At the same time, he has " In a Dream" playing on his gramophone. Wells's The Time Machine, whilst eating a bowl of jelly babies. Sitting in a recliner, the Doctor enjoys a cup of tea and resumes reading H. After returning to the main control room, the Seventh Doctor sets the TARDIS coordinates for Gallifrey in the Rassilon Era.Ĭonfident that nothing can go wrong now that he's ensured the Master's remains are safely sealed, the Doctor decides to relax on the trip back. Narrating again, the Doctor claims he had learnt, by the end of his seventh life, that he could not help but be too careful. The Doctor smiles, glad to have added a precaution. So, even though the Master was dead, the Doctor knew he couldn't trust him.įishing a sonic screwdriver out of a tool box, the Doctor locks the urn containing the Master's ashes inside another box. However, rules never mattered much to the Master, as he always found a way around them and kept on living.
"It was a request they should have never granted." The Doctor narrates that Time Lords have thirteen lives, but the Master had already used up all his own. As part of a last, and somewhat curious, request, the Master asked that his old rival the Doctor, now late in his seventh incarnation, escort his ashes back to Gallifrey for proper burial.
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The Doctor must find a beryllium atomic clock and stop the Master, but after being shot down by members of a street gang, how will he succeed?Īs part of a treaty between the Time Lords and the Daleks, Time Lord criminal the Old Master has been placed on trial on Skaro, and is sentenced to extermination for his life of evil. Creating a timing malfunction in the TARDIS, and bringing the Doctor to San Francisco in 1999, the Master escapes and puts his plans into motion. Despite his precautions, his old enemy is not only not dead, but is out for revenge. The Doctor, nearing the end of his seventh life, is charged with transporting the remains of his fellow Time Lord, the Master, back to their home planet.
The telemovie won a Saturn Award in 1996 for best television presentation. Filmed in Canada, the telemovie introduced McGann as the Eighth Doctor and was his only on-screen performance in the role for 17 years until TV: The Night of the Doctor in 2013. The film was co-produced by the BBC and Fox networks.
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Even though the movie failed to get Doctor Who renewed as a television series, the series was kept alive through comics, novels and audio stories of the Eighth Doctor's adventures. This would be the last televised story of Doctor Who until 2005's Rose, leaving a nine year gap. This story marked the return of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver for the first time in fourteen years since 1982's The Visitation. A large period of time is implied to have passed since Survival, as the Seventh Doctor has parted with his companion Ace, is visibly older, is dressed differently and is travelling alone. The movie featured Sylvester McCoy's final chronological appearance as the Seventh Doctor and his regeneration. With no on-screen title other than Doctor Who, home video releases of the film from BBC Video are marketed under the title Doctor Who: The Movie. It was made as an attempt to relaunch and continue the Doctor Who television franchise in the UK and abroad. It was written by Matthew Jacobs, directed by Geoffrey Sax and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Daphne Ashbrook as Grace Holloway, Yee Jee Tso as Chang Lee and Eric Roberts as the Master. You may wish to consult Doctor Who (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.ĭoctor Who was a made-for-TV movie based on the original series.