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From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
In article <10e27l0$eo7d$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 wrote:
>On 31/10/2025 2:51 pm, Your Name wrote:
>>
>> The actual reason is that Disney *never* planned to bother with Doctor
>> Who long-term. All they wanted was a popular show to try to con more
>> people into signing up for their streaming service. They wanted to get
>> as much as they could (which was very little anyway) and then toss the
>> show aside and look for another show to scam potential customers with.
>>
>>
>> Report: Why Disney Dropped Doctor Who:
>> Big Budgets, Poor Ratings, and "Too Woke"
>> -----------------------------------------
>> Hollywood trade publication Deadline has published an in-depth
>> report exploring the reasons behind Disney's decision to walk
>> away from Doctor Who.
>>
>>
>>
>> According to the outlet, several people close to the show
>> described an early lack of enthusiasm from Disney. One former
>> Disney executive told Deadline, "It was pretty apparent from
>> early on that this wasn't for the long term. Everyone got the
>> impression that it wasn't doing what it needed to do
>> [on Disney+] to be sustained."
>>
>> Another person close to Doctor Who added, "The writing has been
>> on the wall for ages. There has been a complete lack of
>> enthusiasm over at Disney."
>>
>> Deadline's sources said the partnership quickly came under
>> pressure after Bob Iger returned to Disney and began cutting
>> costs. A former Disney executive said they soon detected "regret
>> at spending so much on Doctor Who," noting the show's estimated
>> budget of between £6 million and £8 million per episode. "It
>> certainly wasn't being shouted about as a big success," the same
>> source added.
>
>
>
>In the pre-Disney+ era, didn't someone here suggest the per episode
>Budget was in the relmn of hundreds of thousand of Dollars/pounds??
>
>If they've now been spending 6 to 8 million pound per episode, did the
>quality of the episodes increase by a factor of 5 - 10 (if at all)??
>
>
>
>> The financial implications of losing Disney's funding are
>> significant. A former Disney executive estimated that the BBC will
>> now be able to spend "at most £2.5 million to £3 million per
>> episode," compared with up to £8 million under Disney. "Once you've
>> gone up, it's always difficult to go back down," the source said.
>> "You can cut budgets to a certain degree but not by so much."
>
>Cutting the Budget can certainly effect quality .... but reading here,
>it seems the quality *IS* fairly abysmal already.
>
>> However, others told Deadline that a smaller budget could actually
>> work in the show's favour. One former Doctor Who executive
>> explained, "Budget limitations used to help the idiosyncrasies of
>> the show. Big budgets can cause a problem, but the budget was
>> nowhere near as big as The Mandalorian, so they were stuck in the
>> middle."
>--
>Daniel70
The Whole Timless Child disaster also factors in!
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