Doctor Who: 10 Ways An American Reboot Could Work
American Doctor Who. Its wrong, isnt it? Like a French James Bond movie, or a feel-good episode of EastEnders. And the 1996 Paul McGann TV Moviewith its wrong-headed, continuity-mired narrative priorities and determination to be generic action fodderis hardly an encouraging precedent. Is it really though? What about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Frasier, Communityall American-accented, but British-influenced? The Office has proved the British flavour neednt be lost in an American setting. And most recently, Elementary has surprised everyone by being quite distinct from Sherlock, and quite good. And for all the terrible scripting decisions, Who TV movie writer Matthew Jacobs, executive producer Philip Segal and the fifty suits from Fox and BBC Worldwide gave us a brilliant Doctor in McGannwho owned the role with just 50 minutes of screen time, and that many of us would like to see back in action. So, herewith, ten reasons it just might work