"Harry Potter" director David Yates is teaming up with the BBC to turn its iconic sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who" into a bigscreen franchise.Hopefully it will be more than just Daleks in 3D.
Yates, who directed the last four Potter films, told Daily Variety that he is about to start work on developing a "Doctor Who" movie with Jane Tranter, head of L.A.-based BBC Worldwide Prods.
"We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two to three years to get it right," he said. "It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena."
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Attention Dr. Who fans
Get ready for a big budget Hollywood movie:
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They'll screw it up, as always
I saw that the BBC is involved in the production, but that doesn't reassure me: they're the same idjits who think Matt Smith is a good Doctor.
And can ANYONE tell me why the iconic Doctor Who intro - the same for nearly 50 years - is suddenly narrated by that horrific Amy Pond?
I love the idea, but also suspect that they'll muff it, for the same reason that Rev. Paul offers--the current heads over there thought that Matt Smith would be good in the role.
If Peter Davidson or Tom Baker aren't available, bring back David Tennant.
David Tennant was a pretty good Doctor.
But come on guys - no comments on 3D Daliks?
;-)
Of course they'll screw it up.
But I'll still see it.
Okay, since you asked: 3D Daleks would be a waste of time, and relatively unimportant in the scheme of things. For that matter, I found the 3D in Thor to be mostly "meh" until the closing credits. Those long shots of space rocked.
Now, if the TARDIS cruises the Medusa Cascade ... bring it on!
Note to the writers: beware the Inverse law of Dalek Scariness.
One Dalek is pretty damn scary.
Two Daleks are twice as scary, because when you've dealt with the first one, there's still another one out there!
Three Daleks isn't quite three times scarier than one, because after you've dealt with the first two, you pretty much know their game and don't have to worry as much about, say, discovering that they can fly this week.
Once you get to about half a dozen Daleks, the scariness per Dalek drops off rapidly and settles into a final level, because now you know the Doctor won't be dealing with them individually, and will find one trick to make them all start compulsively growing petunias or something. Ten Daleks or ten thousand, it's all pretty much the same.
It's not that anyone will screw up Dr. Who, as always, by putting it on the big screen. It is, I think, that Dr. Who has been screwed up for the last few to several years now. It can only get worse from what I can see and making a movie or series of movies is not going to help in any way, shape or form. They would be better off going back to a black & white TV series and finding actors who can play the part.
All the best,
GB
Glenn, I thought that "Blink" was an outstanding episode. I want one of those angel statues for my garden ...
Rev Paul, here's an interesting idea - could you use 3D to make the Tardis look bigger on the inside? Hmmm ...
They'll screw it up, just like they screwed up HitchHiker's Guide - a movie that must have had Douglas Adams rolling over in his Heart of Gold.
IMHO, John Pertwee (frilly shirt) and Tom Baker (a very looooooong scarf) were the last good Doctors. After that, the series went downhill.
I want Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart back too. Anyone else have other favorite chaarcters or companions that should come back?
Murphy's Law, I had the worst crush on Sarah Jane.
Murphy's Law the Brigadier passed away a few months back and so for that matter has Sarah Jane.
I just want the Master to return as he always does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOK1YdWalOw
Yes, but not the new Master. We need the old-school one, not crazy Lars Ulrich.
also, @elmo iscariot, you're talking about, well, I'm not going to go wade through TV Tropes to verify the name, but it's something like the law of conservation of power of ninjas.
The Law of Conservation of ninjutsu.
While not identical (ninja badassitude decreases linearly with numbers, whereas Daleks become more frightening with numbers before dropping off rapidly; and ninjutsu conservation is due to the required balance in which the hero is slightly more badass than the ninjas for any given number of ninjas, whereas the Inverse Law of Dalek Scariness exists because of the increasing certainty of a Clever Trick eliminating them all at once), the concepts are strongly related.
Can you say "Time War" anyone? Come see my post at kerriblu
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