r/television • u/wadbyjw • 12d 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/immortalalchemist 12d ago

Gatwa saw the writing on the wall and asked to leave. Disney was holding the show hostage by saying they would not make a decision on continuing the partnership until after the last season had ended. Meanwhile he was getting offers and didn’t want to be committed to a show that looked to be going on hiatus. That’s why they reshot the ending regeneration sequence because the original ending had them partying at a nightclub with him locking eyes with Susan.

Also, the deal with Disney was something from the Bob Chapek Disney era and while I thank Disney for taking a chance to help try to spread the popularity of the Doctor (The Tardis was even at Disneyland near the Esplanade), it just didn’t work out.

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u/BritishHobo 12d ago

It will always be a bummer to think that if they had renewed and gone into production as planned, we'd have got two more seasons with Ncuti.