- DOCTOR WHO GETS HIS FILM
Filmmaker David Yates is leaving the, Boy Who Lived, behind
for the Time Lord.
Variety reports that the Harry Potter director is developing
a feature film version of the famous sci-fi TV series with the BBC's Jane
Tranter in the hopes of turning Doctor Who into a big screen franchise.
"We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two
to three years to get it right," Yates told Variety. "It needs quite a
radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena."
"The notion of the time-travelling Time Lord is such a
strong one, because you can express story and drama in any dimension or
time," said Yates. "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."
That's right. Yates' Doctor Who movie will not adhere to its
small screen counterpart's continuity and will be, according to the trade, "completely
fresh approach to the material."
So what do you think of a Doctor Who film being made and
having no ties with the TV series
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