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Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008 · 60 min

A festive Victorian adventure that balances Cyberman menace with warmth, identity puzzles, and a bittersweet reunion.

Directed by
Andy Goddard
Genres
Science fiction, Tv movie, Mystery
Overview
The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familiar silver giants from an alternate reality are amassing in numbers. The Cybermen are on the move again, and the only beings who can stop them are the Doctor and... another Doctor?

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Directed by
Andy Goddard
Genres
Science fiction, Tv movie, Mystery
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • grief
  • family
  • memory
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour5
Realism2
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

In this series

Doctor Who

  1. Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsMovie · 1983
  2. Doctor WhoMovie · 1996
  3. Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaTV · 2003
  4. Doctor Who: The Runaway BrideMovie · 2006
  5. Doctor Who: Voyage of the DamnedMovie · 2007
  6. Doctor Who: The Next DoctorMovie · 2008 This title
  7. Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadMovie · 2009
  8. Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsMovie · 2009
  9. Doctor Who: A Christmas CarolMovie · 2010
  10. Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeMovie · 2011
  11. Doctor Who: The SnowmenMovie · 2012
  12. Pond LifeTV · 2012
  13. An Adventure in Space and TimeMovie · 2013
  14. Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorMovie · 2013
  15. Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedTV · 2013
  16. Doctor Who: The Night of the DoctorShort film · 2013
  17. Doctor Who: The Time of the DoctorMovie · 2013
  18. Doctor Who: Last ChristmasMovie · 2014
  19. Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongMovie · 2015
  20. Doctor Who: Twice Upon a TimeMovie · 2017

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Genres
science fiction, tv movie, mystery, adventure, fantasy
Directed by
Andy Goddard
Written by
Russell T Davies
Starring
David Tennant, David Morrissey, Dervla Kirwan, Velile Tshabalala, Ruari Mears, Paul Kasey, Neil McDermott, Nicholas Briggs
Music
Murray Gold
Cinematography
Ernest Vincze
Runtime
60 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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