History YMMV / DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie

** Just watch this after seeing "Night of the Doctor" and knowing this cheerful, sweet AllLovingHero incarnation of The Doctor is the one who ends up enduring such an ''epic'' TraumaCongaLine that he [[DrivenToSuicide wanted to die permanently]], and has to be forced into regenerating into War.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Whether the movie is considered canon or not depends on which particular fan you talk to. However, almost everyone agrees that at the very least, the Doctor ''never'' said he was half-human (or if he did, then he was lying). However with the New Series clearly acknowledging the Eighth Doctor as canon basically everyone will now say the Movie is as canon as any Doctor Who story.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Whether the movie is considered canon or not depends on which particular fan you talk to. However, almost everyone agrees that at the very least, the Doctor ''never'' said he was half-human (or if he did, then he was lying).

** The Seventh Doctor's death on the operating table. A fairly well-done, intense scene (set to [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Puccini]], no less!) ''falls apart'' when the Doctor gives one last [[strike:ridiculous squawk]] agonized cry. Yes, that's what we'll call it...

* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Eight trying on shoes and snogging Grace in the hours prior to the climax loses some of its charm value if you've seen "[[Recap/TorchwoodS2E12Fragments Fragments]]" from ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', because you realize that it's all happening at the same time as [[spoiler: Alex is ''treacherously murdering his comrades on the Cardiff team''.]]

* TearJerker: The Seventh Doctor's "death" really is quite sad. The ''Theatre/MadameButterfly'' soundtrack doesn't help things.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: A few contenders:
** When scrounging for clothes, the Doctor pulls a Nixon mask from a locker and recoils, complete with ScareChord.
** The motorcycle cop riding into the TARDIS, then [[NoJustNoReaction immediately riding back out]].
** This exchange:
--->'''The Master''': What are you waiting for?\\
'''Chang Lee''': The road's still blocked.\\
'''The Master''': This is an ambulance!\\
'''Chang Lee''': Oh, right. ''(hits the siren)''
** The Doctor, upon regenerating inside a morgue—specifically, in a cold chamber, while an orderly is outside watching Frankenstein. Somehow, the new, very confused Eighth Doctor kicks down the morgue door, attracting the attention of the orderly, who walks in, sees Paul [=McGann=] walk out wrapped in a sheet squinting at the [[MessianicArchetype heavenly light surrounding him]]. The orderly takes the only sensible recourse, and drops in a dead faint.

** The Master's {{camp}}iness, cat eyes, and love of big leather coats and sunglasses make him an odd precursor to a certain [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]].[[note]]The original ''Resident Evil'' did release the same year as the ''Doctor Who'' telemovie, but Wesker's portrayal would become a lot more similar to the Eric Roberts Master late into the series, especially in ''Resident Evil 5''.[[/note]]

* HypeBacklash: When it was announced that the film was going to receive a Blu-ray release, Whovians all over were ecstatic: this was one of the only two stories in the series's history shot entirely on film, and as such it could greatly benefit from an HD remaster. However, this excitement later turned to disappointment and even disgust when word broke out that this "remaster" was nothing more than an upscaling and deinterlacing of the 480i broadcast tape, rather than being scanned from the original negatives.[[note]]While the movie ''was'' shot on film, all the editing (including the CGI effects) was done on 480i videotape. If a remaster was made from the original negatives, one would have to re-edit the entire product from scratch, which would be rather expensive compared to just upscaling the broadcast copy. And before you accuse the BBC of being cheap, remember that as a public-funded broadcaster they have a duty to be responsible with the revenue they receive from the license fee and they (probably) can't devote it all to ''Doctor Who''.[[/note]]

* HypeBacklash: When it was announced that the film was going to receive a Blu-ray release, Whovians all over were ecstatic: this was one of the only two stories in the series's history shot entirely on film, and as such it could greatly benefit from an HD remaster. However, this excitement later turned to disappointment and even disgust when word broke out that this "remaster" was nothing more than an upscaling and deinterlacing of the 480i broadcast tape, rather than being scanned from the original negatives.[[note]]While the movie ''was'' shot on film, all the editing (including the CGI effects) was done on 480i videotape. If a remaster was made from the original negatives, one would have to re-edit the entire product from scratch, which would be rather expensive compared to just upscaling the broadcast copy. And before you accuse the BBC of being cheap, remember that as a public-funded broadcaster they have a duty to be responsible with the revenue they receive from the license fee and they can't devote it all to ''Doctor Who''.[[/note]]

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/EricRoberts as the Master.

* FandomBerserkButton: The movie introduces the notion that the Doctor is half-human on his mother's side. This is not something the fandom has embraced with open arms, and you'd be wise to not bring it up in discussion with them.

* HypeBacklash: When it was announced that the film was going to receive a Blu-ray release, Whovians all over were ecstatic: this was one of the only two stories in the series's history shot entirely on film, and as such it could greatly benefit from an HD remaster. However, this excitement later turned to disappointment and even disgust when word broke out that this "remaster" was nothing more than an upscaling and deinterlacing of the 480i broadcast tape, rather than being scanned from the original negatives.[[note]]While the movie ''was'' shot on film, all the editing (including the CGI effects) was done on 480i videotape. If a remaster was made from the original negatives, one would have to re-edit the entire product from scratch, which would be rather expensive compared to just upscaling the broadcast copy. And before you accuse the BBC being cheap, remember that that as a public-funded broadcaster they have a duty to be responsible with the revenue they receive from the license fee and they can't devote it all to Doctor Who.[[/note]]

* HypeBacklash: When it was announced that the film was going to receive a Blu-ray release, Whovians all over were ecstatic: this was one of the only two stories in the series's history shot entirely on film, and as such it could greatly benefit from an HD remaster. However, this excitement later turned to disappointment and even disgust when word broke out that this "remaster" was nothing more than an upscaling of the 480p broadcast tape, rather than being scanned from the original negatives.[[note]]While the movie ''was'' shot on film, all the editing (including the CGI effects) was done on 480p videotape. If a remaster was made from the original negatives, one would have to re-edit the entire product from scratch, which would be rather expensive compared to just upscaling the broadcast copy. And before you accuse the BBC being cheap, remember that that as a public-funded broadcaster they have a duty to be responsible with the revenue they receive from the license fee and they can't devote it all to Doctor Who.[[/note]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Eight trying on shoes and snogging Grace in the hours prior to the climax loses some of its charm value if you've seen "Fragments" from ''Torchwood'', because you realize that it's all happening at the same time as [[spoiler: Alex is ''treacherously murdering his comrades on the Cardiff team''.]]

* ContinuityLockOut: One of the problems with the film is that it included enough from the old series without properly explaining it that it wasn't going to make nearly as much sense to anyone unfamiliar with ''Doctor Who''. Given that this was long prior to YouTube and BBC America, most Americans knew little to nothing about it, and while it tossed in all kinds of plot-points from the series it failed to give them nearly enough context. This is mentioned specifically on the movie's DVDCommentary. Creator/SylvesterMcCoy and Creator/PaulMcGann in particular thought that the first act of the movie should have opened up with the TARDIS landing in San Francisco (sans interior shots), thus saving the whole BiggerOnTheInside thing as a big surprise for the audience during the later scene where Chang Lee steps into the TARDIS. Instead, we see the large TARDIS interior right off the bat, with no context.

* ContinuityLockOut: One of the problems with the film is that it included enough from the old series without properly explaining it that it wasn't going to make nearly as much sense to anyone unfamiliar with ''Doctor Who''. Given that this was long prior to YouTube and BBC America, most Americans knew little to nothing about it, and while it tossed in all kinds of plot-points from the series it failed to give them nearly enough context. This is mentioned specifically on the movie's DVDCommentary. Creator/SylvesterMcCoy and Creator/PaulMcGann in particular thought that the first act of the movie should have opened up with the TARDIS landing in San Francisco (sans interior shots), thus saving the whole Bigger on the Inside thing as a big surprise for the audience during the later scene where Chang Lee steps into the TARDIS. Instead, we see the large TARDIS interior right off the bat, with no context.

* TearJerker: The Seventh Doctor's "death" really is quite sad. The Theatre/MadameButterfly soundtrack doesn't help things.

* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Eight trying on shoes and snogging Grace in the hours prior to the climax loses some of its charm value if you've seen "Fragments" from ''Torchwood'', because you realize that it's all happening at the same time as [[spoiler: Alex Hunt is ''treacherously murdering his comrades on the Cardiff team''.]]

'''Creator/PaulMcGann:''' ''[On the DVD commentary]'' Oh look. Are those stairs going to light up as he steps on them?

* HypeBacklash: When it was announced that the film was going to receive a Blu-ray release, Whovians all over were ecstatic: this was one of the only two stories in the series's history shot entirely on film, and as such it could greatly benefit from an HD remaster. However, this excitement later turned to disappointment and even disgust when word broke out that this "remaster" was nothing more than an upscaling of the 480p broadcast tape, rather than being scanned from the original negatives.[[note]]While the movie ''was'' shot on film, all the editing (including the CGI effects) was done on 480p videotape. If a remaster was made from the original negatives, one would have to re-edit the entire product from scratch, which would be rather expensive compared to just upscaling the broadcast copy. And before you accuse the BBC of cheaping out, remember that that as a public-funded broadcaster they have a duty to be responsible with he revenue they receive from the license fee and they can't devote it all to Doctor Who.[[/note]]

* HypeBacklash: When it was announced that the film was going to receive a Blu-ray release, Whovians all over were ecstatic: this was one of the only two stories in the series's history shot entirely on film, and as such it could greatly benefit from an HD remaster. However, this excitement later turned to disappointment and even disgust when word broke out that this "remaster" was nothing more than an upscaling of the 480p broadcast tape, rather than being scanned from the original negatives.[[note]]While the movie ''was'' shot on film, all the editing (including the CGI effects) was done on 480p videotape. If a remaster was made from the original negatives, one would have to re-edit the entire product from scratch, which would be rather expensive compared to just upscaling the broadcast copy. And before you accuse the BBC of cheaping out, remember that it's a government-owned network, and Parliament can't just throw mountains of cash at the executives just to remaster an American-made telemovie based on a children's science fiction show.[[/note]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It seems the censors didn't get a good look at the nose on the Nixon mask the Doctor discards.

-->'''The Master''': What are you waiting for?
-->'''Chang Lee''': The road's still blocked.
-->'''The Master''': This is an ambulance!
-->'''Chang Lee''': Oh, right. ''(hits the siren)''