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Doctor Who

1996 · 86 min

A quirky, fast-paced sci-fi romp with a campy villain, a fish-out-of-water hero, and a race against time that feels like a pilot for a bigger adventure.

Directed by
Geoffrey Sax
Genres
Tv movie, Adventure, Science fiction
Tagline
He's Back... And It's About Time!
Overview
The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.

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Directed by
Geoffrey Sax
Genres
Tv movie, Adventure, Science fiction
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Tone
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour5
Realism3
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

In this series

Doctor Who

  1. Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsMovie · 1983
  2. Doctor WhoMovie · 1996 This title
  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
  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
tv movie, adventure, science fiction
Directed by
Geoffrey Sax
Written by
Matthew Jacobs
Starring
Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Sylvester McCoy, Yee Jee Tso, Will Sasso, Dolores Drake, John Novak
Music
John Debney
Cinematography
Glen MacPherson
Runtime
86 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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