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   As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have already said   
   Doctor Who will continue with or without Disney, so they should just   
   get on with it, unless Disney actually does have far more power over   
   the show than has previously been claimed. (Not that I actually care   
   any more - I stopped watching back with the Doctoress Politically   
   Correct idiocy.)   
      
      
       Jane Tranter Talks Doctor Who Future   
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       A decision about Doctor Who's next season could still be   
       months away, with producer Jane Tranter revealing that   
       Disney does not have to make the call until after the   
       upcoming spin-off has aired.   
      
       Since the release of the last season, culminating in   
       The Reality War, which ended with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth   
       Doctor regenerating into Billie Piper in a surprise twist,   
       fans have been waiting for news about whether Disney will   
       be recommissioning another season.   
      
       But we could be waiting a while longer as producer Tranter   
       has confirmed that, once the 26 episodes that Disney   
       initially commissioned have aired (which include the   
       spin-off), "then, and only then, does Disney+ have to make   
       a decision about whether or not they want to do more".   
      
       She added to The Royal Television Society: "I imagine, at   
       a time when Disney are having huge cuts themselves, and   
       there have been slashes in programme budgets, they're   
       looking to take their time to balance everything out and   
       decide what they want to do."   
      
       However, she went on to say: "At its heart, it's a BBC   
       show and it will keep going, one way or another."   
      
       While "The War Between the Land and the Sea" does not yet   
       have a release date, the BBC's Chief of Content, Kate   
       Phillips, recently revealed that it will air sometime in   
       2026.   
      
       It is important to note, though, that while the decision   
       doesn't have to come until after the spin-off, it could   
       still come sooner.   
      
       Thankfully, as Tranter pointed out, Doctor Who's future   
       does not depend on Disney's decision.   
      
       Recently speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Phillips   
       confirmed that the show will return to the BBC "with or   
       without" Disney's involvement.   
      
       "Any Whovians out there, rest assured - Doctor Who is going   
       nowhere," she said. Disney has been a great partnership and   
       it continues with "The War Between The Land And The Sea"   
       next year but, going forward, with or without Disney,   
       Doctor Who will still be on the BBC."   
      
      
          
      
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