{"id":425236,"date":"2026-02-14T10:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425236\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:50:16","slug":"doctor-who-no-closer-to-a-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425236\/","title":{"rendered":"“Doctor Who” No Closer To A Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>BBC, Disney+<\/p>\n

In October last year, Disney+ officially ended its partnership with the BBC regarding \u201cDoctor Who\u201d.<\/p>\n

Disney\u2019s attempt to bring the franchise to a wider global audience saw an uptick in the budget (around $6-8 million per episode, double that of the Jodie Whittaker era) to bring the show more in line with higher-profile and more expensive HBO, Disney and Amazon shows.<\/p>\n

But the revival struggled to find an audience both in the UK and on Disney+ and was subjected to repeated backlash over its overly politically correct stories. The show ended with Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s The Doctor regenerating into a female Doctor with the face of prior companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper).<\/p>\n

We are reportedly getting a Christmas special on the BBC this year written by Davies, one that could mark the end of his stint as showrunner with a new creative team coming onboard and working under a tighter budget.<\/p>\n

Now, Deadline<\/a> spoke this week with BBC Studios production chief Zai Bennett and indicates the future of the program remains uncertain.<\/p>\n

Asked if BBC Studios is willing to provide the money needed to keep the franchise alive, Bennett said he \u201cwon\u2019t speak for the BBC\u201d but added that \u201cwe\u2019re all in it together\u201d regarding the show\u2019s future:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a big, important part of Doctor Who and are all motivated to make sure Doctor Who has a long and flourishing life. We\u2019ve got the Christmas special coming. After that, it\u2019s time for us all to work on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments come as the spin-off series \u201cThe War Between the Land and Sea,\u201d which aired in the UK back in December on the BBC, still hasn\u2019t set a Disney+ premiere date in other territories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC, Disney+ In October last year, Disney+ officially ended its partnership with the BBC regarding \u201cDoctor Who\u201d. Disney\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[94966,96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-425236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bigslider","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-tv","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}