Doctor Who TV movie director Geoffrey Sax has reflected on hopes that the 1996 film could have launched a full Eighth Doctor series, revealing that Paul McGann was even viewing potential homes in Vancouver. The feature-length special, which starred McGann as the Doctor, first aired in the UK on 27 May 1996 and was a co-production between the BBC, Universal and Fox, with hopes that it could relaunch Doctor Who for a new era. However, Sax has now recalled that while there was excitement around the project potentially continuing, he does not remember much discussion about a follow-up series taking place on set. “I don’t remember a single discussion about it,” he told Radio Times. “We were there to do the film, and that was it. “When I got the call, I think they’d only just got the green light, and they wanted to go into production pretty well straight away.” Sax explained that by the time he arrived in Vancouver, much of the production was already underway. “By the time I flew out there, …