Jimmy Nutrin Listen Americans, you can't take any of our good British ideas and Yank-ise them. It just doesn't work. Jut like this movie.Now, I'm more of a modern-day Whovian. Matt Smith was the Doctor when I started watching it (2013 I believe it was) and then I became hooked. I watched every episode after that, and watched some of the originals, which were great shows for their time, and some episodes hold up today (but not the 4th Doctor story with the mummies that crush people with their chests). I understand what makes Doctor Who great, and it's the same for every series: Funny but also dark, serious and sad at times. It should have genius writing and likable characters. It should have actors who fit their roles. It needs British-ness. Does this movie have any of that? Spoiler alert: No.The entire movie has no relevance to Doctor Who. It has no actual aliens, no good writing, no likable characters and no British-ness. It's just if the Americans did Doctor Who. That means a stupid idea for the main character (The Doctor is not half human) and everything else. The Master is your generic villain who wants to take over the world (or destroy it, to be honest, it's a generic cliché that's completely forgettable) and a companion that deserves to be forgotten for how little she adds to the story besides a stupid love interest for The Doctor. My main and biggest problem with this movie is the fact that it feels nothing like Doctor Who. Why would anyone give The Master to the Daleks? The Daleks just kill everything that isn't one of them, so why would they let people bring him to their planet, hold a trial, execute him and give his remains to their biggest enemy: The Doctor? They'd kill him and The Doctor.Anyone who likes this movie and the people who made this movie obviously know nothing about Doctor Who. Don't watch this.

Sasha Stanojevic The only thing good about this movie was Paul McGann... I can almost see him as the doctor. He has the charm to be the doctor, but other than that, bad. I mean, the Doctor was shot, then he was romantically involved with his companion who for a real doctor wasn't that good, he as a doctor was complete fool almost whole movie... Disaster! The doctor, the "real" doctor has that charisma around him that made you believe in him, he is brilliant, always 10 steps ahead over everybody else even when he's regenerating. Doctor is not just good looking, the way he does things is what makes him so great. He doesn't like guns. And most of all he is not half-human. Very bad try.

ddcharbon I'm watching this movie now and I'm so bored I'm writing the review before it's over.Dr. Who doesn't work when it takes itself seriously, when it limits itself to the realistic expectations of mainstream cinematic storytelling (whatever the genre). This is why the first season of the BBC reboot with Christopher Eccleston didn't work in my opinion. The actor always look annoyed that he wasn't in a Guy Ritchie shoot 'em up flick and the show's producers took their storytelling way too seriously. Eccleston may have been praised for his lock, stock, and two smoking barrels as the Doctor, but clearly the re-creators of the show realized that the Doctor's longevity was due to his and the show's free-ranging eccentricity, which is why subsequent seasons featured doctors with odd, but charming personalities in the tradition of Baker, Noughton, and that Sylvester guy, and plots like the one with David Tennant where he's stranded aboard an orbiting spaceship with the shape and name of the Titanic on Christmas eve--right before it runs into...what? why, the earth, of course! So this movie tries to take its plot seriously even though it doesn't really have a plot and leaves me so bored it was much more fun to write about the show than this movie, which has pretty much been well dissected by all the previous reviews. But, hey, lighten up about the kiss, folks.

Haydo Menso "It was a request they should never have granted" The time the American's made Doctor Who. But was it worth it? Yes. Although it took SEVEN YEARS to make, it turned out to be one of the most pivotal stories in the history of the series: Time Lords, action chases, love scenes and death, destruction and disaster facing the universe on New Year's Eve 1999. With two Doctors, an old enemy and another now-alone Doctor (this one's from San Fransisco), this 90-minute TV Movie is possibly, to fans or casual viewers, either excellent or rubbish. However, with the graphic CGI and first-time orchestration of the historical theme tune, and stunning performances by Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann (the Doctors), Daphne Ashbrook (Dr. Grace Holloway), and particularly Eric Roberts's portrayal as the Master, this TV Movie, although seen by only 9 Million people in the UK (despite there being no new WHO for seven years!)on original broadcast on Monday 23 May, 1996. With this year commemorating 50 Years of the series, and the 16th Annversary of the TV Movie, this 90 minute special surely is a testament to the greatest show in the galaxy: DOCTOR WHO!