The Time Lord won’t be teleporting away from the BBC anytime quickly.
That’s the message from Kate Phillips, the BBC’s new chief content material officer, who stated the British nationwide broadcaster is dedicated to Doctor Who — with or with out Disney.
Speculation has been swirling across the sci-fi sequence for months amid plunging scores and considerations that Disney+ may pull out of its co-production take care of the BBC.
Showrunner Russell T Davies stated in June that “we don’t know what’s happening yet” concerning Doctor Who’s future. One factor is definite: Ncuti Gatwa has confirmed his exit because the Doctor.
Season 15 ended on an ambiguous be aware, as Gatwa regenerated into Billie Piper’s Rose Tyler. Produced by Bad Wolf, spin-off sequence The War Between The Land And The Sea is up subsequent.
Speaking on the Edinburgh TV Festival, Phillips stated: “Rest assured, Doctor Who is going nowhere. Disney has been a great partnership — and it continues with The War Between The Land And The Sea next year — but going forward, with or without Disney, Doctor Who will still be on the BBC … The Tardis is going nowhere.”
Lindsay Salt, the BBC’s director of scripted, added that the company was “committed” to Doctor Who, noting that it continues to carry out effectively with younger viewers.
Deadline analyzed official seven-day viewing figures for Season 15, and it doesn’t make simple studying for these concerned in Doctor Who.
The season averaged 3.2M viewers over its eight episodes, which was half one million viewers down from final 12 months’s season — Gatwa’s first because the Doctor. Compare Season 15 to Jodie Whittaker’s final outing because the Time Lord, and issues get grimmer. Season 13 pulled in 1.7M extra viewers, averaging 4.9M in 2021.
Deadline used viewing figures from Barb, the UK’s official scores physique. They embrace on-demand and streaming viewing on televisions, however usually are not the complete image. Broadcasters and streamers choose to make use of 28-day figures, which give a extra conclusive overview. Nonetheless, seven-day viewing is normally directional and the sample of decline will doubtless be mirrored in Doctor Who’s ultimate scores.