Doctor Who Hops on the Tardis Traveling to the Silver Screen
Mon, November 14, 2011 
A big-budget Doctor Who movie without the presence of current (and popular) time-lord Matt Smith and with its own separate continuity is in development.
We'll hear the Star Trek comparisons if not already but big difference here, kiddos. Trek was a dead, rotting carcass of a joke when J.J. Abrams came aboard with his continuity-adhering reboot that managed to play for the devoted and the general public. Problem is the BBC revival series, since it returned to television in 2005 first sporting Christopher Eccleston's mug and later David Tennant, already did that.
Doctor Who is cool and, more importantly, profitable for the BBC. Guess that's why the network is bringing out their big-guns, handing the reigns of this film incarnation to David Yates, reports Variety. Suppose that makes sense. He brought one British cinematic icon to a fitting conclusion in Harry Potter and the logic is he can perform the same magic (for lack of a better term) to the Time Lord.
And like that, those Johnny Depp for Doctor Who rumors will resurface in addition to whatever British actor who doesn't already have his own franchise. But since it isn't expected for a couple of years ("We're going to spend two to three years to get it right," Jane Tranter of the BBC tells the trades), we'll find plenty of other thespians for the rumor-mills besides Michael Fassbender.
Reader Comments (1)
Pretty cool news. Love doctor who. But man would be sad to not see it related to tv series. Unless bbc is planning tobhave a film. Series cocurrently going with tv series.