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   The Doctor to atropos@mac.com   
   Re: [Overlord DVD] Disney Ready to Dump    
   11 Feb 25 23:43:50   
   
   XPost: can.arts.sf, rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv, uk.media.tv.sf.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article , BTR1701   wrote:   
   >On Feb 11, 2025 at 7:38:30 AM PST, "The Doctor"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Ubiquitous   wrote:   
   >>> doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca wrote:   
   >>>>  Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >>>>>  The Doctor wrote:   
   >>>>>>  Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>  > According to RTD (Doctor Who Executive Producer) in the   
   >>>>>>  > latest DWM [#613] the "first order from Disney was for 26   
   >>>>>>  > episodes", which will be completed once the spin-off "The   
   >>>>>>  > War Between the Land and the Sea" has aired. So if Disney   
   >>>>>>  > are not happy with what they have been getting from their   
   >>>>>>  > partnership with the BBC then there won't be a second   
   >>>>>>  > order... the deal will have been completed and both Disney   
   >>>>>>  > and the BBC can move on. I assume it will be the ratings for   
   >>>>>>  > S2/S15 this spring that will be decisive, but if the   
   >>>>>>  > ratings/viewing figures are in the same ball-park as they   
   >>>>>>  > were for S1/S14 then I would expect Disney to move on...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>  a new partner needed?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Possibly.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> But, maybe the BBC will go it alone with a reduced budget for   
   >>>>> "Doctor Who" if Disney do not order any more episodes. There's   
   >>>>> no guarantee that another streaming service would be be   
   >>>>> interested in the show.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Or maybe the BBC will put "Doctor Who" on hold and give it a   
   >>>>> break? It wouldn't be the first time...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Let them look for a new dance partner and Keep Ncuti.   
   >>>   
   >>> That would be a dealbreaker for many. He was _terrible_!   
   >>   
   >> The Dealbreaker is Jodie Whittaker!   
   >   
   >No, when I saw the Doctor mincing around in a dress in one of the early   
   >episodes, that was it for me. Deal broken.   
   >   
   >   
      
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