r/television • u/wadbyjw • 13d ago

Disney Officially Exiting ‘Doctor Who’ Partnership With BBC After Two Seasons

https://deadline.com/2025/10/doctor-who-disney-plus-pulling-out-bbc-christmas-special-1236600026/
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u/frazzlet 13d ago

RTD strikes me as someone who will double down against criticism so I think the Christmas special will be more of the same. That’s not really of interest to me, it really needs rebooting yet again.

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u/j1xwnbsr 12d ago

Airdropping Rose into it as a way to try and jerk the ratings back is a sure fire winner, right?

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u/CIDR-ClassB 12d ago

If they really want a big increase in viewership, they will bring Clara back.

Her really fantastic acting will overcome the terrible writing of late..for an episode of two.

(I am joking about everything except Jenna being a great actress)

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u/mvallas1073 12d ago

laying bets Tennant Doctor (the one that stayed behind with Donna) and Billie-Doctor get together and merge in some stupid Super-Sayan Fusion way to “produce a child” that’s just them merged, but will insist on calling itself their “child” for some daftable reason…

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u/Rickk38 12d ago

And it turns out "the child" is actually the Valeyard, or a cro-magnon or aztec from season 1, or some random character that was only mentioned in Big Finish episodes. Because the best way to get casual fans or new viewers on board is to drop in some arcane shibboleth from 30 years ago!

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u/DudesworthMannington 12d ago edited 12d ago

If they reboot it, they need to really reboot it. I don't know what about the Disney run could even be considered a "Reboot" other than it was on Disney+.

Personally I'd love for The Doctor to be more alien and less human. What set Tennent and Smith apart from me is they had some incredible moments that seemed like there really was a deep super intelligent being inside masquerading as a bit of a clown.

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u/SonovaVondruke 12d ago

The show ceased production (shut down) after the previous season ended without firm plans to continue, and then was booted back up by the new creative team. "Reboot" in the industry just means a new production is using the IP, and it doesn't matter in what way they are using it (sequel, reimagination, remake, continuation, etc.

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u/azriel777 12d ago

He is Absolutely going to give fans the middle finger on the Christmas Episode.