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   The Doctor to Blueshirt   
   Re: [NEWS] Disney's Doctor Who decision    
   05 Sep 25 13:38:35   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >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.   
      
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