Comments on: ‘Harry Potter’ Director David Yates To Helm Big Screen Reboot Of ‘Doctor Who’

By: Tav-El

Tav-El — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

I hate retcons. If you're going to do it then make a 12th doctor. But don't sidestep what's already been created.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

Shia LaBeouf, Zac Efron, Anton Yelchin, Ed Westwick, Penn Badgley, Adam Brody, Chace Crawford or Emile Hirsch as the Doctor

By: buntyhoven

buntyhoven — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

Eh, boring. But at least they've got a sizeable selection of British stars to choose from. Could do worse than Colin Firth, or if they're going younger, someone like Ben Whishaw.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

NO! Don't let this happen. How arrogant of someone to come along and say they're going to wipe the slate clean of a show that's been running since 1963 (successfully!) and do another Hollywood reboot.
Please please please BBC, don't let this happen.

By: Karl Moss

Karl Moss — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

The best person to play the Doctor is David Tennant but no doubt the studios will pick someone completely and utterly wrong. Johnny Depp, might just pull it off.

By: Brianna

Brianna — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

Oh no. I want to cry! They cannot make a movie! This is NOT going to be a good thing. 🙁

By: Haplo

Haplo — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

Benedict Cumberbatch, he would be awesome! If ya don't know who he is, watch Sherlock!

But I agree, a clean slate is not the way to do it, but I also think he may be talking about doing the change up from how the 9th and 10th were presented, and how it did change with 11th took over, they were more sublte than a total reboot, but they were a clean slate!

By: Devon

Devon — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

DO NOT WANT. If they insist, however, they've gotta make him ginger.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

NO NO NO. if you want to use the concept of a time travelling TimeLord, that's fine with me, but not the Doctor. Choose to do the story of some other TimeLord from before they got shut away. Show us some bit of the war, but you can't screw up the the whole story/timeline of the Doctor just because you want to make some money. Just look back at the first horrid hollywood attempt at a Doctor Who movie.

By: Baywolfe

Baywolfe — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

Let's go with a slightly older Doctor. I think David Thewlis could successfully pull it off.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

All depends how they do it, if instead of writing out the continuity and instead setting the story before the series, with a younger version of the first doctor. Sure you wouldn't get to use the daleks or cybermen but hell it might be fine to make the movie of Doctor who a prequel to the series, and with that you get a lot of other stories… needless to say they probably won't do that, or if they do they will do something utterly ridiculous but one can hope

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

"Emile Hirsch as the Doctor"! How dare you suggest an American for such a British icon. That would be like having a Brit play an American icon like Batman, Superman or Spiderman. Wait a minute. Strike that.

By: Mazen

Mazen — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

Please, don't…

By: rosa

rosa — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

NO! just no please don't ruin Doctor Who by making it into a movie. Doctor Who was made for tv not the big screen.

By: xony

xony — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

DOOOOOOOOOOOOON'T! He ruined Harry Potter, don't let him ruin the Doctor! Yates: Why do you hate us so much? Why would you destroy everything we love?!

By: Scott Hedrick

Scott Hedrick — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

How about a few more adventures with #8? There's that whole Dalek "time war" thing. Let's NOT have a repeat of Peter Cushing, which clearly did NOT involve The Doctor. Peter Cushing did not play The Doctor, he played an eccentric human named Dr. Who.

Also, let's have some practical effects and not concentrate so much on the CGI. Spend the money to do it right or don't do it at all. Really, we're looking at 60-100M$. While I happened to like the old low-budget cheese (anybody got a green "Standard BBC Gastropod" t-shirt?), it won't work for a movie.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

I have to say that I have been watching the Doctor since 1975 and have seen all of the older episodes also. There is the possibility that you can start with a clean slate, but you have to have some continuety simply because this series is iconic. There have been 11 doctors, but they have never eliminated the TARDIS, the companion (always at least one), the darleks, cybermen and even references to Galifray. I agree that writing about a different timelord may be the best way to go. Write about the Master and how he ended up at the end of the universe after the war. Or – write about the war from the point of view of the council of timelords. There are many different spins you can use, just don't let this mediocre director ruin another iconic series. He totally screwed Harry Potter and now he wants to mess with a show that has been on for almost 40 years?? Please – just walk away!

By: ZX Beccy

ZX Beccy — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

SO… we're about to hit the 50th anniversary of the show and he plans on winning over the fanbase with 'Were going to reboot and scrub all thats gone before'

Yeah…. that will work.

Methinks we will be getting another oddity like 'Dr Who and the Daleks' – or even 'Abducted by the Daleks' Yeah…. don't go looking for the latter…

Look for Doctor Who in the theaters likely around 2014 or 2015… and DVD bargain bins soon after.

By: dara

dara — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

i've been watching some of the earlier one off tv bits for dr. who. if they make it something like that rather than a "reboot" it might just work.

By: Ray Martin

Ray Martin — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

Seriously, some people need to just breath and see what happens. Fact; none of you own The Doctor. I've been watching (and loving) Doctor Who since 1963, through it's many low points and fewer triumphs. I never particularly liked Eccleston much, despite some great writing. Tennant made it his own, as has Matt Smith. In fact Smith is my favourite Doctor ever.
The point is, you all have choices. You can choose to see the movie or not. If you go to see it, it may be great and it may be horrible. Either way, it's just a movie and it won't take away your childhood, or anything else. I hated the 2005 Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy – absolutely hated it – but it hasn't ruined the TV series for me, nor the radio series. Stop whining.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

I'd be very excited for a Dr. Who feature film starring some or all of the recent Doctors, but a franchise reboot? While the TV shows are at the height of their popularity? Seriously?!?

NOT INTERESTED!

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

NO!!!Don't let him do it!

By: Melody

Melody — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

No he cant it will ruin saturday nights without the show and with movies i mean like sure id watch it but not enjoy it as much and tv rocks with 45 minutes of doctor who and confidential ( save confidential) but movies i mean great in cinemas but yeah it would be alright but at least get the same Actors like matt smith and alex kingston so no dont do it

By: Rena Moretti

Rena Moretti — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

Steven Moffatt has made a masterpiece out of Doctor Who, so of course, let's make a movie that ignores all that he achieved!

The pretension and lack of talent of all things Hollywood today is staggering.

The only reason to make a big screen Doctor Who is to continue and expand the Tv world with the same characters and most importantly the same writer.

All we are left with is yet again one more pointless Hollywood movie in the vein of Lego The Movie.

Pathetic!

By: Rena Moretti

Rena Moretti — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:31:37 +0000

@ Ray Martin: We do have choices and the choice I make is not to go see that movie ever. The other choice I make is to slag the morons who want to make that nonsensical caricature of a bad project.

Feel free to say what you want. Just don't tell me what I can or cannot say, even if what I say vexes Hollywood.

Hollywood keeps doing the worst projects and is confused when people express justified disgust with their lack of ideas. Maybe they should try making quality projects instead of adapting Lego, the stupid stereo-thingy and Waldo!