In Time

[Kevin]

Noooooooooooo.... Why oh why must they hate me so? No no no no no no, Dr Who does not belong on the big screen. What are they going to do, break it up into 20 minute chunks and send everyone out to intermission in between each one? So much of the fun is in watching a blur of "what happened?" "how did he do that?" only to have that theme well up and the TARDIS go flying down the wormhole, sending you off to wonder how he's going to get out of this mess. A big screen movie is not going draw a kid "mumble mumble" years ago to set his alarm for 2am to get up and watch one of the doctors for a half hour, in black and white, on the local PBS station. Another childhood nerd's treasure being lost to today's kids finally figuring what is truly cool!

My feelings are similar. The last Who movie (though it was straight to TV) was intended to (and did in fact) kill the franchise until the most recent reboot.

However a Doctor Who movie that is not linked with the current series and was developed for the big screen is not unprecedented. There was a 1965, and a 1966, movie. Of course you'll note that it hasn't been done again for over 4 decades and I'll agree.

It's possible this won't be a bad thing, but I'm with you. He's better on the small screen.