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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <109ib9u$39ts3$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Your Name   wrote:   
   >On 2025-09-06 09:33:45 +0000, Blueshirt said:   
   >> solar penguin wrote:   
   >>> Theory11  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The BBC waiting until TWBTLAS broadcasts before knowing   
   >>>> what their partners are going to do does not sound credible.   
   >>>> TWBTLAS is hardly going to be the deal breaker or deal maker   
   >>>> in that deal.   
   >>>   
   >>> Maybe the contract between the BBC and Disney says that   
   >>> the BBC can’t announce any other plans for DW until the deal   
   >>> with Disney is fully completed. And that won’t happen until   
   >>> ‘The War…’ is broadcast.   
   >>>   
   >>> Until then, they’re probably legally bound to wait and not say   
   >>> anything much.   
   >>   
   >> That is possible. It certainly would explain the poor PR.   
   >>   
   >> It is the BBC that own "Doctor Who" though, so you'd think they   
   >> would have had some sort of a Plan B for one of their own   
   >> television shows. They surely didn't expect the Disney   
   >> partnership to go on forever! So I can't see that saying a new   
   >> season of "Doctor Who" will air in the summer of 2027 (or   
   >> whenever) would be considered a crime.   
   >   
   >The BBC has said the show will continue with or without Disney. They   
   >may even already have a new partner signed up to take over, but legal   
   >embargos stop them from being able to publically announce it yet.   
   >   
   >The Disney contract probably also means the BBC is not being able to   
   >accept money from any new partner until Disney's contract is fully   
   >completed (even if that "new partner" is simply re-instating the   
   >previous deals with international TV networks for broadcast rights).   
   >Which would mean the BBC has to wait to start any work on a new season   
   >of Doctor Who until they have the new money come in to avoid going into   
   >a massive debt hole, even if a temporary one - they certainly have very   
   >little spare cash laying around.   
   >   
   >   
      
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