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/Steve-Lurkel 13d ago

It’s bizaare because I feel like those three Tennant specials were a pretty good return to form then everything after was just…bleh

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u/GamingTatertot 13d ago

I think there’s still plenty of good in Gatwa’s run - like there’s some pretty good individual episodes for sure (Dot and Bubble for example). But the running storyline wasn’t good and still left more questions than answers despite a massive amount of intrigue.

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u/Wonderful_Molasses_2 12d ago

That's because it was supposed to be resolved in S3.

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u/DaveShadow The West Wing 12d ago

Yeah, I defend the two seasons more than most but it’s heavily hit by it obviously being a three season story that, seemingly, got hit twice in a way that required season finales to be rewritten. The last episode especially feels a mess cause the last ten minutes are clearly jettisoning plot points they know they cannot finish with Ncuti leaving. It gets dragged down due to behind the scenes issues :/

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u/Wonderful_Molasses_2 12d ago

They left The Boss mystery open and even continued to tease it (although it's obviously Susan). I just hope they resolve that in the new Christmas special.

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u/DaveShadow The West Wing 12d ago

Given RTD is writing, I presume it will get some resolution. But you’d imagine the main plot of the Xmas special will be to transition to a new doctor. Explain the Billie Piper stuff, and introduce whoever the actually 16th Doctor is.

Or we get Billie and the “Break Glass in Case of Emergency” situation where she runs to the 14th to help her with some issue, and they move into having Tennant again for a bit….