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Geoffrey Sax

Author of White Noise [2005 film]

28 Works 625 Members 8 Reviews

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Works by Geoffrey Sax

White Noise [2005 film] (2005) — Director — 122 copies, 1 review
Stormbreaker [2006 film] (2006) — Director — 107 copies
Tipping the Velvet [2002 TV mini series] (2004) — Director — 98 copies, 1 review
Doctor Who: The Movie [1996 film] (1997) 73 copies, 1 review
Endeavour: Series 2 (2014) — Director — 41 copies
Victoria: The Complete Second Season (2018) — Director — 32 copies
Christopher and His Kind [2011 film] (1952) — director — 30 copies, 3 reviews
Victoria: The Complete Third Season (2019) — Director — 19 copies
Agatha Raisin, Series 1 (2016) — Director — 17 copies
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited: 5-8 (2013) — Director — 17 copies
The New Statesman: The Complete TV Series (2006) — Director — 14 copies
Othello [2001 TV movie] (2001) — Director — 11 copies
Murder on the Home Front [2013 film] (2014) — Director — 11 copies, 1 review
Frankie & Alice [2010 Film] (2010) — Director — 8 copies
Sleepers [1991 TV mini series] (2007) 7 copies, 1 review

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11 reviews
The Master hopes to resurrect himself by stealing The Doctor's lives.

Who thought this plot was a good idea for a standalone movie and/or American pilot? It's bad enough that it doesn't make any sense, even if you know who these characters are; they also completely fail to include the stuff that hooks people into the series. The whole point of the show is that he can and does go anywhere in time and space, and this movie is set entirely in present day California. (Oh, sorry, it's set three show more years in the future. For no apparent reason.) They don't even bother to explain what the TARDIS is until about halfway through; before that, you get inexplicable images of a 1960s police box spinning in a CG vortex juxtaposed with shots of an old man in a vaguely steampunk sitting room. How can that possibly make any sense? Seen as just an episode of the series, it's mediocre at best, but as a movie it's a horrible mess.

Concept: D
Story: F
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: C

Enjoyment: D

GPA: 1.4/4 (Bad)
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½

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Andrew Davies Screenwriter, writer
Niall Johnson Screenwriter
Ottilie Wilford Screenwriter
Alex Beaton Producer
Peter Bryant Producer
Guy Andrews Screenwriter
Andy Wilson Director
Daniel O'Hara Director
Jim Loach Director
Kevin Elyot Screenwriter
Delyth Thomas Director
Chloé Thomas Director
Ron Jones Director
Andrew Morgan Director
Graeme Harper Director
Maurice Gran Creator
David Kane Screenwriter
Cheryl Edwards Screenwriter.
Marko King Screenwriter.
Daphne Ashbrook Actor, Actor (Doctor Who: The Movie)
Simon Brooks Producer
Norm Waitt Producer
Chris Seager Cinematographer
Paul Brooks Producer
Sarah Waters Original novel
Camille Gatin Producer
M.C. Beaton Author, Original Books
Ben Lamb Actor
Bebe Cave Actor
Leo Suter Actor
Christopher Isherwood Original book
Colin Baker Actor (Vengeance on Varos)
Peter Davison Actor (Earthshock)
Janet Fielding Actor (Earthshock)
Nicola Bryant Actor (Vengeance on Varos )
P. G. Wodehouse Original book

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Works
28
Members
625
Popularity
#40,301
Rating
½ 3.6
Reviews
8
ISBNs
26

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