Fan Rant: Torchwood Could Bring Doctor Who to the Big Screen
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As a child, I watched a little of everything. There really was no rhyme or reason -- Incredible Hulk, Muppet Babies, MTV (videos), Cosby, and even some Tom Baker wrapped in a large, striped scarf. But it wasn't until Christopher Eccleston became Doctor Who that I really started to pay attention to the sci-fi icon and his Tardis adventures.Through a change to Tennant and a myriad of both silly and super creepy stories, The Doctor became ever more addictive, and I wished that he would head for the big screen. Sure, there's a chance that feature film could become an absolute reality, but recently I had a different thought: What if Torchwood brought Who to the big screen?
Torchwood: Children of Earth was a jaw-dropper. The series had started slowly, but as characters succumbed to the dangers of their job, the show became better and better until the long miniseries made it into an entirely new experience. It was epic, dangerous, shocking, and pretty much all the adjectives that would make a good feature film. I might even go so far as to say a better feature film than Who could make, because there was more cinematic intrigue in Torchwood's latest story, and that's more widely marketable than a quirky man who carries a magic wrench travels through time and space. So why not merge the two?
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8-13-2009 @ 12:10AM
matt d. said...
if you make a doctor who movie, its gotta be about him firstly then maybe in sequals bring in the torchwood characters, stuff if they want...
i always wanted to see an origin story... but keep enough in the dark so it keeps that mysterious vibe...
definately go for a story with the creepy and quircky elements... like the satan pit, or the one where the angle statues would get u if u blinked!
not silly shit like that episode where peoples fat would turn into walking baby thingies! lol
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8-12-2009 @ 5:04PM
pete thomson said...
Dr Who and Torchwood have already merged at the end of the last season of Dr Who- It would a terrible idea to do it as a movie both formats attract different audiences and the new darker tone of Torchwood would not sit well with the family market that Dr Who is targeted at.
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8-13-2009 @ 3:49PM
Elliot Paige said...
As a hardcore fan of 30 + years I for one would hate to see a Doctor Who movie. There is something indifnable that makes the show work on Television that would be lost in a big screen translation. Besides,
at the moment we are entering a new era with a new Doctor, so a multi million pound Movie featuring an untried and untested incarnation
would be crazy,and to bring back David Tennant for the lead in a Tv Show he is no longer connected with wouldent be fair, to Him,Matt Smith & the Show itself.
Leave the big screen outings to lesser franchieses like Star Trek & StarGate.
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