Doctor Who (1996)

156 – Doctor Who
Doctor Who television movie
1996 promotional poster
Cast
Doctor Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor) Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor)
Companion Daphne Ashbrook (Grace Holloway)
Others Yee Jee Tso – Chang Lee Eric Roberts – The Master John Novak – Salinger Michael David Simms – Dr. Swift Eliza Roberts – Miranda Dave Hurtubise – Professor Wagg Dolores Drake – Curtis Catherine Lough – Wheeler William Sasso – Pete Joel Wirkkunen – Ted Jeremy Radick – Gareth Bill Croft – Motorcyclist Policeman Mi-Jung Lee – News Anchor Joanna Piros – News Anchor Dee Jay Jackson – Security Man Gordon Tipple – The Old Master
Production
Directed by	Geoffrey Sax
Written by	Matthew Jacobs
Script editor	None
Produced by	Peter V. Ware Matthew Jacobs (co-producer)
Executive producer(s)	Philip David Segal Alex Beaton Jo Wright (for the BBC)
Incidental music composer	John Debney John Sponsler Louis Febre
Production code	50/LDX071Y/01X
Series	Television movie
Length	85 mins (UK) 89 mins (US)
Originally broadcast	12 May 1996 (Canada) 14 May 1996 (USA) 27 May 1996 (UK)
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → Survival (serial) Dimensions in Time (charity special) "Rose"

Doctor Who - Original Soundtrack Recording
Soundtrack album by John Debney
Released	1997
Genre	Soundtrack
Label	John Debney Productions
Producer	John Debney John Thaxton
Doctor Who soundtrack chronology
Music from the Tomb of the Cybermen (1997) Doctor Who: Original Soundtrack Recording (1997) Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (2000)

Doctor Who, also referred to as Doctor Who: The Movie to distinguish it from the television series of the same name, is a British-American-Canadian television film continuing the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Developed as a co-production between BBC Worldwide, Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox and the American network Fox, the 1996 television film premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was owned by WIC at the time before being acquired by Canwest Global in 2000), 15 days before its first showing in the United Kingdom on BBC One and two days before being broadcast in the United States on Fox. It was also shown in some countries for a limited time in cinemas.

The film was the first attempt to revive Doctor Who following its suspension in 1989. It was intended as a back-door pilot for a new American-produced Doctor Who TV series and introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in his only televised appearance as the character until "The Night of the Doctor" in 2013. It also marks the final appearance of Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and the only appearance of Daphne Ashbrook as companion Grace Holloway. Although a ratings success in the United Kingdom, the film did not fare well on American television and no series was commissioned. The series was later relaunched on the BBC in 2005. The only official Doctor Who episodes between the film and the new series were a 1999 spoof, Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, and a 2003 animation, Scream of the Shalka.