What happens when you create your own take on a beloved character and it doesn’t go well?

Doctor Who is a central figure in pop culture in Australia and the 2005 relaunch of the show has been hugely successful.

But in 1996, an attempt to reboot Dr Who for an American audience received a very different response. The 8th doctor appeared in a single television movie, sparked outrage amongst fans, and then vanished from screens.

Matthew Jacobs was the writer on that project, and he’s the director, alongside Vanessa Yuille, of a new film, Doctor Who Am I, which explores his attempt to reconnect with the fandom that rejected him.