{"id":147772,"date":"2025-08-21T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/bbc-committed-to-doctor-who-with-or-without-disney\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T12:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:28:24","slug":"bbc-committed-to-doctor-who-with-or-without-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/bbc-committed-to-doctor-who-with-or-without-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Committed To ‘Doctor Who’ \u2014 With Or Without Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tThe Time Lord won’t be teleporting away from the BBC<\/a> anytime quickly.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s the message from Kate Phillips, the BBC\u2019s new chief content material officer, who stated the British nationwide broadcaster is dedicated to Doctor Who<\/a><\/em> \u2014 with or with out Disney.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeculation has been swirling across the sci-fi sequence for months amid plunging scores<\/a> and considerations that Disney+ may pull out of its co-production take care of the BBC.<\/p>\n

\n\tShowrunner Russell T Davies stated in June that \u201cwe don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening yet\u201d concerning Doctor Who\u2019s <\/em>future. One factor is definite: Ncuti Gatwa has confirmed his exit because the Doctor.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeason 15 ended on an ambiguous be aware, as Gatwa regenerated into Billie Piper\u2019s Rose Tyler. Produced by Bad Wolf, spin-off sequence\u00a0The War Between The Land And The Sea<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is up subsequent. <\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking on the Edinburgh<\/a> TV Festival, Phillips stated: \u201cRest assured, Doctor Who<\/em> is going nowhere. Disney has been a great partnership \u2014 and it continues with The War Between The Land And The Sea<\/em> next year \u2014 but going forward, with or without Disney, Doctor Who<\/em> will still be on the BBC \u2026 The Tardis is going nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLindsay Salt, the BBC\u2019s director of scripted, added that the company was \u201ccommitted\u201d to Doctor Who<\/em>, noting that it continues to carry out effectively with younger viewers.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline analyzed official seven-day viewing figures for Season 15, and it doesn’t make simple studying for these concerned in\u00a0Doctor Who<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe season averaged 3.2M viewers over its eight episodes, which was half one million viewers down from final 12 months\u2019s season \u2014 Gatwa\u2019s first because the Doctor. Compare Season 15 to Jodie Whittaker\u2019s final outing because the Time Lord, and issues get grimmer. Season 13 pulled in 1.7M extra viewers, averaging 4.9M in 2021.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline used viewing figures from Barb, the UK\u2019s 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\u00a0Doctor Who\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0ultimate scores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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