Who loves ya', baby?

Good to hear that the BBC's back on the case trying to maximise the big screen potential of its Doctor Who franchise.

According to Brit director David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter movies, the spirit is willing though the timescale might tax the more fervent Whofile: it could be still a few years before the good Doctor emerges in your friendly neighbourhood multiplex.

Buffs will, of course, tell you we've been here before - more than 45 years ago, in fact.

Hands up who still remembers Peter Cushing (below) as the Timelord in back to back cinema adventures, Doctor and The Daleks (1965) and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 (1966)?

Our money's on Robert Pattinson or, for the more discerning older audience, James McAvoy to assume the popular mantle.