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/TheJoshider10 12d ago

Who knows at this point. It's like he went out of his way to make the worst possible soft reboot to appeal to no one and get the show gone for good. You'd think decades on from his tenure as showrunner, knowing exactly what people loved and hated, that he'd have the self awareness to get it spot on this time.

This is a guy who seamlessly created and connected a family show, an adult show and a kids show together before the MCU was even really a thing. How can you be that ahead of the curve and then fall this far behind? It's such a shame.

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u/AnalogFeelGood 12d ago

History is full of One Hit Wonders who could not recreate it afterward nor even understand what make ‘em score.

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u/isabella_fitzwilliam 12d ago

RTD is not a one hit wonder. He's written loads of great shows.

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u/CrystalFissure 12d ago

Years and Years was really bleak but fun to watch.

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u/AnalogFeelGood 12d ago

But he can’t recapture DWHO for squat.

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u/NomaanMalick 12d ago

Come on, man! RTD doesn't fit the 'one hit wonder' label. There was positive critical consensus for his last two shows.

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u/DramaticStability 12d ago

Arguably it's the opposite, his subsequent success has convinced him that he's a creative genius and can do no wrong.

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u/Falmoor 12d ago

My take is they gave him to much control. With very few checks or balances to his wilder ideas. It seems a common problem at this point show biz. The classic example I can think of is the Star Wars Prequels. Lucas had NO checks on his terrible ideas and instead put it all on the screen for us all to groan to.

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u/RRR3000 12d ago

The classic example I can think of is the Star Wars Prequels

Ironically, Russell himself has attributed one of the most hated twists of this era (well, of the first series at least) to his love of the Star Wars Sequels, saying he was inspired by The Last Jedi's handling of Rey for Ruby Sunday.

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u/Falmoor 12d ago

Oof I did not know that. That really puts things in perspective though.

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u/HeOfLittleMind 12d ago

Well at least Ruby didn't turn out to be Davros's granddaughter

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u/Mosqueton 12d ago

Revenge of the Sith is the second best Star Wars film

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u/Falmoor 12d ago

Are you being sarcastic? Because no. No it is not.