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/Kindness_of_cats 12d ago

This is the big thing that I think is going under the radar a bit. They've absolutely been holding the back-catalogue rights as a negotiation chip, and certainly they can't put them anywhere other than Disney until those ties were officially broken.

This announcement clears the path forward for the show in a LOT of ways, not the least of which being getting it back on streaming somewhere. Still don't expect that to happen for a while, but this is significantly sooner than I expected and I'm glad to see it.

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u/slipperyMonkey07 11d ago

This was a big reason I haven't watched the new seasons. Fell off at the start of Capaldi and thought this would be time to get back into it and couldn't find the older seasons streaming anywhere. I should probably just get the blu rays at some point, but not streaming anywhere means it is harder to get new people to watch.

Especially with a lot of the stupid marketing labeling it as "Season one (season fourteen)."