Doctor Who:The Movie?

Lots of rumors circulating on Twitter this week regarding David Tennant and/or Doctor Who. There will be a surprise guest star, a previous Doctor?, in the Christmas Special Doctor Who. Speculation is that it could be Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, or the gorgeous TimeGod we know and love. (guess who!) The reason given for it not being one of the others is that the rest are either deceased (yeah, um, I guess we can accept that excuse), or they have distanced themselves from the show or are not on good terms. Okay, but don't Colin Baker and Peter Davison appear at conventions all the time? How is that distancing yourself? I guess I can't see Chris Eccleston wanting to do it, but even Tom Baker has given recent interviews. So there are other possibilities. I suppose its possible that David would make a guest appearance. They will begin shooting the Christmas special sometime in July, so he might be able to break away for a day or two from movie filming or go in between films, I suppose. But, as much as I miss seeing him as the Doctor, I really hope this rumor is false. Getting him back, however brief, will make Matt Smith that much harder for me to stomach.

Just saw this one this afternoon: Russell T. Davies moved to the US so that he could remake Doctor Who as a movie for American audiences. *cue sarcasm* And the best part? Johnny Depp will play the Doctor! This just seems wrong on so many levels. First, I don't believe that that was RTD's motivation for moving to the US, and I certainly don't think that the new Torchwood, or a movie DW, is in any way a snub at the UK or British actors, as was implied/commented. Second, I like Johnny Depp. I like Doctor Who. Do I think the two should go together? No. No. Really, no. If there were to be such a thing, would they discount/discard the current storyline? Would RTD really do that to a show he absolutely loves? Doubtful. What I would love to see? A big screen version of a Tenth Doctor adventure (starring David Tennant, of course!).

One minor rant on a related note: why do they keep remaking British television shows? The originals are great, funny-brilliant, really-with some terrific actors. Torchwood has somewhat escaped that fate (it's not Torchwood without John Barrowman), but US versions of Being Human &Top Gear are coming out. Life on Mars was on a few years back-what a disaster that was. In answer to the poster on the page with the movie rumor: not all of us want a new version. Some of us like the shows the way they are. If we could get them on the air here, we would watch them. But our television networks are in the business to make money. Period.

Well, that was all rather scattered and rambling. Sorry about that~tough day.