The TV Movie

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The TV Movie is a 1996 television film in the Doctor Who franchise that introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and attempted to relaunch the series for an international audience.

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The TV Movie canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1990s science fiction film ⓘ
Doctor Who story ⓘ
television film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Doctor Who ⓘ
Doctor Who: The TV Movie ⓘ
attemptedRelaunchFor international audience ⓘ
basedOn Doctor Who by Sydney Newman ⓘ
continuity classic Doctor Who series ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
director Geoffrey Sax ⓘ
distributor BBC ⓘ
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment ⓘ
executiveProducer Philip Segal ⓘ
featuresCharacter Eighth Doctor ⓘ
Seventh Doctor ⓘ
The Master ⓘ
featuresElement TARDIS ⓘ
Time Lords ⓘ
linked to: Time Lord
featuresRegenerationFrom Seventh Doctor ⓘ
featuresRegenerationTo Eighth Doctor ⓘ
followedBy Ninth Doctor era of Doctor Who (in 2005 television series) ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
introducesCharacter Eighth Doctor ⓘ
notableFor first Doctor Who drama produced as a US co-production ⓘ
first on-screen appearance of the Eighth Doctor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork Fox ⓘ
partOf Doctor Who franchise ⓘ
portraysDoctorNumber 8 ⓘ
producer Peter V. Ware ⓘ
productionCompany BBC Worldwide ⓘ
Fox Network ⓘ
Universal Television ⓘ
releaseFormat television broadcast ⓘ
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 85 ⓘ
settingLocation San Francisco ⓘ
settingTimePeriod 1 January 2000 ⓘ
31 December 1999 ⓘ
stars Daphne Ashbrook ⓘ
Eric Roberts ⓘ
Paul McGann ⓘ
Sylvester McCoy ⓘ
writer Matthew Jacobs ⓘ

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Doctor Who: The Movie → alsoKnownAs → The TV Movie ⓘ