Doctor Who: Enemy Within...

[fajrdrako]

I spent the evening at Pat and Sandi's place, watching Doctor Who: Enemy Within, the somewhat notorious made-for-TV movie from 1996 that featured Paul McGann as the eighth doctor.

I didn't like it at all.

I actually saw it once before, because I'm a Paul McGann fan. And I remembered nothing of it. No wonder it didn't make me want to watch Doctor Who again.

It made me appreciate the New Doctor Who ten times as much: the clever scripts, the sense of style, the convincing relationships, the humour, the wisdom, the wit, the spirit. All of that. Due, I think, to the genius of Russell T. Davies. Doctor Who: Enemy Within was dull, stupid and ordinary.

Now, I hadn't expected more. I vaguely remembered what it was like, if not any of the details. When I saw it ten years ago I didn't know anything about the Doctor; now I hope some of its details - like the Doctor having a human mother - are retconned out of canon. What a terrible idea.

I liked seeing huge cathedral-like rooms in the Tardis.

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

of questionable canonical status.

Good! as far as I'm concerned it should be unquestionably wrong, and thrown out the window. For numerous reasons.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I think you'll find on some Who sites there are debates as to the canon status of the TV movie. I'm not sure about the status of the 1960s cinema films, too, in which One was played by Peter Cushing.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Peter Cushing is not listed in the 'official' BBC listing of who the Doctors were, so I've assumed it to be non-canonical. Though I think this is something any fan can choose in their own minds - what to accept and what not to accept. We got into a lovely argument last night about the destruction of Gallifrey and the Time Wars and what happened when and to which Doctor!

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

he whispered the tidbit about the human mother to that guy he wanted a pass from (not yet the blanc universal pass with telepathic qualities), couldn't he just have said he bread donkeys for a hobby? I mean, is it to be taken serious?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

He also mentioned it to Grace at one point - maybe he was delusional from the regeneration? Or lying to gain her confidence?

I'd rather not take it seriously!