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The Next Doctor

2008 · 60 min · Director: Andy Goddard ★ IMDb 7.4 · 6,594 ratings

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The Doctor arrives in London on Christmas Eve in 1851 where he encounters the Cybermen and a man who claims he's a Time Lord called the Doctor.

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The Next Doctor (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Surprise 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor15%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Surprise, Tension. Genres: Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Surprise and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Curiosity
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity58 %28 %57 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 5′Humor61 %34 %57 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity61 %40 %64 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity63 %50 %65 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 14′Tension64 %60 %58 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 17′Tension64 %64 %48 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 20′Tension65 %57 %46 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity63 %43 %57 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity65 %39 %66 %45 %
47.5 %≈ 29′Sadness74 %48 %60 %61 %
52.5 %≈ 32′Sadness79 %63 %48 %60 %
57.5 %≈ 35′Tension78 %74 %45 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 38′Tension75 %75 %50 %18 %
67.5 %≈ 41′Tension79 %79 %51 %15 %
72.5 %≈ 44′Tension85 %85 %44 %19 %
77.5 %≈ 47′Tension86 %85 %34 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 50′Tension84 %81 %31 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 53′Tension84 %71 %29 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 56′Relief81 %43 %24 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 59′Relief75 %17 %25 %40 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

David Tennant

The Doctor

David Morrissey

Jackson Lake

VT
Velile Tshabalala

Rosita

RM
Ruari Mears

Cybershade

PK
Paul Kasey

Cyberleader

NM
Neil McDermott

Jed

NB
Nicholas Briggs

Cybermen (voice)

EK
Edmund Kente

Mr. Scoones

MB
Michael Bertenshaw

Mr. Cole

JM
Jason Morell

Vicar

AH
Ashley Horne

Lad

TL
Tom Langford

Frederic

JS
Jordan Southwell

Urchin

MA
Matthew Allick

Docker

WH
William Hartnell

The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Patrick Troughton

The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

JP
Jon Pertwee

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

TB
Tom Baker

The Doctor (4) (archive footage)

PD
Peter Davison

The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

Details

Directed by
Andy Goddard
Written by
Russell T. Davies, Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Russell T Davies
Type
Movies
Released
2008
Runtime
60 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 6,594 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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