One of the movies gaining a world premiere at this year’s Sci-Fi London Film Festival is Matthew Jacobs and Vanessa Yuille’s Doctor Who Am I, an exploration of American fandom by the writer of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie which saw the Doctor kiss his companion, Grace Holloway, and reveal he was half-human (on his mother’s side).

On 21st May, Doctor Who Am I will premiere at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival in a screening attended by the filmmakers.

Matthew Jacobs is the screenwriter of the television film and his friend, documentary filmmaker Vanessa Yuille, follows him as he is reluctantly pulled back into the fandom that universally panned his writing and narrative twists in 1996. In a film that is funny and moving, the American ‘Whoniverse’ is explored during the biggest conventions dedicated to the cult of the Doctor. “In the documentary I slowly learn the true meaning of fandom, and I’ve certainly been a fan of SFB ever since my brother started writing for you … That is why we were both scared and excited to show the movie to you!” he told Sci-Fi Bulletin.

Jacobs’ journey is often hilarious and emotionally perilous, but it also sparks a provocative and touching showdown between American Doctor Who fans and the writer himself. Paul McGann, Daphne Ashbrook, Eric Roberts, and many others, offer Jacobs words of wisdom and help him realize just how personal and ambivalently entangled the show has been in his life. Matthew unexpectedly finds himself a kindred part of this close-knit, yet vast, family of fans.

Yuille’s directorial debut documentary addresses the desire to belong to a community, and how people can become nourished and enriched by the experience. Doctor Who fans will delight in this feature, but the themes are universal and the emotion conveyed is so heartwarming that one doesn’t have to be a diehard fan to enjoy this spectacle – and see it first as it sets out on its tour of international film festivals. “I’m thrilled to share America’s embrace of the Doctor with the UK,” she told SFB. “When we love something, we go big, that’s the American way! This documentary has been a labour of love for the both of us, and I can’t wait to watch the film with a British audience. It will be our first!”

Doctor Who Am I: World Premiere 16:15 Saturday May 21

Screening as part of Sci-Fi London, Stratford Picturehouse, London

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