9 Important Moments From The Doctor Strange Trailer

5) The Astral Plane

One of Doctor Strange’s most frequently used abilities in the comics is his power to leave his body and traverse the astral plane as a spirit. It wasn’t clear just how faithful the movie would be to the comics, but this signature element is certainly present and correct in the trailer.

On film, this ability easily could have been goofy, but Doctor Strange looks to be pitching it right. We also love the idea of the Ancient One simply punching Stephen Strange’s soul right out of his body.

We don’t see any evidence of it here, but we hope the movie also sees Strange using his Cloak of Levitation to fly. This is surely a cert, as flying is a far more readily-accepted superpower that turning into a ghost.