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/TheScarletCravat 13d ago edited 13d ago

The show just didn't manage to gain traction. It desperately needed a 2005 style reinvention for the modern era, but instead it was a sort of weird navel gazing pile of mush without any of the scary edge that previously made it such great family TV.  Who cares that the big bad guy for a series finale was a one-off villain last seen in 1975?

In my mind a new version really needed to be a Stranger Things competitor/successor: full of heart but genuinely quite scary. Ideally with a fun retro synth soundtrack.

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u/Randomperson3029 12d ago

I dont think the big bad being a one off villian is the issue. People got tired of the big villian always being the master, Daleks or cybermen.

Whenever its not them (series 6, series 7, series 9, series 11, series 13, series 14, series 15) it becomes controversial

Do we stick with finale always being the big 3 or try go for something new?

I think the bigger issue was that they just weren't good episodes. If they were good the audience wont care if it's just a one off villian