Doctor Who's Future Stalled Due to Disney Issues, Says Former Writer<snip>
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If true, it may mean that the BBC must wait for the deal to fully
conclude before entering discussions with potential new partners
such as Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime Video.
Doctor Who's Future Stalled Due to Disney Issues, Says Former Writer
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Mark Gatiss, one of the most prolific contributors to the modern era
of Doctor Who, has spoken out about the uncertain future of the show,
placing the blame on the reportedly troubled Disney deal.
Gatiss, known for writing multiple episodes across the Russell T
Davies and Steven Moffat eras and for appearing onscreen several
times has been part of the programme since its 2005 revival.
Speaking at the Italian Global Series Festival (IGSF), via Deadline,
he said, "I don't think anyone knows what is going on with Doctor Who
at the moment."
He added: "All I know is it's all about the Disney deal."
The comment comes amid mounting speculation over the fate of the show
following the surprise regeneration of Ncuti Gatwa into Billie Piper.
The BBC has yet to confirm whether Piper is officially the Sixteenth
Doctor, further fuelling fan theories and debate.
Gatiss last wrote for the show in 2017's "Empress of Mars", and later
that year appeared in "Twice Upon a Time". Reflecting on his absence
since then, he quipped, "I'm two Doctors down and once you're two
Doctors down, you don't come back."
The Disney+ partnership, reportedly worth around $100 million per
series, was structured as an exclusive, multi-season deal. In
television distribution, exclusive rights typically remain in place
until the contract expires or is formally terminated.
Pending a last minute change, the Disney agreement will reportedly end
after the new spin-off drops. If true, it may mean that the BBC must
wait for the deal to fully conclude before entering discussions with
potential new partners such as Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime Video.
<https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-future-gatiss-105810.htm>
In article <103hsrp$31hod$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
Doctor Who's Future Stalled Due to Disney Issues, Says Former Writer
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Mark Gatiss, one of the most prolific contributors to the modern era
of Doctor Who, has spoken out about the uncertain future of the show,
placing the blame on the reportedly troubled Disney deal.
Gatiss, known for writing multiple episodes across the Russell T
Davies and Steven Moffat eras and for appearing onscreen several
times has been part of the programme since its 2005 revival.
Speaking at the Italian Global Series Festival (IGSF), via Deadline,
he said, "I don't think anyone knows what is going on with Doctor Who
at the moment."
He added: "All I know is it's all about the Disney deal."
The comment comes amid mounting speculation over the fate of the show
following the surprise regeneration of Ncuti Gatwa into Billie Piper.
The BBC has yet to confirm whether Piper is officially the Sixteenth
Doctor, further fuelling fan theories and debate.
Gatiss last wrote for the show in 2017's "Empress of Mars", and later
that year appeared in "Twice Upon a Time". Reflecting on his absence
since then, he quipped, "I'm two Doctors down and once you're two
Doctors down, you don't come back."
The Disney+ partnership, reportedly worth around $100 million per
series, was structured as an exclusive, multi-season deal. In
television distribution, exclusive rights typically remain in place
until the contract expires or is formally terminated.
Pending a last minute change, the Disney agreement will reportedly end
after the new spin-off drops. If true, it may mean that the BBC must
wait for the deal to fully conclude before entering discussions with
potential new partners such as Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime Video.
<https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-future-gatiss-105810.htm>
RTD Go! Disney Go!!
On 2025-06-25 22:22:49 +0000, Your Name said:
Doctor Who's Future Stalled Due to Disney Issues, Says Former Writer<snip>
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If true, it may mean that the BBC must wait for the deal to fully
conclude before entering discussions with potential new partners
such as Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime Video.
Wrong. The BBC can easily have "discussions" now with whoever they like
based on the proviso that any new agreement would not start until Disney officially pulls the plug.
On 2025-06-25 22:22:49 +0000, Your Name said:
Doctor Who's Future Stalled Due to Disney Issues,
Says Former Writer
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<snip>
If true, it may mean that the BBC must wait for the deal
to fully conclude before entering discussions with
potential new partners such as Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime
Video.
Wrong. The BBC can easily have "discussions" now with whoever
they like based on the proviso that any new agreement would
not start until Disney officially pulls the plug.
Wrong. The BBC can easily have "discussions" now with
whoever they like based on the proviso that any new
agreement would not start until Disney officially pulls the
plug.
The BBC has to offer Disney first choice before it can
conclude a deal with any other broadcaster. That means that
the BBC has to wait until Disney tells it whether or not it
will renew the existing contract at the already agreed renewal
fee or else cancel.
Obviously Disney is not going to say it's cancelled the series
until every episode airs including the woke Sea Devils garbage
led by a man hating misandristic woman who is totally
incompetent in her job.
On 25/06/2025 23:25, Your Name wrote:
On 2025-06-25 22:22:49 +0000, Your Name said:
Doctor Who's Future Stalled Due to Disney Issues, Says Former Writer >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> <snip>
If true, it may mean that the BBC must wait for the deal to fully
conclude before entering discussions with potential new partners
such as Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime Video.
Wrong. The BBC can easily have "discussions" now with whoever they like
based on the proviso that any new agreement would not start until Disney
officially pulls the plug.
The BBC has to offer Disney first choice before it can conclude a deal
with any other broadcaster. That means that the BBC has to wait until
Disney tells it whether or not it will renew the existing contract at
the already agreed renewal fee or else cancel. Obviously Disney is not
going to say it's cancelled the series until every episode airs
including the woke Sea Devils garbage led by a man hating misandristic
woman who is totally incompetent in her job.
Until Disney officially cancels Doctor Whoke there is no way that
Netfix, Amazon, or HBO will sign an agreement with the BBC since they
don't know what Disney was paying or needed to pay to renew the rights
so that they can either match it or make a lower offer.
One thing that is certain is the Amazon paid less than Netflix for the
show and HBO paid less than Amazon and Disney paid less than HBO. The
figure of $100 million is pure bullshit. The show doesn't look like it
had $4,000,000 spent on each episode let alone $8,000,000. The show was >already filming in 4K since Capaldi's last episode so there is no
increase in the budget since then for that and effects are no better
than you can do on an RTX 4090 in real time while gaming. Also each
episode was filmed either in the studio and using green screen or in
only one or at most two locations with only a small number of actors and >hardly any extras.
I doubt that more than about $600,000 was spent on each episode since
the production values look no better than they did in 2005 and
technology is now much cheaper.
Given 8 episodes per season plus the specials and spin-off I doubt
Disney paid the BBC more than $15 million in total or $5 million per
series which is less than was being spent on the show back in 2005, £8 >million for the first series and £6 million for the rest, and you got
13/4 episodes per series back then.
Given that Netfix, Amazon, and HBO dumped the series one by one since no
one was watching it after it went woke why would they even contemplate
giving the BBC millions for what they know is absolute crap which no one >wants to watch?
Why would they pay the BBC $15 million for a 3 year deal to show a
series which has become totally infantile under RTD as if it were
written by a 6 year old child that has never read a book before because
the sick disgusting pervert wants to use it to sexually groom children?
Why would they want to pay millions for a show which has totally
alienated and disenfranchised its entire audience who were almost all
male by constantly attacking men and masculinity and placing totally >incompetent women in male roles and positions of power and authority and >making everything about feelings, sentiment, and emotion, rather than
the hero's journey, logic, reason and rationality, and with magic which
is pulled out of thin air without explanation or any kind of world
building being used to solve problems instead of scientific methodology
and deductive thinking which is how a man thinks?
Why would they pay millions for a show which is targeted at girls aged
12 or under and homosexuals, and audience which doesn't exist for it,
when they could spend all of that money making something new and
original for that audience featuring pretending to be princesses and
going on teddy bear's picnics which they will actually watch since
they're clearly not watching Doctor Whoke because it was always a boy's
show until the sick and degenerate woke extremist perverts decided that
men were not good enough for it.
--
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 26/06/2025 00:40, The Doctor wrote:
In article <103hsrp$31hod$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
Doctor Who's Future Stalled Due to Disney Issues, Says Former Writer
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Gatiss, one of the most prolific contributors to the modern era
of Doctor Who, has spoken out about the uncertain future of the show, >>> placing the blame on the reportedly troubled Disney deal.
Gatiss, known for writing multiple episodes across the Russell T
Davies and Steven Moffat eras and for appearing onscreen several
times has been part of the programme since its 2005 revival.
Speaking at the Italian Global Series Festival (IGSF), via Deadline,
he said, "I don't think anyone knows what is going on with Doctor Who >>> at the moment."
He added: "All I know is it's all about the Disney deal."
The comment comes amid mounting speculation over the fate of the show >>> following the surprise regeneration of Ncuti Gatwa into Billie Piper. >>> The BBC has yet to confirm whether Piper is officially the Sixteenth
Doctor, further fuelling fan theories and debate.
Gatiss last wrote for the show in 2017's "Empress of Mars", and later >>> that year appeared in "Twice Upon a Time". Reflecting on his absence
since then, he quipped, "I'm two Doctors down and once you're two
Doctors down, you don't come back."
The Disney+ partnership, reportedly worth around $100 million per
series, was structured as an exclusive, multi-season deal. In
television distribution, exclusive rights typically remain in place
until the contract expires or is formally terminated.
Pending a last minute change, the Disney agreement will reportedly end >>> after the new spin-off drops. If true, it may mean that the BBC must
wait for the deal to fully conclude before entering discussions with
potential new partners such as Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime Video.
<https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-future-gatiss-105810.htm>
RTD Go! Disney Go!!
Timeless Child Go!!!
Restart the series before either Whittaker or Gatwa even appeared!!!!
--
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
Your Name wrote:
On 2025-06-25 22:22:49 +0000, Your Name said:
Doctor Who's Future Stalled Due to Disney Issues,
Says Former Writer
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<snip>
If true, it may mean that the BBC must wait for the deal
to fully conclude before entering discussions with
potential new partners such as Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime
Video.
Wrong. The BBC can easily have "discussions" now with whoever
they like based on the proviso that any new agreement would
not start until Disney officially pulls the plug.
Although it hasn't been officially announced everyone seems to
be of the opinion that Disney will not be ordering any further
episodes from the BBC/Bad Wolf beyond the initial 26 episodes...
five of which are still left to air before that deal is
concluded.
Most rumours floating around, from usually reliable sources,
have stated the BBC are in, or have been, in discussions with a
few potential new partners... Netflix, Prime, Paramount+ and HBO
have been mentioned in the past few weeks, with a couple of them
supposedly bailing out because they wouldn't be getting enough
creative control over the show. So it's possible the BBC know
that Disney are not interested in placing any further orders
with them. How true any of these rumours are is something we
won't know until a deal is actually done and/or officially
announced... which isn't likely to happen until after "The War
Between the Land and the Sea" airs... but you can be 100%
certain that discussions have been taking place behind the
scenes, either to tempt Disney to stay on, or start a new
arrangement with somebody else.
The True Doctor wrote:
Wrong. The BBC can easily have "discussions" now with
whoever they like based on the proviso that any new
agreement would not start until Disney officially pulls the
plug.
The BBC has to offer Disney first choice before it can
conclude a deal with any other broadcaster. That means that
the BBC has to wait until Disney tells it whether or not it
will renew the existing contract at the already agreed renewal
fee or else cancel.
I think Disney have already had that discussion with the BBC.
But as Disney+ have yet to air "The War Between The Land and The
Sea" it makes sense for everyone to stay quiet-ish about any new
deal until after that has aired.
Obviously Disney is not going to say it's cancelled the series
until every episode airs including the woke Sea Devils garbage
led by a man hating misandristic woman who is totally
incompetent in her job.
There's supposedly talk that the spin-off will be pushed back to
Spring 2026... which would be an interesting development.
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