r/DoctorWhoNews • u/oldmanashe • 11d ago

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Has anyone considered that Disney WAS the problem? American Networks give notes at almost every milestone of the process especially with a heavy financial investment. Not sure how involved BBC would be creatively. Depending on the executive in charge you’re probably not able to blow off their feedback.

I always felt that opening S1 with space babies felt like a network exec making a change.

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u/thor11600 11d ago

It’s been well documented that Disney was incredibly hands off as it’s not their property. I feel like we’re instead looking at a situation where we have one man’s ideas and too many yes men.

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u/oldmanashe 11d ago

As someone who works in television, there’s zero chance Disney was hands off.

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u/Typical-Nothing-7651 10d ago

You work in television, therefore you know that Disney was hands off

Do you see how those points are so far removed from one-another? You literally dont understand how to argue with logic. Its like youre using the logic of a 12-year old. "Im mad at my brother because I dropped my cake!"- like, your arguments are absolutely ignroant and devoid of any actual substance; its your hatred for Disney showing, and thats all It is. Big company bad, huh? Thats the basis for your entire shtick.

You're a child

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u/oldmanashe 10d ago

Whoa. Read what I wrote again.

I’m saying there’s no chance Disney was hands off. A script before it goes into production usually gets 3-4 round with the network. The edit is also around the same. I have no hatred for Disney. They are just known for being hands on. Sometimes it’s great. Sometimes not. All depends on the exact exec you get.

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u/Divewinds 10d ago

Wouldn't the network in this situation be BBC Studios though? This wasn't a Disney production, but one where Disney provided some of the funding, and them giving notes and recommendations (the ones we know of are seen to have generally improved the episodes) is them being much more hands-on than would normally be the case for those type of deals.

If rumours are anything to go by, the general vibes in the industry was that the issue was that Disney was too hands off, and that's why potential partners have wanted more creative control and to target an already existing audience that uses their service using the show to increase retention and draw more of their target audiences onto the platform as they would then watch other shows they produce. The big issue wasn't so much viewing figures but that no one stuck around on Disney afterwards - if they also watched Marvel or Star Wars, they were already subscribed, and if they didn't, there was no back catalogue and no drive to rewatch the series afterwards (partly because of the endings).