Steven Moffat Doesn’t Want a Doctor Who Movie: Do You?

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Speaking during a recent function for BBC America, Steven Moffat, Doctor Who showrunner has once against squashed rumors of a Doctor Who movie. Previously he’s questioned how a movie could work with a different actor as the Doctor simultaneously; more recently now he’s suggesting that to shoot a Doctor Who movie using the current Doctor would mean shutting down production for the series, something the showrunner seemed reluctant to pursue.

‘First that would be up to the BBC. What are we going to do? Shut down for a year and make a movie? Does everyone want that — a whole movie and not a series? If there’s a movie, you can’t have a different Doctor in the movie — that would be incredibly damning to the franchise.’

What do you think, dear readers? Should the BBC pursue a full movie for Doctor Who, and if so, what would a Doctor Who movie entail?

Personally, I believe an answer to the movie’s production issues might lie with the magic of regeneration – shooting the show and a film simultaneously with different production teams with a new Doctor in a feature film and the outgoing Doctor in a television series then shooting the outgoing Doctor’s regeneration scene later for the finale along with the show’s schedule. A new film could be a fresh start for the show as The Eleventh Hour was – an accessible, shiny new starting point for introducing future newbies to the show and its mythology. Still, a production challenge that’s for sure.

I can understand Steven Moffat’s reluctance on the matter. However, it does seem to me that with the ‘event’ screenings of The Day of the Doctor, Deep Breath and now Death in Heaven, Doctor Who is, in a way, preparing slowly for a future feature film.

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