So I watched Doctor Who (1996)....YIKES.

I thought overall, it was directed very competently. It maintained an excellent pace and never drags. The motorcycle chase was also pretty good.

It was great that McCoy was willing to come back to give his Doctor a proper sendoff.Though I think they were pretty brutal about the way he goes out. First shot up needlessly by a gang and then horrifically butchered on an operating table by incompetent surgeons.

There was some good dialog spattered about but the majority of the script was an utter mess. The story has a clear through line but the events surrounding it and a lot of the story elements didn't jive at all with the series.

And what they did with the Master was a complete travesty. Basically the only good thing to come out of it was the Eighth Doctor.

The rest disturbed me so that I needed a palate cleanser and so I've been reading The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks. I'm about a third of the way through it now and it's been an excellent read. Provides great insight into the Doctor's mind at various points in his lives. Definitely recommend it if you've wanted some reconciliation after the movie.