Review of Doctor Who (1996) by R Joseph O — 27 Jun 2008

The best I can say is that it was at least something to hold doctor who fans during the nearly twenty year hiatus of the series from television. it was hoped at the time that fox or some other american television company would begin producing a new series, but that, of course, never happened. the major faults with the movie were those parts that were americanized--gratuitious love story, kids with guns, long chase scenes. the other disappointing parts of the storyline were those parts that tampered with the mythology. the doctor is said to be half human, the eye of harmony is in the tardis, rather than a black hole in the center of galifrey, and why would the doctor be asked to go to skaro (the home of the daleks) to pick up the masters remains--the daleks wouldn't let the doctor just walk in and out without trying to kill him.

Syvester mccoy's appearance was excellent as was paul mcgann's. other than that, the only thing that made the movie bearable at the time was that doctor who fans were starving for anything, however lame to satisfy them--and that's what they got, anything lame.