Saturday Night Showcase> Doctor Who Fan Film Fest

Well, whether you want to declare Doctor Who canceled…again…or on hiatus there won’t be more TARDIS travels for a while. There are still options to watch the show. The 24/7 streaming channel is available for free on numerous livestreaming services. Tubi has all the available episodes as of this writing, minus the first miniseries due to weird rights shenanigans. YouTube’s official Classic Who channel Doctor Who: Classic | FULL EPISODES has…full episodes, but just the ones whose arcs are edited into movies. AMC+ will soon house all the pre-Disney New Who shows while Disney+ still has the new ones. There’s also still comics being produced, Big Finish Productions…and what we’re showcasing tonight.

Fans who also want to be filmmakers are cutting their teeth on adventures of the Doctor, profit free but showing their love for the Doctor. There were a bunch of these in the so-called “Wilderness Years” where new stories came from novels and comics, and they didn’t stop when the show came back. Tonight I decided to give them a little attention. None of these have the current BBC or Disney budgets. They barely have Classic Who’s budget. They also can’t legally make money from it. They did it because they wanted to be part of the legacy of Doctor Who.

I’m not posting a full arc if there’s multiple episodes, just a recent episode to see where they are now, except for the first one because it’s a regeneration episode and the title seemed good to start with. You can decide if you like it enough to check out more and see if they get better or even do better than the official showrunners who had something other than making good Doctor Who on their minds, like their own egos or playing to a different crowd. Enjoy.

Genesis Of The Doctor part 1 (TimeBound Studios)

Dimensions In Jeopardy (JumpMan Productions)

The Timekeeper’s Wife (DW2012)

The Children (Luke Oliver)

The Glimpse (Chris Walker-Thomson)

There are longer ones, but I think this makes the point that the Doctor’s adventures continue whether the BBC is making it or not. Two series since 1963, plus numerous audio dramas, comics, fanfics, novels…there’s plenty of people out there who want to make good Doctor Who stories. You just have to keep searching. That’s what the Doctor does. As he searches for the best in people, we need to find the best of him. Never give up what you love.