The way I read this announcement about a Doctor Who movie is that it will be a sideline flick — out of continuity, and, perhaps, an effective reboot (i.e., take the basic concept of a Time Lord and a TARDIS and a human companion, plus, most likely, Daleks, and make a movie about it).
Yates made clear that his movie adaptation would not follow on from the current TV series, but would take a completely fresh approach to the material. "Russell T. Davies and then Steven Moffat have done their own transformations, which were fantastic, but we have to put that aside and start from scratch," he said.
Give that this is a few years out at least (and actual TV Who is going to be thin on the ground between now and then), I'll both believe it when I see it and I won't sweat much about it being its own thing. #ddtb
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"Harry Potter" director David Yates is teaming up with the BBC to turn its iconic sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who" into a bigscreen franchise.. Film News from the entertainment source…
I'm all for an expanded Doctor Who universe.
(I ended up with duplicate posts here for this — and inadvertently deleted the version that already had this comment on it.)
Solonor wrote: “This has ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ movie written all over it.”