Marval Movie

My first experience of Doctor Who was the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann, from there on I never forgot about Doctor Who and since it came back in 2005 I have been a huge fan of the show. Now the day has come when the Doctor faces a milestone, he is faced with being fifty years old. This makes Doctor Who the longest running Science-fiction television jadwal in human history. But the question remains, does it still have life left in it, or has the Doctors time run out?

For the special we are put in the hands of Steven Moffat the Show-runner and writer for most of the pinnacle episodes of the show. Moffat is actually one of my favorite writers, I love how bombastic he is as well as being down to earth, he can make these characters seem like opera but also find their emotional centre. Here he truly delivers some of his best work, with a masterfully woven tale that seems to encompass all of what the Doctor is and all he will be in the future. Back when it started, the execs at the BBC created something that could last fifty years, now Moffat have given us something that will take it to its hundredth anniversary.

For the villains we get a number of references, but what we properly get are Daleks (of course) and Zygons. The Daleks I expected but the Zygons are an old enemy from way back in the Doctors history. They made one classic appearance and have never been seen since, until now. The Zygons are a race of aliens that look like large, red slug people with suction cups around their body and have the ability to morph into human form.

This movie was available to see on TV with everyone else, but as a huge Doctor Who fan I couldn't pass up the chance to see this once in a lifetime event on the big screen. It was however only available on cinema screens in 3D, it was a little bit of a drawback for me but still I went to see in in the theaters. I would recommend it on the big screen but of course I cant because it was only that one time so the moment has passed. I will say that I didn't really mind the 3D, it didn't retract from the experience for me, again nothing was really gained in the viewing experience but not to the point where I thought "Why am I forced to wear these glasses?".

It is the high level of production that I truly enjoyed. Yes the TV show is well made but this is truly made at a movie level with panning shots and bigger effects and scale to the story and visuals.

What makes this so special to many people is the return of fan favorite tenth Doctor, David Tenant. Tenant is also one of my favorites as well and he slips back into the role like no time has passed at all, with all the same charisma and comedy that made him so loveable in the role. Matt Smith is the current Doctor and he drives the movie with all of his lovable off-beat weirdness that I loved from the start and others learned to love. There is also another version of the Doctor but not the Doctor, played by John Hurt. Hurt is a screen legend and he easily brings all his talent to the role as the rejected Doctor.

Really the strength of this movie is the dynamic interaction you get from having three amazing characters played by three incredible actors at the same time. Their banter, conversations and arguments are the highlight of a movie that has wormholes, Dalek invasions and paintings that are bigger on the inside.

Jenna Louise Coleman plays Clara, the current companion. She is the emotional center to all three of the Doctors that we have on the screen at the same time. She can bring them together even though their years apart and being different men come to an understanding.

As a Doctor Who fan I can say that this movie is such a treat, for both the old and the new fans there are references within the movie that brought a continual smile to my face. Will this affect a viewer that either doesn't watch Doctor Who or someone that has just started it? I would say that it wont leave them confused because the movie never stops to dwell on its references. And it may even encourage people watching that don't know what their talking about to seek out the reference and learn what their talking about.

This is the first time where I must really consider my rating for the movie. The sign for a bad rating or a bad movie is how well or badly it hold up against time. The irony is all over Doctor Who. Will this movie last beyond its time and hold up as a standard of writing, acting and character dynamics from the years to come. Well the old show had laughable effects for the time it was made but it was the writing and characters that allows it to stand today.

Doctor Who? I still don't know, neither me or anyone else will really know, but we've come a long way with this man and his blue box and this day, this one day proves that it is not the last. Doctor Who has made it fifty years, bring on the next, and after that the next century.

Rating: 4 stars out of 4