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!
Master, you are being totally weird.
"We have until midnight!"
Why is it always midnight? Why is it never `seventeen minutes past one`?
Be glad it's not until Twilight.
NO ONE DIALS A PHONE THAT FAST.
Obviously, she has Psychiatric on speed-dial. For some reason.
"Half Human"
Annnd rabid Whovians wank over this for the next 16+ years.
I like that Grace is reacting to the Doctor like he's a weird stalker.
Hahaha, he has done nothing else.
Well, see, it works like this…umm, yeah…nevermind.
ok that was pretty cool
Did she only dial five numbers on the phone?
This shit is amazing.
…Okay, rubbish.
But it's really entertaining!
Dramatic clock is dramatic!
we love you too, eight! 🙂
Eric Roberts does not carry a Badass Longcoat well at all.
DUN DUN DUN
I think it's weird the Doctor can't recognize the Master.
My pet theory about this movie is that this isn't the real Master, is some snake-alien-phony who pretended to be the Master so the Doctor would take him to Gallifrey and he could try to take over.
It explains so, so much.
Taking it as canon.
Chalk it up to post-regeneration instability. He's been unable to recognize the Master before in the aftermath of a regeneration, but I'm saying no more, should Mark ever get to that story.
His mother was seduced by the Looms.
Then everyone forgot.
Anyone want to guess that the Doctor walking through a window is the only sign we'll see of the effects of the Eye of Harmony?
"Make that two ambulances"
The jokes are all in the wrong places.
Great line #1:
"I love humans. Always seeing patterns that aren't there."
"That must be a MacGuffin clock!"
lol I wish the actual millennium had come about like this.
O HAI ATOMIC CLOCK CONVENIENTLY LOCATED WHERE THE DOCTOR IS.
The master does love a good clock.
"I'VE LOST TWENTY POUNDS! DDDD:"
Paul McGann, my love for you is like the over-flowing Nile.
CLOCK CLOCK CLOCK
DOCTOR WHO: IT HAS TO DO WITH TIME
DOCTOR WHO: HE'S BACK AND IT'S ABOUT TIME
– actual slogan used to advertise this movie
Convenient beryllium clock is convenient.
ick Freud.
Indeed.
Once every thousand years… on New Year's Eve, by the Christian calendar.
WHY can't you SMELL him, doctor!!!
The Doctor should recognise the Master…
Grace, stop being dumb!
The Master would be a grammar Nazi.
lol the Master corrects grammar
Is it just me, or does the Master look really like Nine was based on him? The leather jacket, the taciturn demeanor…
…And given that the Doctor is known to base his regenerations on companions who are incredibly dear to him, this is something I am entirely happy with.
The Master has evil SPIT!?!?!
Only this version of the Master.
Now the Doctor gets suspicious!
Good evil grammar correction by the Master.
Superspew!!!!
Yuck!
Nice reaction, Grace.
Look at this guy in the ambulance, Holloway, look at him, HE LOOKS FUCKING RIDICULOUS
"As well as you."
Of course the Master cares about grammar. He's the Grammar Master
The worst line ever written is coming up soon…
Jellybaby!!!
JELLY BABY!
"He's British."? Oh, OK, this explains everything!/sarcasm
CHICKENS!!
ok what the hell was that
MASTER, STOP DOING THAT IN PUBLIC
So the Master is a humanoid snake? What the fuck?
i would not take a sweet that i don't recognise from the doctor… just sayin'
Doctor threatening to shoot himself!
Eight is wonderful!
Time Lords can recognize each other, right? Since they can see the Time Vortex?
And why does he need a clock?
Hi, random chicken in the middle of the highway.
I WANT A JELLY BABY
What was that lip smacking thing?
Ok, now my timing is probably off just because I backed it up to hear "as well as you" a second time.
JELLY BABY!
😀 JELLY BABY!!!!!
Dude, STOP HELPING THE MASTER HE IS CLEARLY CREEPY AND EVIL.
THIS! IS! SPART…no sorry AN AMBULANCE!
HAHAHA THIS MAN IS SOOOOO THE DOCTOR
Glad you like 8.
"Stop! He's British!"
"Jelly baby, officer? … now would you stand aside before I shoot myself?"
Did someone funny start writing the script?
Sorry cop, maybe you should disarm the crazy man.
Car chase!
That's what we need.
Yeah, but it's shorter than the one in "Planet of the Spiders".
STEP ASIDE BEFORE I SHOOT MYSELF
So mad, so Doctorish
THEY JUST REALIZED IT WAS AN AMBULANCE. LOL ON TOP OF LOLS
IT. IS. AN AMBULANCE.
Well, the Master has logic on his side.
Clearly not one of San Francisco's finest.
IT. IS. AN AMBULANCE! Was that a Mike Meyers impression? It sounded like one.
Obligatory car chase!
"Cheer up, man." Yeah, the Master sure does need cheering up…
I don't understand, why are there two trucks going in the same direction side by side on double yellow lines?
BLATANT DISREGARD OF AMERICAN TRAFFIC
You will enjoy life much more when you give up all that silly logic.
EPIC AMERICAN CHASE SCENE AND MUSIC DUNNNN~
Also, what the hell is going on with Chang Lee and the Master? I mean, really.
They're in San Francisco. What do you THINK is going on. jkjk xD
"I finally meet the right guy and he's from another planet!"
Thanks, scriptwriter!
lol seriously, the most random line ever!
That was in all the trailers!
Obvious trailer line is obvious.
All men are from another planet as far as women are concerned.
Right guy= crazy guy with stalker-like behavior. I think Grace would like Twilight!
Why do I keep lagging behind everyone else, even when I keep jumping it forward a few seconds every few minutes?! SO FRUSTRATING!
Wibbly wobbly timey wimey?
Wonderful.
Where's his sonic screwdriver?
Chang Lee gave it to the Master, I think? it was in the paper bag.
This Chang Lee, I CAN'T EVEN
"Doctor! I only have one life- can you remember that?!"
"I'll try"
okay THAT was funny 🙂
In what way would you think the Doctor is the perfect guy with the night you've had?!
right???!?!?!?!?
Perfect stalker, maybe.
Where's Grace's ballgown when she actually needs it.
WHAT IS WITH THOSE HATS. THIS IS NOT THE SOUTH.
Hey, is this the same location as the museum from the beginning of the second X-Men movie? The windows look the same.
"The Beginning of San-Francisco Mean Time!"
It's just a clock!
It's very…orange. Weirdly so. Why is it all so orange? SO MANY BALLOONS.
This is so much fail. SO. MUCH.
And a SECOND mention of the half-human thing.
Well if you're going to start some epic wank in such an old show you may as well make sure it can't be dismissed.
I forgot mid-Nineties fashion was bad.
Hmm 1996 it's around the time fashion started improving again.
san fransisco mean time
"Champagne?"
"Oh!"
"Grace!"
"Oh."
Hey, one line I sorta liked!
HE'S WEARING A BOWTIE. BOWTIES ARE COOL.
Next, he needs to acquire a fez.
And then a Stetson!
What is with the half-human crap?!
I think you answered your own question with that last word.
Bow-tie!
You should not eat unwrapped candy given to you by a stranger.
WTH was that?!
Yeah, Gareth is more book-smart. Maybe he never had a mommy to tell him important things like that.
Doctor, what the fuck is this half human shit?
NICE BOW TIE
The Doctor, relying on his know-how like Five.
Sorry, i need to do this again. AHAHAHAHA HALF-HUMAN AHAHAHAHA
At least the scenery is pretty.
STOP EATING CANDY THAT CREEPY MEN GIVE YOU, DAMN.
"I'm half-human. On my mother's side"
One little line. So much drama.
The Doctor is Spock.
omg the planets! Same tragic angst! (But at least ZQ!Spock doesn't mope tragically in the rain. He just chokes people.)
Penis size joke… puh-lease!
And then the Doctor gets all unnecessarily Time-Wimey…
Who is Gareth and why do we care–magical jelly babies? MAGICAL JELLY BABIES I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
okay, EEWWWWWW!!!!!!!
Just ew
Jelly Baby!!
The master kills with bukakke!
(probably spelt wrong)
What has been thought can not be unthought.
How does this scruffy kid from Chinatown get into a big shindig like this?!?!
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUARDS!
IS THE MASTERS SPIT MAGICAL!?!?!?!?!?!!?
Nice scape.
"remain inside!" ?? that sounds like a fire alarm, you don't tell people to stay inside!