What's That You Say? A New Whovie?

So news has broken (sort of) that a new Doctor Who movie is in the works and that they are lining up David Yates (Harry Potter) to direct. Aside from the fact that I'm not entirely sure I want another reboot hitting the screens - I'm perfectly satisfied with the current incarnation of Doctor Who - this movie is decidedly quite a ways off.

As this article points out rather well, the film is "in development" meaning most likely there's maybe a rough outline and probably not even a whole script yet. What this also means is that the entire project could be scrapped before anyone even says, "go."

And while I rather like this list of fan-picked Doctor's, if they do make a movie, I'd prefer it to stay in continuity with the TV show and have Matt Smith, or his eventual successor, snag the role. Which I think is probably the sentiment of most Whovians out there. Of course we want more exposure and more people to fall in love with the Doctor Who phenomenon, but do we really need to bastardize the show in order to do that?

I, for one, say we do not. Hollywood has this habit of taking a good thing and beating it to death. Literally. How many buddy comedies have come out lately? Rom-coms? Horror films? Thrillers? These were all inspired by good things - Hitchcock, Animal House, His Girl Friday, Nosferatu...And now those genres are almost synonymous with Hollywood fluff.

Sometimes you just need to leave well enough alone.