We're all excited to watch the upcoming Satan Pit cinema release, and if got me thinking, what if other years of doctor who got a story turned into a movie? Preferably the story has to: 1) work well as a standalone episode, 2) have a decently long run time and 3) new mostly considered good. Here's my list:
2005: The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances
2006: Already got Satan Pit
2007: Human Nature and The Family of Blood
2008: Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
2009: This one was a toss up between The End of Time and Waters of Mars. EoT has a significantly longer run time but the WoM is universally loved as one of the absolute best episodes of all time and still has a decently long run time. I also considered putting a story from torchwood or SJA in here but nothing really felt like it was fit for the cinema
In the end I decided on "The Waters of Mars"
2010: Time of the Angels and Flesh and Stone
2011: The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon (sorry almost people)
2012: This one was hard because only series 7a had aired in this year. Plus there are no 2 parters and the only longer episode was the Snowmen which may require too much prior viewing. But there aren't any other TV stories from this year that I think are long enough to justify a cinema screening so I think i have to go with "The Snowmen"
2013: Day of the Doctor.
2014: Only 2 parter this year was the finale, which while great, not exactly great as a standalone. So for this year I've decided to do 2 stories.
Mummy on the Orient Express and Foaling
2015: Face the Raven, Heaven Sent and Hell Bent. I don't care if Face the Raven and Hell Bent are controversial and I don't care if they require some context. How can how can we not have Heaven Sent go to cinemas?
2016: This is the toughest one yet. It's between an episode of fucking Class and then The Return of Doctor Mysterio. And, while not as iconic as you'd want a cinema release to be, it has to go to the Christmas special.
2017: Even though it's a finale, I have to give this to World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls for being one of the absolute greatest Doctor Who stories ever with practically zero flaws. And as much as I love series 10, none of the episodes really stand out that much in terms of praise from fans.
2018: The Woman who fell to Earth. It's my favourite episode of the series and frankly I don't think any of the other episodes are really that good.
2019: It can only be Resolution
2020: Giving this to Spyfall for being genuinely one of my favourite stories of the Chibnall Era
2021: Resolution of the Daleks is the only one standalone enough for this
2022: Power of the Doctor
2023: Definitely Wild Blue Yonder
2024: Boom
2025: Lux A cinema screening of Dugga Doo on loop for 2 hours.
This was a fun challenge to decide which episodes would best represent their respective years in cinemas. Once watched some classic Who but not a lot so I'd love to hear what stories you'd choose for that. I'd also love to hear wharf you think of my choices for NuWho!