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TiberiusCornelius t1_irjcw4g wrote

Reply to comment by KingPizza1 in Leonard Nimoy Almost Directed The 1996 'Doctor Who' TV Movie - FOX would only allow Nimoy to direct if he agreed to play the film’s villain The Master - In the end, the film was directed by Geoffrey Sax with the role of The Master going to Eric Roberts. by Neo2199

Ultimately as a fan I'm glad we got something that fits better into the overall continuity than some of the initial ideas that were discussed for an American reboot, but ironically those earlier ideas probably would've been a better starting point for onboarding new fans.

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caspy7 t1_irmy4fw wrote

Funny they went to the trouble of fitting into the lore but still made him half human.

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TiberiusCornelius t1_irn8qjg wrote

That was one of the few things that carried over from Segal's original attempt at a reboot that he was working on with Spielberg's production company of all people. The Doctor and Master were supposed to be half-brothers who shared a Time Lord father but the Doctor had a human mother and the Master was fully Time Lord. I think the fact that they carried it over means he was probably still pushing for that story arc to turn up if the series had been picked up after the TV movie.

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