Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who: The Movie’ Liveblog

OH HELL YES. It’s back! We haven’t done a liveblog in a while and I’m told that perhaps this is the only way we can all survive the only appearance of the Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann. Let us all suffer and rejoice while watching Doctor Who: The Movie.

For some of you, this may be your first chance to participate in an event like this, so stick around if you’re unfamiliar with a liveblog. You will soon learn the true beauty of such a thing!

Our liveblog of Doctor Who: The Movie begins at 11:00am PDT. What time is that where you are? Well, the lovely nanceoir created this nifty time zone guide to determine precisely what time YOU will start the movie in your respective place of watching!

At that exact moment, you may press play from the main DVD menu or on your digital file or WHATEVER. We may all be a second or two out of sync, but that largely doesn’t matter. During the liveblog, treat the comments below as your blank canvas of livebloggy goodness. Yell at the screen. Respond to others. Include appropriate GIFs and screenshots. In general, it’s a chance for all of us to experience this film at the exact same moment!

This is my first introduction to both the Seventh and Eighth Doctors, so I’m rather excited. I will watch past serials dealing with the Doctors I’ve yet to see in the coming weeks, but I thought it would be fun for all of us to do this as a liveblog! My review of the TV movie will go up on Monday at the normal review posting time.

See you tomorrow!

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1,269 Responses to Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who: The Movie’ Liveblog

  1. Hotaru-hime says:

    Ooooh, I like McGann!

  2. NB2000 says:

    TARDIS SO PURTY

    Wait how the hell did the Master get in?

  3. Wind'sright says:

    It's bigger on the inside. They have to include that reaction in every revision don't they?

  4. Penquin47 says:

    Oh, hello, Grace Scully. Didn't I see that coat on X-Files once?

  5. echinodermata says:

    This Tardis reminds me of the Lodger upstairs bit.

  6. psycicflower says:

    TARDIS! I've been missing you! MASTER IN THE TARDIS! I know what you'll do in the future, you stay away from her!

  7. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    I AM RATHER ENJOYING THE EIGHTH DOCTOR. And this isn't *TOO* bad so far

  8. Hotaru-hime says:

    It's bigger on the inside.

  9. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    Now we get the TARDIS stuff we should have got the first time we saw it…

    And how Chang Lee worked out it as the key is anyone's guess…

    Plus, the Master and his plot-hole based TARDIS breaking in.

  10. anobium says:

    One of my favourite "It's bigger on the inside!" moments in the entire series.

  11. IA with others, this should have been the first instance of seeing the Tardis interior.

  12. Hotaru-hime says:

    Serious redecoration, eh?

  13. Personification says:

    OMG YOU GUYS.

    THIS TARDIS HAS MORE THAN ONE ROOM. WE GET TO SEE MORE THAN ONE ROOM.

    Words cannot express how happy this makes me.

  14. @amyalices says:

    Can the Master hypnotise people?

    Is… that a thing?

  15. Wind'sright says:

    Doesn't the TARDIS have a defense system?

  16. who_cares86 says:

    Uh how did the Master get in the TARDIS? Unlike Asian kid he ain't got the right key.

  17. Hotaru-hime says:

    Chang Lee? Really? I will never get over that.

  18. leighzzz31 says:

    This version of the Master isn't as threatening as he thinks he is…

  19. thefireandthehearth says:

    "The TARDIS really likes you."

    Just don't push her buttons.

    *DRAMATIC SUNGLASS REVEAL*

  20. "So who are you?"

    EEEEEEYEEEEEEEESSSSS

  21. Patrick says:

    ok, master, stop lying so much. it is not your body.

  22. Hotaru-hime says:

    Why is the Seal of Rassilon everywhere in the TARDIS?

  23. psycicflower says:

    Brian gets the sofa, Grace gets the shoes.

  24. echinodermata says:

    You really should turn off a microscope when you're done.

  25. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    "You get to live."

    AHAHA WORST LINE EVER

  26. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    The Master has fooled Chang Lee into thinking he's the good guy because Chang is too stupid to recognise cliched evil.

    And Brian took the sofa but left his shoes…

    Back to eight being awesome…

  27. drippingmercury says:

    I feel like he's trying to be Crowley in Good Omens…

  28. NB2000 says:

    GALLIFREY!

    "YES!" "What?!" "THESE SHOES! They fit perfectly!" Oh Eight you have no attention span at all do you? <3

  29. Hotaru-hime says:

    Brian took the sofa but not his shoes?

  30. Kaybee42 says:

    "THESE SHOES!"
    EIGHT SO MUCH LOVE <3

  31. NyssaOfTraken says:

    YES! These shoes fit me perfectly!

    Soooo Doctorish. There are flashes like this when the script gets something so right. Sadly not enough.

  32. Maya says:

    TURN OFF THE MICROSCOPE WHY ARE YOU LEAVING IT ON BE KIND TO YOUR EQUIPMENT.

    Or as my professor says "YOU DON'T FUCK AROUND WITH ILLUMINATION"

  33. anobium says:

    Doctor examining the strange lifeform who's examining him. Another nice moment in a dodgy movie.

  34. Penquin47 says:

    He took the sofa but left his shoes?

  35. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    I love you Paul McGann!

    You're spinning gold out of this rubbish…

  36. Hotaru-hime says:

    Also, what doctor has a fucking microscope and slides and shit in their home? She's not a fucking pathologist.

  37. Calimie says:

    MTE, she should have looked at him, not us.

  38. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    these shoes!!!

    THIS MAN IS THE DOCTOR.

  39. anobium says:

    "These shoes! They fit perfectly!"

  40. Kaybee42 says:

    Why have like 3 of my comments been sent to moderation? i've not said anything weird in them? am i commenting too much?

  41. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    Oh Chang Lee, you're so dumb…

  42. Hotaru-hime says:

    So excited over shoes! Oh my goodness, I love you!

    • anobium says:

      Well-fitting shoes with good grips on the soles are Very Important when you do as much running as the Doctor does.

  43. Wind'sright says:

    Crowley is a lot better than this Master.
    Genghis Kan? REALLY!?!

  44. Eight: cutest Doctor y/y?

    • Calimie says:

      Hmm, it's a big fight with Five.

      • ThreeBooks says:

        And Eleven, too. *twirls*

        • IDK guys, it's close, but going on attitude combined with appearance, I'm going to have to say Eight wins as the Doctor that most makes me want to pinch his cheeks. The length of his on-screen appearance versus the others' might, admittedly, have warped the perception of how frequently he is being cute- but my god, that little happy shoe dance!

  45. Maya says:

    I think Eleven has taken quite a bit from Eight. And that's fine by me.

  46. Openattheclose says:

    <img src=http://i40.tinypic.com/zyj5te.jpg>

  47. thefireandthehearth says:

    Master, what is it with you and the creepy face-touching?

    Also, I forgot how much Grace sort of grates on me. The actress is annoying. But Paul McGann is just beautiful. PLEASE BE A PART OF A MULT-DOCTOR STORYLINE. MCGANN IS ALL FOR IT.

  48. Hotaru-hime says:

    The Master was Genghis Khan? YOU ARE BULLSHITTING, MASTER.

  49. NB2000 says:

    TARDIS STOP LIKING CHANG LEE! HE BELIEVES WHAT THE MASTER'S TELLING HIM! THIS IS NOT SOMEONE TO TRUST HONEY!

  50. psycicflower says:

    I'm loving seeing more of the TARDIS interior. (Do you hear me Moffat)

  51. keepthepunkrock says:

    EWWW KISSING

  52. Hahahahaha gold dust what the shit.

  53. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    WHO JUST CARRIES GOLD DUST AROUND

    • anobium says:

      People who have to fight monsters that are killed by gold dust. (Yes, he did. Several times.)

  54. Diarda says:

    WHY are there bats in the TARDIS?

  55. leighzzz31 says:

    There are birds/bats in the TARDIS?

  56. Calimie says:

    The Cloister Room! omg (and bats)

  57. Openattheclose says:

    OMG OTHER TARDIS ROOMS!

  58. Maya says:

    THE EYE OF HARMONY.

    AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YEAH.

  59. Patrick says:

    I love the medieval Tardis

  60. Hotaru-hime says:

    The TARDIS is not so fucking stupid to let some dumbass human kid waltz through her.

  61. Idway says:

    TARDIS does not have a power source! The TARDIS is a sentient time vortex that wouldn't be letting the kid do all this.

  62. NyssaOfTraken says:

    For more, see `Logopolis`. That's all I'm saying.

  63. ArrogantSage says:

    Thank you, Youtube.

  64. thefireandthehearth says:

    Master. You are not nearly cool enough to be Crowley, and the Doctor is too crazy-cakes to be Aziraphale.

    Also, wtf is with Chang Lee and the Master? So weird.

  65. @amyalices says:

    Wow… The Rose looking into the heart of the TARDIS thing really owes a lot to this.

  66. leighzzz31 says:

    Random kissing? I see where Ten gets it!

  67. echinodermata says:

    I don't mind the kissing.

  68. Penquin47 says:

    I want this TARDIS so freaking much.

  69. Openattheclose says:

    WTF?

  70. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS

  71. NyssaOfTraken says:

    "The new Doctor – he's so young!"

    You ain't seen nothin yet!

  72. psycicflower says:

    Doctor stop kissing, the TARDIS needs you!

  73. Calimie says:

    "Do that again, " yeah!

    • Only this time without the three-foot string of drool!

      I'm not kidding, either. It took me until about the third viewing to notice it (LOOK, IT WAS THE ONLY NEW WHO I'D HAD FOR TEN YEARS AND I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANOTHER SERIES DON'T JUDGE ME) but it's… wow.

      • Calimie says:

        No judging! I'd done the same, I really like Eight.

        I hadn't noticed the drool, I'll go back to it now, hahaha.

  74. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    The set is beautiful but it's too over the top for my taste…

    "The Eye of Harmony" this is where longtime fans' brains started to explode…
    http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Eye_of_Harmony

    Also, kissing! Out of nowhere! Fans brains pop!

  75. NB2000 says:

    "the Doctor is half-human"

    And lo the fandom exploded in rage and fury

  76. Maya says:

    MAKE OUT TIEM NAO

  77. NyssaOfTraken says:

    Can we all just agree now that the half human thing never happened? Thanks.

  78. Hotaru-hime says:

    Whoa, whoa, whoa!?!?!! KISSING? CASUALLY KISSING?!

  79. carma_bee says:

    I almost forgot about that half-human crap

  80. Albion19 says:

    Eight you are smooth

  81. thefireandthehearth says:

    "The TARDIS like likes you."

    TARDIS: WTF NO I DON'T WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE HELP BAD TOUCH

    Also, Master, never say "Doctor" like that again.

  82. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    wait what is going on

  83. echinodermata says:

    Shallow: I like Grace's purple gloves.

  84. Maya says:

    aaaaaaaaand here's where the fans went WTAF WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S HALF HUMAN.

  85. Hotaru-hime says:

    Why half-human?! WHAT THE HELL

  86. Openattheclose says:

    Half-human? NOOOOO! <img src=http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/Chritter710/NOOO.gif>

  87. NyssaOfTraken says:

    OMG this info dump! No wonder Grace runs away! She's terrified of this script!

  88. Hotaru-hime says:

    Eight, you deserve better than this!

  89. thefireandthehearth says:

    AHAHA HALF-HUMAN HAHAHAAHAHA

  90. leighzzz31 says:

    I hate this Master. Urgh.

  91. LOL TV MOVIE: INVENT DIFFERENT EYES FOR TIME LORDS GOING AGAINST 30 YEARS OF CANON THEN MAKE IT A PLOT POINT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ALSO GOES AGAINST 30 YEARS OF CANON.

  92. Maya says:

    PUUUUUUUUURE EEEEEEEVIL.

    Paul McGann, you are so ridic I love you.

    • ArrogantSage says:

      Just heard that line, laughed out loud, refreshed the page and saw this comment at the top. ILU.

  93. Hotaru-hime says:

    IT'S A TRAP!!!!!!

  94. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    Atomic Clock = Macguffin!

  95. Sophi says:

    My computer exploded for fifteen minutes and I am now really confused. Eight manages to fit about 15 words into one second, I am impressed. Also HALF HUMAN WHAT.

  96. Patrick says:

    half human what is this i dont even

  97. thefireandthehearth says:

    Even Paul McGann can't make this info-dump interesting.

    ALSO ERIC ROBERTS STOP DOING THINGS ARGHHHH

  98. echinodermata says:

    This movie is so much better if you ignore the actual plot.

  99. leighzzz31 says:

    HOW DID HE GET THROUGH GLASS?????????????

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