10 Doctor Who Flops The BBC Has Buried
9. The TV Movie
The TV Movie was one of several unusual Doctor Who projects produced during the wilderness years - the period of time when the show was off the air between 1989 and 2005.
Though the BBC was involved in making it, the TV Movie was mostly an American-led production, with the Fox Network reportedly considering a full series - but only if this backdoor pilot proved a success. And because that series never did materialise, it's clear that the parties involved felt that the TV Movie didn't strike the chords they wanted it to, whether from a ratings, critical, or fan-pleasing perspective.
It's not terrible by any means - Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor is actually rather wonderful, and it's worth watching for him alone - but the TV Movie is widely considered the black sheep of Doctor Who's mainline television outings.
What's more, the fact that the BBC decided to go in a new direction with Doctor Who in the years after the TV Movie aired makes it clear that the corporation considered it something of a failed experiment.