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A '''film''', also known as a '''movie''' or a '''flick''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Life in the Day (audio story)|A Life in the Day]]'') was a type of recorded audiovisual entertainment, described by [[Donna Noble]] as "talking pictures". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') On [[Earth]], films were often shown in [[Cinema|cinemas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]], [[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'') According to the [[Twelfth Doctor]], watching movies was a way to "pass the time". ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'')
A '''film''', also known as a '''movie''' or a '''flick''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Life in the Day (audio story)|A Life in the Day]]'') was a type of recorded audiovisual entertainment, described by [[Donna Noble]] as "talking pictures". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') Film was also the material on which the entertainment was stored.
 
It could also be used to describe a non-fictional educational presentation. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Detained (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}})


== History ==
== History ==
The emergence of film as a leisure activity occurred at some point between [[1918]] and [[1939]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'')
Whilst in [[1881]] the Twelfth Doctor claimed, ''[[Frozen (film)|Frozen]]'' was a film which featured an "eternal [[winter]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'')
In [[1921]], [[Martin Donaldson]] took [[Liv Chenka]] to see a silent film starring [[Buster Keaton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Life in the Day (audio story)|A Life in the Day]]'')
In [[1921]], [[Martin Donaldson]] took [[Liv Chenka]] to see a silent film starring [[Buster Keaton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Life in the Day (audio story)|A Life in the Day]]'')


In [[1953]], [[Emma-Louise Cowell]] was an avid cinema goer. She particularly loved [[musical]]s. She and her best friend [[Kate (Out of Time)|Kate]] went to see ''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]'' five times and Emma later purchased the [[LP]]. After she and [[Diane Holmes]] were accidentally sent through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] more than 50 years into the future, they were both astonished that films were sold in boxes, namely [[DVD]]s, and people could watch them at home. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'')
Also in [[1921]] the [[First Doctor]], [[Sara Kingdom]] and [[Steven Taylor]] briefly visited a [[Hollywood]] film set. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)}})
 
[[Bette Davis]] provided incidental music for movies between [[1938]] and [[1953]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Blue Angel (novel)}}
 
In [[1953]], [[Emma-Louise Cowell]] was an avid cinema goer. She particularly loved [[musical]]s. She and her best friend [[Kate (Out of Time)|Kate]] went to see ''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]'' five times and Emma later purchased the soundtrack [[LP]]. After she and [[Diane Holmes]] were accidentally sent through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] more than 50 years into the future, they were both astonished that films were sold in boxes, namely [[DVD]]s, and people could watch them at home. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}})
 
[[Alan Sillitoe]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' was made into a film in the [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'')


[[Harry Sillitoe]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' was made into a film in the [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'')
In [[1979]] ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' came out. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}})


[[Selyoid]]s could live on celluloid film, and manipulate the emotions of those who viewed a movie on which they were stored. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun (novel)|Dying in the Sun]]'')
''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' was a series of films within the horror science fiction genre. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Fire and Brimstone (comic story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Last Christmas (TV story)}})


[[Agatha Ellis]] thought [[cappuccino]]s only existed in film. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Curtain Call (short story)|Curtain Call]]'')
''[[The Terminator]]'' was a [[20th century]] film which featured "killer [[robot]]s" "messing around with [[time]]". When [[Bill Potts]] noted this to the [[Twelfth Doctor]], he announced that he would put it on his list. ([[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'')


''[[The Terminator]]'' was a film which featured "killer [[robot]]s" "messing around with [[time]]". When [[Bill Potts]] noted this to the [[Twelfth Doctor]], he announced that he would put it on his list. ([[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'')
In the [[1990s]] through into the [[2000s]] [[Jackie Tyler]] would watch movies [[Cliff Richard]] movies on [[Bank Holiday]] Mondays with [[Rose Tyler|her daughter]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)}})


In the late [[2000s]], the [[Night Travellers]] were freed in the [[Electro]], a [[cinema]] built upon the [[Cardiff Rift]], after film tape depicting them was played. ([[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'')
In the late [[2000s]], the [[Night Travellers]] were freed in the [[Electro]], a cinema built upon the [[Cardiff Rift]], after a film reel depicting them was played. ([[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'')


By the [[2010s]], films could be [[streaming|streamed]] [[online]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beachhead (audio story)|Beachhead]]'') often on [[Netflix]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orr (audio story)|Orr]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Diamond Dogs (novel)|Diamond Dogs]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
By the [[2010s]], films could be [[streaming|streamed]] [[online]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beachhead (audio story)|Beachhead]]'') often on [[Netflix]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orr (audio story)|Orr]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Diamond Dogs (novel)|Diamond Dogs]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')


According to the Twelfth Doctor, ''[[Frozen (film)|Frozen]]'' was a film which featured an "eternal [[winter]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'')
In [[2016]] [[Ram Singh]] considered ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' to be an old film. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Brave-ish Heart (TV story)}}


[[Fitz Kreiner]] saw all nine ''[[Star Wars]]'' films at a cinema in the [[2040s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Resort (novel)|The Last Resort]]'')
[[Fitz Kreiner]] saw all nine ''[[Star Wars]]'' films at a cinema in the [[2040s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Resort (novel)|The Last Resort]]'')


[[Flemming]] believed that a film based on the [[Crash of the Byzantium]] had been made by [[5343]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')
In [[2069]] ''[[Harvey (movie)|Harvey]]'' a movie from [[1950]] was broadcast on television in [[ReMode 3D]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}})
 
In [[3099]] a [[Fomasi]] representative for [[Twin Suns Lodge]] used a voice that sounded like [[Al Pacino]] in the movie ''[[Scarface]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Placebo Effect (novel)}})
 
[[Flemming (The Husbands of River Song)|Flemming]] believed that a film based on the [[Crash of the Byzantium]] had been made by [[5343]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')
 
==Adaption==
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] commented that [[Stephen King]] movies were nothing like the books. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)}})
 
==Culture==
When she was in [[Regency era|Regency]] England [[Bill Potts]] commented it was a "bit more black than they show in the movies". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Thin Ice (TV story)}})
 
According to a TV show on [[Channel 4]] in [[1997]] there was a leading theory that in the [[1990s]] that [[Jack the Ripper]] was a gay American serial killer, because people in the 1990s had watched too many gay-American-serial-killer movies. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book Two (novel)}})
 
[[United States|Americans]] were known for their movie productions in the [[2010s]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})
 
[[Agatha Ellis]] thought [[cappuccino]]s only existed in film. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Curtain Call (short story)|Curtain Call]]'')
 
==Reviews==
In [[Pete's World]], film [[review]]s were one of the options for content to be [[download]]ed to a [[Cybus EarPod]] user's [[brain]] with the [[daily Download|daily download]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[EarPod (feature)|EarPod]]'')
 
==Species==
[[Selyoid]]s could live on [[Film stock|celluloid film]], and manipulate the emotions of those who viewed a movie on which they were stored. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun (novel)|Dying in the Sun]]'')
 
==See also==
*[[Photographic film]] was also referred to as film and could come in varieties such as that which is sensitive to [[infrared film|infrared]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion (TV story)}})
*The [[Nestene]]'s [[Auto-jet]] ejected a thin plastic 'film' onto a target's nose and moth preventing them from breathing. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}})
*[[Microfilm]]
 
===Genres of movies===
*[[B-movie]]
*[[Science fiction]]
*[[Horror]]


==Behind the Scenes==
== Behind the scenes ==
===Theatrical films===
===Theatrical films===
The ''Doctor Who'' universe has had two films released theatrically; ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]''.
The ''Doctor Who'' universe has had two films released theatrically; ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]''.
===Direct-to-Video films===
===Direct-to-Video films===
Multiple direct-to-video films, using characters and settings from the ''Doctor Who'' universe, have been released. Although none to date have featured [[the Doctor]], many are notable for featuring companions, such as [[Liz Shaw]] and [[John Benton]].
Multiple direct-to-video films, using characters and settings from the ''Doctor Who'' universe, have been released. Although none to date have featured [[the Doctor]], many are notable for featuring companions, such as [[Liz Shaw]] and [[John Benton]].
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===Television film===
===Television film===
A [[Doctor Who (TV story)|television movie]] of ''Doctor Who'' was broadcast in [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
A [[Doctor Who (TV story)|television movie]] of ''Doctor Who'' was broadcast in [[1996 (releases)|1996]].
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Latest revision as of 11:06, 29 August 2024

Film

A film, also known as a movie or a flick, (AUDIO: A Life in the Day) was a type of recorded audiovisual entertainment, described by Donna Noble as "talking pictures". (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp) On Earth, films were often shown in cinemas. (TV: Out of Time, From Out of the Rain) According to the Twelfth Doctor, watching movies was a way to "pass the time". (TV: Smile)

It could also be used to describe a non-fictional educational presentation. (TV: Detained [+]Loading...["Detained (TV story)"], The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

The emergence of film as a leisure activity occurred at some point between 1918 and 1939. (PROSE: A History of Humankind)

Whilst in 1881 the Twelfth Doctor claimed, Frozen was a film which featured an "eternal winter". (TV: Empress of Mars)

In 1921, Martin Donaldson took Liv Chenka to see a silent film starring Buster Keaton. (AUDIO: A Life in the Day)

Also in 1921 the First Doctor, Sara Kingdom and Steven Taylor briefly visited a Hollywood film set. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan [+]Loading...["The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"])

Bette Davis provided incidental music for movies between 1938 and 1953. (PROSE: The Blue Angel [+]Loading...["The Blue Angel (novel)"]

In 1953, Emma-Louise Cowell was an avid cinema goer. She particularly loved musicals. She and her best friend Kate went to see Calamity Jane five times and Emma later purchased the soundtrack LP. After she and Diane Holmes were accidentally sent through the Cardiff Rift more than 50 years into the future, they were both astonished that films were sold in boxes, namely DVDs, and people could watch them at home. (TV: Out of Time [+]Loading...["Out of Time (TV story)"])

Alan Sillitoe's novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was made into a film in the 1960s. (PROSE: Time and Relative)

In 1979 The Muppet Movie came out. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])

Alien was a series of films within the horror science fiction genre. (COMIC: Fire and Brimstone [+]Loading...["Fire and Brimstone (comic story)"], TV: Last Christmas [+]Loading...["Last Christmas (TV story)"])

The Terminator was a 20th century film which featured "killer robots" "messing around with time". When Bill Potts noted this to the Twelfth Doctor, he announced that he would put it on his list. (TV: Empress of Mars)

In the 1990s through into the 2000s Jackie Tyler would watch movies Cliff Richard movies on Bank Holiday Mondays with her daughter. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"])

In the late 2000s, the Night Travellers were freed in the Electro, a cinema built upon the Cardiff Rift, after a film reel depicting them was played. (TV: From Out of the Rain)

By the 2010s, films could be streamed online, (AUDIO: Beachhead) often on Netflix. (AUDIO: Orr, TV: The Pilot, PROSE: Diamond Dogs, TV: Resolution)

In 2016 Ram Singh considered The Lord of the Rings to be an old film. (TV: Brave-ish Heart [+]Loading...["Brave-ish Heart (TV story)"]

Fitz Kreiner saw all nine Star Wars films at a cinema in the 2040s. (PROSE: The Last Resort)

In 2069 Harvey a movie from 1950 was broadcast on television in ReMode 3D. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"])

In 3099 a Fomasi representative for Twin Suns Lodge used a voice that sounded like Al Pacino in the movie Scarface. (PROSE: Placebo Effect [+]Loading...["Placebo Effect (novel)"])

Flemming believed that a film based on the Crash of the Byzantium had been made by 5343. (TV: The Husbands of River Song)

Adaption[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Thirteenth Doctor commented that Stephen King movies were nothing like the books. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils [+]Loading...["Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)"])

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

When she was in Regency England Bill Potts commented it was a "bit more black than they show in the movies". (TV: Thin Ice [+]Loading...["Thin Ice (TV story)"])

According to a TV show on Channel 4 in 1997 there was a leading theory that in the 1990s that Jack the Ripper was a gay American serial killer, because people in the 1990s had watched too many gay-American-serial-killer movies. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two [+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"])

Americans were known for their movie productions in the 2010s. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Agatha Ellis thought cappuccinos only existed in film. (PROSE: Curtain Call)

Reviews[[edit] | [edit source]]

In Pete's World, film reviews were one of the options for content to be downloaded to a Cybus EarPod user's brain with the daily download. (PROSE: EarPod)

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Selyoids could live on celluloid film, and manipulate the emotions of those who viewed a movie on which they were stored. (PROSE: Dying in the Sun)

See also[[edit] | [edit source]]

Genres of movies[[edit] | [edit source]]

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Theatrical films[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor Who universe has had two films released theatrically; Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D..

Direct-to-Video films[[edit] | [edit source]]

Multiple direct-to-video films, using characters and settings from the Doctor Who universe, have been released. Although none to date have featured the Doctor, many are notable for featuring companions, such as Liz Shaw and John Benton.

Film Doctor Who universe characters Written by Production company Release date
Wartime John Benton Andy Lane, Helen Stirling Reeltime Pictures 1987
P.R.O.B.E.: The Zero Imperative Liz Shaw Mark Gatiss BBV Productions 1994
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans Sontarans Terrance Dicks Reeltime Pictures
P.R.O.B.E.: The Devil of Winterborne Liz Shaw Mark Gatiss BBV Productions 1995
Downtime The Brigadier, Sarah Jane Smith, Victoria Waterfield Marc Platt Reeltime Pictures
P.R.O.B.E.: Unnatural Selection Liz Shaw Mark Gatiss BBV Productions 1996
P.R.O.B.E.: Ghosts of Winterborne
Auton Autons Nicholas Briggs 1997
Auton 2: Sentinel 1998
Auton 3: Awakening Arthur Wallis, Paul Ebbs 1999
Dæmos Rising Kate Stewart, Dæmons David J Howe Reeltime Pictures 2004
Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough Zygons Lance Parkin, Jonathan Blum, Bill Baggs BBV Productions 2008
P.R.O.B.E.: When to Die Liz Shaw Bill Baggs 2015
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor Sil Philip Martin Reeltime Pictures 2019

Television film[[edit] | [edit source]]

A television movie of Doctor Who was broadcast in 1996.

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