The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) of the storyline of the film, the sorcerer's final anger with his apprentice which appears in "Fantasia" does not appear in Goethe's source poem, "Der Zauberlehrling". The popularity of the musical piece in "Fantasia" led to it being used again in "Fantasia 2000". A decade prior to "Fantasia", in 1930 William Cameron Menzies directed and Joseph M. Schenck produced a series of four short films of classical music. One of the four, based on the Dukas music, was titled "The Wizard's Apprentice"; this short film has been released on DVD and shown on Classic Arts Showcase. In 1931, the Dukas
The Magician's Apprentice (Doctor Who) the episode five stars, claiming it was "full of wit and menace" and "unafraid to take on the show's museum piece classics". However, Benji Wilson in "The Daily Telegraph" gave it 3/5 saying that the "jury is still out" and questioning whether "seemingly catastrophic events" can be very thrilling in the "Doctor Who" universe which "keeps reminding you you're not supposed to take it seriously". The Magician's Apprentice (Doctor Who) "The Magician's Apprentice" is the first episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was first broadcast on BBC One on 19 September