[4] The film project originated during the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who, nine years before the documentary's release, when interest in Jacobs spiked.

[3] Yuille said of the deal that "teaming up with Kaleidoscope is a perfect match for us because even though we're an American movie, they understand the Doctor Who franchise and the global reach of the fandom.

Leslie Felperin, writing for The Guardian, gave the film three stars out of five, stating that it "never quite wraps its arms around the whole phenomenon" of why Doctor Who meant so much to the fans, and that it was "very skewed towards the costume-wearing US end of Whovian fandom".

[7] British science fiction magazine Starburst gave it five stars, calling it "emotional" and "thought-provoking".

[8] Radio Times rated it five stars also, noting the "touching humility to how Jacobs carries himself" and that its story was "both remarkably specific and yet universally understood".