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The just regenerated Doctor (Gregory Blair) receives a message from
Shen K'nar (Jennifer Nangle) that the Capsidians, a bio-technological
hybrid race he long thought defeated, have been re-programmed and threaten
to destroy the universe. But fortunately, Shen K'Nar has implanted parts
of the code of how to defeat the Capsidians into the Doctor and four
representants from other races (Charles Chudabala, Noel Jason Scott, Lise
Hart, Mikhail Blokh), and all they have to do is find the code in their
minds, put it into the right sequence, and boom, doom for the Capsidians.
And so the Doctor and the others do in a video call - until the Doctor has
second thoughts about destroying the Capsidians, just because they're
doing what they're programmed to do ... Now one has to admit,
this is not the most polished of films, not even of fan films, owed also
to the fact that it was done towards the beginnings of the Covid-19
pandemic on a variety of devices based on what was available rather than
what was the best technical solution. And it goes very much to Gregory
Blair's credit that for a pandemic film he has opted not just for another
live Zoom call but aimed for a science fiction fan film - and he really
has his source material down, combining proto-philosophy, scientific
gobbledegook, (self-)irony and pure silliness, all elements that made
especially classic
Doctor Who so endearing and indeed timeless. And as an actor,
Blair manages to give the role the necessary gravitas but also a certain
absent-mindedness and confusion even, qualities that one has come over the
years to expect from every Doctor. So if you can forgive the occasional
technical glitches, and you are a fan of Doctor Who, then
this fan film's definitely for you. And if this has at all
gotten you interested, feel free to watch the movie here: https://youtu.be/FUMscBEI8sM
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