A Doctor Who movie wouldn't work over here because Americnas in general don't understand Doctor Who, in that:
1) He doesn't resolve every problem by shooting someone in the face.
2) His politics are almost harder to nail down than the rules regarding meddling with history.
3) His British-ness is what makes the character work, and that'll rub the wrong way with the bulk of American movie goers who have been trained by Alan Rickman to hate and fear all English persons who are not Harry Potter or a chef. We tried 'Americanizing' him once, and it didn't work. (Fortunately, that film was destroyed in the Time War.)
Lastly, DW movies have a rich tradition of being terrible and stupid; and on top of that, the show pretty much spits out a sci-fi block buster every fortnight, what the hell can you do story-wise which warrants a film?
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1) He doesn't resolve every problem by shooting someone in the face.
2) His politics are almost harder to nail down than the rules regarding meddling with history.
3) His British-ness is what makes the character work, and that'll rub the wrong way with the bulk of American movie goers who have been trained by Alan Rickman to hate and fear all English persons who are not Harry Potter or a chef. We tried 'Americanizing' him once, and it didn't work. (Fortunately, that film was destroyed in the Time War.)
Lastly, DW movies have a rich tradition of being terrible and stupid; and on top of that, the show pretty much spits out a sci-fi block buster every fortnight, what the hell can you do story-wise which warrants a film?