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. Kaybee42 says:

    " I'M ALLIIIIIIIIVE!"

  2. Hotaru-hime says:

    So cheesily dramatic.

  3. psycicflower says:

    You know I think the Master might be alive.

  4. thefireandthehearth says:

    WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS GOING ONNNNNNNN

  5. @amyalices says:

    WTF is going on…?

  6. Maya says:

    I'M ALIVE! I'M ALIIIIIIIIIIVE.

    O HAI FRANKENSTEIN PARALLEL X2

  7. drippingmercury says:

    NO SERIOUSLY WTF IS HAPPENING

  8. anobium says:

    It's midnight everywhere on Earth at once!

  9. Mauve_Avenger says:

    Humanian era?

  10. Hotaru-hime says:

    I'm sorry- Humanian Era? What the fuck?

  11. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    "What's a temporal orbit?"

    Nobody knows, Grace, least of all the scriptwriter…

  12. Maya says:

    I'M SO CONFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSED.

  13. thefireandthehearth says:

    TARDIS: FUCK THESE SHENANIGANS, I'M GOING TO TIMEWARP AND TRY TO MAKE THIS MOVIE STOP HAPPENING

  14. anobium says:

    Why didn't she just stand between him and the light in the first place?

  15. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    The Master needs to get that sore throat sorted out.

    Have a lozenge, Eric…

  16. Calimie says:

    Why does the Master speak with an echo?

  17. thefireandthehearth says:

    Did anyone else here the Goofy yell when Grace fell?

  18. psycicflower says:

    Doomsday take 2.

  19. Kaybee42 says:

    Why does the master roar?

  20. leighzzz31 says:

    WHAAAAT?I literally understand nothing that has happened.

  21. echinodermata says:

    I've seen this movie before and I still have no idea what the plot is supposed to be. WHAT IS HAPPENING?

  22. NB2000 says:

    So…the Master's what? Trapped inside the TARDIS now? I bet she'll love that.

  23. Hotaru-hime says:

    What the fuck is wrong with the Master? SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS THIS SHIT?

  24. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    Bye bye Master…

  25. ArrogantSage says:

    Tossing Grace should be an Olympic sport!

  26. Calimie says:

    Whatever it was, it seems to be over.

  27. Maya says:

    Seriously, WHAT IS GOING OOOOOOOON.

    And why does the Master always prefer death to the Doctor helping him live. WASN'T HE SUPER PSYCHED ABOUT BEING ALIVE LIKE 5 MINUTES AGO?

  28. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    ok what. what.

  29. Hotaru-hime says:

    Poor Bruce. Just doing his job, then he gets sucked into the heart of the TARDIS.

  30. psycicflower says:

    Eight does have some fabulous hair blowing in the breeze.

  31. NyssaOfTraken says:

    OK, how did they come back to life?

  32. Maya says:

    Look at Paul McGann's wonderfully wind-swept hair!

    God bless that wig.

  33. @amyalices says:

    LOL, whatever.

    They both get resurrected by the time vortex?

    I… man, this is dumb.

  34. drippingmercury says:

    RAWR, YOU ARE MY LIFE!
    (seriously, did the Master just say that?)

  35. leighzzz31 says:

    "LOL, PLOT? WHATEVA, HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
    This must have gone through the script writer's head!

  36. Maya says:

    LOL WUT

  37. Hotaru-hime says:

    Wait, what was that? How are they alive?
    WHAT THE HELL

  38. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    did gold dust just bring them back to life.

    what.

  39. Personification says:

    What is this… I don't even…

  40. Hotaru-hime says:

    CHANG LEE SPOKE FIRST, ADDRESS THIS STUPID KID.

  41. thefireandthehearth says:

    What. HOW ARE THEY ALIVE.

    Fuck it, I'm saying the TARDIS did it. It's not like the scriptwriter knows what's going on. Or anyone, for that matter.

  42. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    "Indigestion."

    Sorry, that's just terrible…

  43. drippingmercury says:

    wot.

  44. Mauve_Avenger says:

    I glanced away from the video for a moment, and thought for a moment that Grace was frenching Chang.

  45. Danel says:

    The magical pixie dust looks eerily like the new series' regeneration effect…

  46. psycicflower says:

    'Indigestion' Did the TARDIS eat the Master?!

  47. NyssaOfTraken says:

    I love the oh-so-precise thump on the TARDIS console!

    Give it another regeneration, Doctor, and you'll be using a hammer!

  48. echinodermata says:

    I do love that a pound to the console gets the TARDIS going

  49. Maya says:

    YOU FAIL SCREENWRITING FOREVER.

  50. Diarda says:

    *Whack* fixes everything!!

  51. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    Still the worlds shittest party.

  52. Hotaru-hime says:

    Yeah, like you would go to Gallifrey, after the shit you'd been through.

  53. Kaybee42 says:

    *tardis stops*
    *doctor hits it*
    *tardis starts again*
    best bit of the entire film??

  54. drippingmercury says:

    I don't even know what just happened, but I'm pretty sure it was stupid.

  55. Hotaru-hime says:

    That's right, just hit it. You're like the Fonz.

  56. Maya says:

    THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING I'VE EVER SEEN

  57. NB2000 says:

    Okay this park is really pretty. Nice choice of landing spot TARDIS (no I don't think the Doctor did it)

  58. NyssaOfTraken says:

    How is Chang Lee going to explain how he came by all that gold dust?

  59. Hotaru-hime says:

    D'aaaaaawwwwwwwwwww, Gareth!

  60. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    SECURITY GUARD IS THE BEST CHARACTER IN THE WHOLE MOVIE

  61. thefireandthehearth says:

    I feel like that guy at the party who's just sitting there, all sad and dumbfounded.

  62. Maya says:

    YEAH YOU BETTER RUN CHANG LEE

  63. echinodermata says:

    MOAR KISSING! WITH FIREWORKS!

  64. NB2000 says:

    Doctor, this is the woman that killed you, do you REALLY want her as a companion?

  65. NyssaOfTraken says:

    Big romantic kiss + Big music crescendo + fireworks.

    Nope, no cliches here!

  66. Kaybee42 says:

    Okay there has to be 1000 comments before the film ends, right?

  67. anobium says:

    "You come with me!"

  68. Was the American series, if it got picked up, supposed to start the next Christmas?

    No wait, this movie takes place three-four years in the future from when it was made…

    IDGI.

    • NyssaOfTraken says:

      Well, that's no problem. The RTD era was set 1 year ahead from AoL/WW3 onwards. Contemporary episode could have been 3 or 4 years ahead, and that's assuming (a) Grace returned and (b) there would be any kind of attempt at grounding the series. It could have all been off into to space and time. We'll never know.

  69. Maya says:

    OH LOOK THEY'RE KISSING DURING FIREWORKS.

    HOW ORIGINAL.

  70. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    Chang Lee just runs off with the gold and more Timey-Wimey bullshit from the Doctor.

    And Grace doesn't buy his "come with me" schtick either.

    Still gets a snog, though (and, lets face it, who wouldn't?)

  71. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    "I know who I am. And that's enough."

    Hello there, well-written line. There aren't enough of them around.

  72. thefireandthehearth says:

    DOCTOR, DON'T KISS HER

    I WILL HAVE A SAD

    NOOOOOO

  73. Hotaru-hime says:

    Chang Lee is probably the worst character in this whole thing. I can't.
    Doctor, why are you so fast and loose with your kisses!?!?

  74. psycicflower says:

    Poor Eight. Off to fight the Time War and commit the genocide of two species.

  75. keepthepunkrock says:

    WHAT EVEN WAS ANY OF THIS

    I FEEL LIKE MY BRAIN CANNOT BRAIN

  76. echinodermata says:

    I like how the credits music starts with the less well-known part of the theme song, since it's my favorite bit.

  77. NB2000 says:

    What a cheesey, crack-filled mess. Oh Eight you really deserved better.

  78. Hotaru-hime says:

    I just love his furniture~

  79. maccyAkaMatthew says:

    "Where to next? "

    The wilderness for another nine years and then you kill your own people…

    "Oh no! Not again!"

    Worst last line ever!

  80. thefireandthehearth says:

    TARDIS: Fuck this scene, man, let's hit the road and blow up Gallifrey.

  81. Maya says:

    EIIIIIIIGHT DON'T LEEEEEEEAVE ME.

  82. echinodermata says:

    POOR EIGHT. TOTALLY NEEDS TO COME BACK.

  83. I think he should probably throw out that record. Seems like it's a problem-maker.

  84. Hotaru-hime says:

    THEME SONG I LOVE IT~

  85. Wind'sright says:

    If there are nanogenes in the Eye of Harmony, why don't they come up later, like when the Doctor is dying the TARDIS?

  86. anobium says:

    Oh hai again, Gordon Tipple!

    (Normally, you wouldn't get a credit just for standing in a shadow for three seconds, but the Old Master actually had lines that were edited out of the final version – originally, *he* was going to be delivering the opening ramble.)

  87. ArrogantSage says:

    Finished. I may never be whole again. Someone hold me.

  88. leighzzz31 says:

    ARE YOU NOT RELIEVED? XD

  89. thefireandthehearth says:

    Final assesment: Paul McGann was awesome. And totally deserved better.

    ON THE OFF CHANCE MOFFAT EVER READS: MAKE A MULTI-DOCTOR STORYLINE AND BRING BACK MCGANN. HE SAID HE'S DOWN WITH THAT, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MAKE HIM WEAR A WIG.

    C'mon, doesn't anyone else want to see Eight show up in the TV series?

    • Calimie says:

      But I like him with that wig! Will he grow luscious locks? I wouldn't mind that.

    • Albion19 says:

      50th Anniversary. Make it happen Moffat.

    • NB2000 says:

      YES! THIS! Eight needs more screentime!

    • nextboy1 says:

      YES! Multi-doctor HAS to happen in 2013, and bringing back a Doctor that only appeared once on TV would be a lovely gift to fandom I think. Plus, his character is brilliant, as the audio adventures (mostly) show. The new 8th Doctor Adventures series that have been made have been brilliant (just finished series 3) and just imagine Paul McGann AND Sheridan Smith making an appearance. I've heard there might be licensing issues with using audio characters but I'm sure they can get around that.

      My dream theory? 2013 sees 11 and River Song travel back to the Time War somehow, where they slowly realise THEY have to stop 8 from doing something or other. 8 never meets River, but she ends up killing him for his own good, maybe through making a choice of pushing a button or something so they never meet, I don't know it's vague OKAY!

      Anything to get McGann back on screen just once, him, Eccles, Tennant, Smith, all dealing with a threat at different points in his timestream. Even it was just an Ecclestone cameo for an 8-9 regeneration I'd be content. I don't ask much!

  90. Wind'sright says:

    I liked Mcgann. Can we have him back as a guest?

  91. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    YOU KNOW.

    That wasn't as awful as I expected?

    I mean, it was BAD, but it was not quite the atrocity I anticipated.

  92. Albion19 says:

    I feel conflicted because:

    1) pants

    2) Eight is awesome and this is it for him! They better bring him back in the future.

  93. Hotaru-hime says:

    Moffat and Davies!! MAKE A TIME WAR MOVIE AND PUT THIS BRILLIANT MAN IN IT.
    Paul McGann needs more screen time as the Doctor!! I COMMAND IT.

  94. Danel says:

    Now that this movie is just a weird and cheesy wrong turn, it's not so bad. But remember, back when it was released, it seriously seemed as if this would be the show's final end.

    Still, it could have been much, much worse. An awful lot of the early plans for the film would nothing so much as half-digested Hero's Journey cobblers.

  95. carma_bee says:

    I'm not sure whether to be disappointed or not, because I wasn't really expecting much to begin with.

  96. xpanasonicyouthx says:

    I'M WATCHING THE 'SEVEN YEAR HITCH' DOCUMENTARY.

  97. Wind'sright says:

    I want an End of the TIme War movie done by Moffat and Davies with Mcgann in it

  98. leighzzz31 says:

    I'm pretty sure I would have given up on the movie like twenty mins in under normal circumstances. Everybody's WTF'ing made it so much more enjoyable.

  99. anobium says:

    "You can't miss me – I'm the guy with two hearts."

    Turns out this is not a totally infallible guideline. Just ask Romana.

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