Fandom is religion.

[scarfman]

It's been all over the internet for two days that David Yates, director of the last half of the Harry Potter franchise, has discussed in an article on Variety's website that he wants to do Doctor Who, a movie outside tv continuity.

I'd like to see it done. People don't realize it nowadays, because motion pictures is a relatively new medium and because modern intellectual property law hobbles the process; but remake and sequel is the natural state of pop storytelling. It's always going to happen to a story that survives. Some people may rather see Doctor Who die out than have that happen, but I'm not one. Those are the people who'd've been saying in the twelfth century, "Who the hell is this Lancelot guy? Everyone knows the best knight of the Table is Gawaine. And the story's just a ripoff of the Tristram cycle."

On the other hand, as many including current showrunner Steven Moffat have pointed out, this isn't the first time in the past thirty five years there have been celebrity names associated with a theoretical Doctor Who theatrical release that doesn't actually have any production backing yet. Remember when Denzel Washington was going to play the Doctor?

Comments

[sensiblecat.livejournal.com]

It's a brave man who'll take on the poisoned chalice. I think I'd rather run the Greek economy.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

... the flagon with the dragon holds the brew that is true?

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

So Tom Mallory is the bloke who says "Actually, you can fit the film between seasons 6 and 7. If you squint. And maybe ignore that line, there."

[scarfman]

Is that Season Six in 1969 or Season Six in 2010?

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

Depends on the film 8-). I was thinking of Season 6 in 1969, since there's already the Season 6b fan theory, and it's one of two points where you can place a previously unseen incarnation without having to explain him regenerating back (the other being between the TVM and the Time War).

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Thanks for expanding the tweets into a full post.