Directed by:
Geoffrey SaxScreenplay:
Matthew JacobsCinematography:
Glen MacPhersonComposer:
John DebneyCast:
Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Sylvester McCoy, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Will Sasso, Daphne Ashbrook, John Novak, Dolores Drake, Michael Roberds, Eliza Roberts (more)Plots(1)
The Doctor is returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch-nemesis, the Master. Forced off course, the TARDIS arrives in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1999, where the Doctor is critically wounded in a gangland gun battle. At the local hospital, Dr Grace Holloway fights - and fails - to save his life. Later, in the morgue, the Doctor wakes up a new man. But he is not the only one - the Master has also found himself a new body. As the clock counts down to the start of a new millennium, can the Doctor stop his oldest enemy destroying all life on Earth? (BBC)
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The 90s did not favor the Time Lords, and the only recorded adventure is this odyssey in San Francisco. Although I consider the original series to be a commendable endeavor, which you can't really watch anymore with full attention and a serious expression, I found time for the Eighth Doctor's appearance and storyline bridging the gap between old and revived adventures as part of the celebration of the entire phenomenon's 50th birthday. And it must be said that what I had suspected for some time was confirmed – that Paul McGann deserved to travel in the Tardis for much longer than just a single feature-length film. His duel with one of the most iconic enemies and his flirtation with an earthling are great, and though the whole story suffers from certain flaws or occasional lapses in logic, this (at the time still futile) attempt to reimagine the blue box has something to it. The fourth star, however, is only for the excellent acting of the central trio and undoubtedly out of pure fandom.
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