XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.drwho   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The True Doctor wrote:   
      
   > On 04/09/2025 22:17, Your Name wrote:   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > 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   
   > >    ------------------------------------   
   > >    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.   
   >   
   > Tranter is lying just like she did when she lied about the   
   > reasons why Christopher Eccleston quit the show in 2005, which   
   > was due to her bullying, ignoring, and disrespecting the cast   
   > and crew, as revealed by Eccleston himself.   
      
   My money is on it being PR spin. Jane Tranter is only saying   
   something because she knows she has to, but yet she's saying   
   nothing at the same time. "Doctor Who will continue" just being   
   the new sound-bite to throw around...   
      
   > >   
   > >    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.   
   >   
   > Fans already know the show has been cancelled because Ncuti   
   > Gatwa failed to renew his contract. Disney+ would have been   
   > contractually obliged to inform the BBC of them not renewing   
   > the show back in May when Gatwa quit. Disney are under no   
   > obligation to inform Tranter, Davies, or Bad Wolf Productions,   
   > and neither are the BBC. Bad Wolf's contract to make Doctor   
   > Who already expired 6 months ago, which is why there has been   
   > no further production since then and sets have been dismantled   
   > and staff laid off.   
      
   It was an order for 26 episodes. What was termed at the time a   
   "first order" ... as there was an expectation there would be   
   more. I assume that expectation has now changed and the BBC know   
   that Disney will not be requiring any more episodes from them to   
   distribute on their streaming service.   
      
   > >    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".   
   >   
   > Wrong! Only an idiot would agree to a contract with those   
   > terms since Disney+ could delay the airing of the Sea Devils   
   > garbage indefinably and place the entire series in limbo. Jane   
   > Trantar lying. All that we've been fed by Tranter, Davies, and   
   > their ilk is a total pack of lies.   
      
     ^^  This I agree with.   
      
   It's all PR spin to make it look like they are doing something   
   without actually telling us anything. The BBC must have a fair   
   idea of what's going on. Disney are hardly just saying nothing   
   and waiting for a spin-off show to air in 2026 before deciding   
   to renew their multi-million pound deal for the international   
   streaming rights for "Doctor Who" episodes with the BBC, or not.   
   There would surely be interactions going on between those two   
   partners with feedback shared.   
      
   So, "Doctor Who will continue"... ok, when then? Give us some   
   idea... 2026? 2027? She doesn't actually know.   
      
   It's just mealy-mouthed nonsense like the politicians spout all   
   the time.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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