautiful disaster sat in limbo.

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Doctor Who: The Movie Blu-Ray Trailer | Doctor Who

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