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| Credits | |
| Title: | Doctor Who |
| Director: | Geoffrey Sax |
| Writers: | Matthew Jacobs |
| Producers: | Alex Beaton; Matthew Jacobs; Philip David Segal; Peter V. Ware; Jo Wright |
| Composer: | John Debney |
| Cinematography: | Glen MacPherson |
| Editors: | Patrick Lussier |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | 20th Century Fox Television Universal Studios Universal TV FOX Network British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Released: | May 14th, 1996 (US) May 27th, 1996 (UK) |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 89 min. |
| Country: | UK/USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $5,000,000 |
| Gross: | N/A |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Doctor Who: Survival (Part 3) |
| Next: | Doctor Who: Rose |
Doctor Who is a joint UK/US television movie of the science fiction genre. It is a spin-off of the popular British sci-fi series Doctor Who and was directed by Geoffrey Sax and written by Matthew Jacobs, based upon characters originally developed by Sydney Newman. The film aired on the FOX Network in the US on May 14th, 1996 and on BBC One in the United Kingdom on May 27th, 1996. The movie stars Paul McGann as the eighth incarnation of the time-traveling Gallifreyan adventurer known only as the Doctor.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Paul McGann | The Doctor |
| Eric Roberts | The Master/Bruce |
| Daphne Ashbrook | Doctor Grace Holloway |
| Sylvester McCoy | The Doctor |
| Yee Jee Tso | Chang Lee |
| John Novak | Salinger |
| Michael David Simms | Swift |
| Catherine Lough Haggquist | Wheeler |
| Dolores Drake | Curtis |
| Will Sasso | Pete |
| Jeremy Radick | Gareth |
| Eliza Roberts | Miranda |
| Bill Croft | Motorcycle policeman |
| David Hurtubise | Professor Wagg |
| Joel Wirkkunen | Ted |
| Dee Jay Jackson | Security guard |
| Gordon Tipple | The Old Master |
| Mi-Jung Lee | News anchor |
| Joanna Piros | News anchor |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Alternatively known as Doctor Who: The Movie.
- The tagline for this film is "He's back... and it's about time."
- This film bridges the gap between the original 1963 Doctor Who series and the 2005 Doctor Who revival series.
- Combining episode totals, this is the 696th episode of Doctor Who.
- Production on Doctor Who began on January 15th, 1996. Principal filming concluded on February 16th, 1996.
- The movie was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Doctor Who was released on home video in VHS format by BBC Video in 1996. It was released on DVD (Region 2 format) by BBC Worldwide in 2001. It was re-released as a two-disc Region 1 DVD on February 8th, 2011.
- First and only canonical appearance of the Eighth Doctor.
- Final appearance of Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.
- Actress Catherine Lough Haggquist is credited as Catherine Lough in this film.
- Actor Will Sasso is credited as William Sasso in this film.
- Actor David Hurtubise is credited as Dave Hurtubise in this film.
- Actor Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor in the original series passed away on May 20th, 1996 - six days following the US premiere of the film and seven days before the UK premiere.
- Makeup artist Toby Lindala has also worked on episodes of M.A.N.T.I.S. and The X-Files.
- Lead actor Paul McGann shares a birthday with actor Ellis Jones who played a technician in the first chapter of the "Spearhead from Space" storyline, which also introduced the Third Doctor.