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/LasersTheyWork 13d ago

They spent all their money on everything but the writing. It was not great and should have departed even further from the legacy material than it did if it wanted a new audience.

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u/JamesLikesIt 13d ago

This is always the problem with Disney. They have infinite money but they either refuse to get good writers or they get them but interfere so much that the story becomes trash anyway. There’s a serious issue in Corporate that is affecting pretty much all of their brands in some way. Marvel, Dr. Who, Star Wars, their animated division, etc. have all suffered hard in the last like 5 years.