The TV Movie
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The TV Movie is a 1996 television film in the Doctor Who franchise that introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and attempted to relaunch the series for an international audience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The TV Movie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11036953 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The TV Movie Context triple: [Doctor Who: The Movie, alsoKnownAs, The TV Movie]
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A.
The Last Movie
The Last Movie is a 1971 experimental Western film directed by Dennis Hopper, known for its unconventional narrative and exploration of the dark side of Hollywood filmmaking.
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B.
The Man from Brodney's
The Man from Brodney's is an early 20th-century adventure novel by American author George Barr McCutcheon, known for its romantic intrigue and exotic, escapist setting.
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C.
Lea Film
Lea Film was an Italian film production company active during the mid-20th century, known for contributing to genre cinema including giallo and thriller films.
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D.
Living at the Movies
Living at the Movies is a poetry collection by American writer and punk icon Jim Carroll, known for its vivid, streetwise depictions of urban life and youth.
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E.
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 Disney science-fiction adventure film about a taxi driver helping two alien siblings with supernatural powers evade government agents and uncover the secrets of their origins.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The TV Movie Target entity description: The TV Movie is a 1996 television film in the Doctor Who franchise that introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and attempted to relaunch the series for an international audience.
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A.
The Last Movie
The Last Movie is a 1971 experimental Western film directed by Dennis Hopper, known for its unconventional narrative and exploration of the dark side of Hollywood filmmaking.
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B.
The Man from Brodney's
The Man from Brodney's is an early 20th-century adventure novel by American author George Barr McCutcheon, known for its romantic intrigue and exotic, escapist setting.
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C.
Lea Film
Lea Film was an Italian film production company active during the mid-20th century, known for contributing to genre cinema including giallo and thriller films.
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D.
Living at the Movies
Living at the Movies is a poetry collection by American writer and punk icon Jim Carroll, known for its vivid, streetwise depictions of urban life and youth.
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E.
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 Disney science-fiction adventure film about a taxi driver helping two alien siblings with supernatural powers evade government agents and uncover the secrets of their origins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1990s science fiction film
ⓘ
Doctor Who story ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Doctor Who
NERFINISHED
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Doctor Who: The TV Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attemptedRelaunchFor | international audience ⓘ |
| basedOn | Doctor Who by Sydney Newman ⓘ |
| continuity | classic Doctor Who series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Geoffrey Sax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
BBC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Philip Segal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eighth Doctor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seventh Doctor NERFINISHED ⓘ The Master NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
TARDIS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Time Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresRegenerationFrom | Seventh Doctor GENERATED ⓘ |
| featuresRegenerationTo | Eighth Doctor GENERATED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ninth Doctor era of Doctor Who (in 2005 television series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter | Eighth Doctor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Doctor Who drama produced as a US co-production
ⓘ
first on-screen appearance of the Eighth Doctor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Doctor Who franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysDoctorNumber | 8 ⓘ |
| producer | Peter V. Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
BBC Worldwide
NERFINISHED
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Fox Network NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
1 January 2000
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31 December 1999 ⓘ |
| stars |
Daphne Ashbrook
NERFINISHED
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Eric Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul McGann NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvester McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Matthew Jacobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The TV Movie Description of subject: The TV Movie is a 1996 television film in the Doctor Who franchise that introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and attempted to relaunch the series for an international audience.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.