Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Prismark10 In the 1990s there were only three pieces of new Doctor Who, two of them were parodies.The Curse of Fatal Death written by (future show-runner) Steven Moffat is almost played straight but at that time Moffat was known more for his comedies and elements of comedy seep through.Rowan Atkinson plays the Ninth Doctor with Julia Sawalha playing Emma his companion and fiancée. Jonathan Pryce plays the Master with a side of ham and a piece of costume from his appearance in the Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies.The Master plans to eliminate his own foe, the Doctor has news to tell the Master and asks to meet him at a castle on the flatulent planet Tersurus. Both time lords have used timey-wimey to set up traps for one or another.The Doctor plans to retire from a life of saving planets in order to marry Emma however he is injured by the Daleks and swiftly goes through his regenerations. He changes to Richard E Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant and Joanna Lumley where the Master takes a shine to her.The production here presumably done on a low budget and shot quickly is actually very good. Sets reused, some early CGI and an early look of some Moffat sci-fi tropes. However we get a tribute to what is now regarded as classic Doctor Who with music used from past Doctor Who.Looking back at it, I can only admire the refreshing take by Russell T Davies in reinvigorating Doctor Who and allowing Moffat room to develop his own brand of storytelling.

WakenPayne Okay, I am not one of those people that can't take a joke when something I enjoy is parodied. No, what I don't like is when people do it wrong and while this does help a cause (which won't get in the way of my opinion of this despite me tipping my hat to them for doing that) the simple problem is this is not funny.Okay so The Master (Jonothan Pryce... who I'll be fair does a decent job) is hunting down the Doctor (Rowan Atkinson) and the TARDIS's go onto a planet where the species communicates by flatulence... If you can get past that they have the Time Travel banter taken directly from Bill & Ted of "I went back and did this" "I also did this which is why what you're doing doesn't work" and The Master gets trapped in a Sewer for 600 years. Then The Daleks are on this planet and The Master is revived back to his younger self thanks to The Daleks making him tits (no, that's literally the explanation) but we learn that for The Master, it's a trap so The Doctor communicates to him by the alien's farting language. Then The Daleks say they want to leave the planet and The Doctor agrees... for some reason and while this is going on he proposes to his companion. But don't worry, now they'll attack the regenerations. After the first regeneration The Doctor becomes someone the companion fancies even more, then he regenerates into Jim Broadbent playing The Doctor that's "scared of girls", then Hugh Grant, then Joanna Lumley, the marriage is called off and The Master and The Doctor now have a crush on one another, the end.This has to be one of the laziest written parodies I have ever seen. I mean a Doctor Who parody could have worked. Maybe have The Doctor's strange wardrobe choices be laugh out loud hilarious or if they use the common trope of getting an overacting bad guy then how about they go so over-the-top you can't help but laugh. It's better then giving the Master tits (which I think the writer has a fascination with being as that he's done this twice!) but even if you take away the bad writing you would think that I might have gotten some kind of laugh with it but there was nothing, but parody - so I thought, was using elements of the show and turning it into a joke, enough so that people would have a laugh with it, whether they've seen the show or not. Well I've seen both shows and this parody failed to even get one laugh with me.

dittoheadaz Rowan Atkinson filled the role so well, there's some consideration that he will be picked for the new series... hey, he's got MY vote!Excellent performances throughout - Jon Pryce was great as the pseudo-Master (and had a somewhat striking resemblance to Roger Delgado) - and it was a nice surprise to see Joanna Lumley again. (It's ALWAYS nice to see Joanna Lumley...)If you got the video rather than just seeing it on the Beeb, you got to see the Lenny Henry sketch. I give that a thumbs-up as well, mainly because of Lenny Henry - his characterization reminded me of Gareth Blackstock (Chef!) and his delivery is flawless (of course, the parody script was quite goofy, but then it's supposed to be...)

The Spectacular Spider-Man Are fans of the good Doctor so desperate for new material they'll accept anything - even a pantomime take of their favourite show? It certainly seems so, judging by the reaction they gave to this extremely cheap, poorly-written slapdash spoof that aired on Children in Need night in 1999. It was never intended for fans, but for average viewers who remembered the TARDIS and the Daleks and the cheap sets. The show attempts to laugh with them at the conventions of the show, while obviously trying to distance the BBC from Doctor Who and delivering a stinging slap in the face to Whovians: "This is the show you love? It's silly garbage, of course we're not going to make it again." Some of the spoofing is not even accurate - the writer was obviously less than a fan of the show, and makes assumptions of it's content. He decides that the Doctor used to inform companions, "I'll tell you later," to avoid explaining his miraculous feats, which is quite the opposite in fact.Rowan Atkinson admits playing the Doctor has always been an ambition of his, but surely one of the most talented comedy actors of the last twenty years should have known better. Although he immedietly works as the titluar Timelord, he continually reverts to a milder version of his beloved Blackadder character instead of grasping the opportunity with both hands. Julia Sawalha's character emphasizes the sarcastic nature of the production from the word go, while Jonathan Pryce embarrases himself, as do the rest of the cast, and special effects are recycled from the excellent 1996 movie (an infinetly better purchase). Don't be fooled by the stars on the cover (Hugh Grant, Richard E. Grant), they appear for less than a minute. It's sad to see the BBC ridiculing both it's most successful show and it's fans, yet this is what Curse of Fatal Death does. Sadder still, the BBC slap the official Doctor Who logo on this spoof and sell it across the world, even though it's only 30 minutes long (shorter than the Making Of documentary!) - if we can have this on video, why not the far superior Dimensions in Time from 1993? Saddest of all, the fans will go out and buy it.