Movies Like Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

If you liked Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker (1966), a science fiction and action movie directed by Bill Sellars, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Doctor Who: Deep Breath (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also tv movie and science fiction
The newly-regenerated Doctor arrives in Victorian London, and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the man he has become. All the while, they reunite with the Paternoster Gang to investigate a series of combustions that…
2
Doctor Who: The Snowmen (2012)
★ 7.7/10Also tv movie and adventure
The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. Despite the protests of his allies, he is determined to keep out of mankind's affairs. However, a governess named Clara has stumbled upon a plot which only the Doctor can unravel…
3
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also action and adventure
Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
4
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also action and tv movie
Ben and a mysterious girl from his past must prevent an alien threat from destroying the world.
5
Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and action
Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some…
6
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also action and adventure
An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search…
7
Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also action and science fiction
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.
8
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventure
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
9
The Last Mimzy (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…
10
Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…
11
Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and action
After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
12
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
★ 7/10Also action and adventure
SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, SG-1 travels to…
13
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
★ 8.2/10Also science fiction and adventure
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of…
14
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and tv movie
The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familiar silver giants from an alternate reality are amassing in numbers…
15
Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and action
Based on the original animated series Ben 10. Ben becomes targeted by an evil Mechamorph Warrior, named "Retaliator," who mistakenly blames Ben for something he did not do and attempts to destroy all aliens.
16
Dr. Strange (1978)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and action
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
17
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and science fiction
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them, the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family…
18
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and tv movie
A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.
19
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and tv movie
Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re…
20
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fiction
An untold chapter in the Mass Effect saga, following the early career of Alliance Marine, James Vega, as he leads a squad of elite special forces into battle against a mysterious alien threat known as The Collectors…