• [NEWS] Disney's Doctor Who decision may not to be made until after spin

    From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 5 09:17:38 2025


    As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have already said
    Doctor Who will continue with or without Disney, so they should just
    get on with it, unless Disney actually does have far more power over
    the show than has previously been claimed. (Not that I actually care
    any more - I stopped watching back with the Doctoress Politically
    Correct idiocy.)


    Jane Tranter Talks Doctor Who Future
    ------------------------------------
    A decision aboutaDoctor Who'sanext season could still be
    months away, with producer Jane Tranter revealing that
    Disney does not have toamake the callauntil after the
    upcomingaspin-offahas aired.

    Since the release of the last season, culminating in
    The Reality War, which ended with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth
    Doctoraregenerating into Billie Piper in a surprise twist,
    fans have been waiting for news about whether Disney will
    be recommissioning another season.

    But we could be waiting a while longer as producer Tranter
    has confirmed that, once the 26 episodes that Disney
    initially commissioned have aired (which include the
    spin-off), "then, and only then, does Disney+ have to make
    a decision about whether or not they want to do more".

    She added to The Royal Television Society: "I imagine, at
    a time when Disney are having huge cuts themselves, and
    there have been slashes in programme budgets, they're
    looking to take their time to balance everything out and
    decide what they want to do."

    However, she went on to say: "At its heart, it's a BBC
    show and it will keep going, one way or another."

    While "The War Between the Land and the Sea" does not yet
    have a release date, the BBC's Chief of Content, Kate
    Phillips, recently revealed that it will air sometime in
    2026.

    It is important to note, though, that while the decision
    doesn't have to come until after the spin-off, it could
    still come sooner.

    Thankfully, as Tranter pointed out, Doctor Who's future
    does not depend on Disney's decision.

    Recently speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Phillips
    confirmed that the show will return to the BBCa"with or
    without" Disney's involvement.

    "Any Whovians out there, rest assured - Doctor Who is going
    nowhere," she said. 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."


    <https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/jane-tranter-talks-doctor-who-future/>





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  • From doctor@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 4 21:20:09 2025
    In article <109cvlh$213m8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:


    As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have already said
    Doctor Who will continue with or without Disney, so they should just
    get on with it, unless Disney actually does have far more power over
    the show than has previously been claimed. (Not that I actually care
    any more - I stopped watching back with the Doctoress Politically
    Correct idiocy.)


    Jane Tranter Talks Doctor Who Future
    ------------------------------------
    A decision aboutaDoctor Who'sanext season could still be
    months away, with producer Jane Tranter revealing that
    Disney does not have toamake the callauntil after the
    upcomingaspin-offahas aired.

    Since the release of the last season, culminating in
    The Reality War, which ended with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth
    Doctoraregenerating into Billie Piper in a surprise twist,
    fans have been waiting for news about whether Disney will
    be recommissioning another season.

    But we could be waiting a while longer as producer Tranter
    has confirmed that, once the 26 episodes that Disney
    initially commissioned have aired (which include the
    spin-off), "then, and only then, does Disney+ have to make
    a decision about whether or not they want to do more".

    She added to The Royal Television Society: "I imagine, at
    a time when Disney are having huge cuts themselves, and
    there have been slashes in programme budgets, they're
    looking to take their time to balance everything out and
    decide what they want to do."

    However, she went on to say: "At its heart, it's a BBC
    show and it will keep going, one way or another."

    While "The War Between the Land and the Sea" does not yet
    have a release date, the BBC's Chief of Content, Kate
    Phillips, recently revealed that it will air sometime in
    2026.

    It is important to note, though, that while the decision
    doesn't have to come until after the spin-off, it could
    still come sooner.

    Thankfully, as Tranter pointed out, Doctor Who's future
    does not depend on Disney's decision.

    Recently speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Phillips
    confirmed that the show will return to the BBCa"with or
    without" Disney's involvement.

    "Any Whovians out there, rest assured - Doctor Who is going
    nowhere," she said. 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."


    <https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/jane-tranter-talks-doctor-who-future/>





    Foot draggers.

    Sack RTD!
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  • From The True Doctor@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 5 01:47:12 2025
    On 04/09/2025 22:17, Your Name wrote:


    As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have already said
    Doctor Who will continue with or without Disney, so they should just get
    on with it, unless Disney actually does have far more power over the
    show than has previously been claimed. (Not that I actually care any
    more - I stopped watching back with the Doctoress Politically Correct idiocy.)


    -a-a Jane Tranter Talks Doctor Who Future
    -a-a ------------------------------------
    -a-a A decision about-aDoctor Who's-anext season could still be
    -a-a months away, with producer Jane Tranter revealing that
    -a-a Disney does not have to-amake the call-auntil after the
    -a-a upcoming-aspin-off-ahas aired.

    Tranter is lying just like she did when she lied about the reasons why Christopher Eccleston quit the show in 2005, which was due to her
    bullying, ignoring, and disrespecting the cast and crew, as revealed by Eccleston himself.


    -a-a Since the release of the last season, culminating in
    -a-a The Reality War, which ended with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth
    -a-a Doctor-aregenerating into Billie Piper in a surprise twist,
    -a-a fans have been waiting for news about whether Disney will
    -a-a be recommissioning another season.

    Fans already know the show has been cancelled because Ncuti Gatwa failed
    to renew his contract. Disney+ would have been contractually obliged to
    inform the BBC of them not renewing the show back in May when Gatwa
    quit. Disney are under no obligation to inform Tranter, Davies, or Bad
    Wolf Productions, and neither are the BBC. Bad Wolf's contract to make
    Doctor Who already expired 6 months ago, which is why there has been no further production since then and sets have been dismantled and staff
    laid off.


    -a-a But we could be waiting a while longer as producer Tranter
    -a-a has confirmed that, once the 26 episodes that Disney
    -a-a initially commissioned have aired (which include the
    -a-a spin-off), "then, and only then, does Disney+ have to make
    -a-a a decision about whether or not they want to do more".

    Wrong! Only an idiot would agree to a contract with those terms since
    Disney+ could delay the airing of the Sea Devils garbage indefinably and
    place the entire series in limbo. Jane Trantar lying. All that we've
    been fed by Tranter, Davies, and their ilk is a total pack of lies.

    Disney have already informed the BBC that the show has been cancelled,
    but the BBC are not allowed to announce this until the spin-off has
    ended, probably at least 2 months after the final episode, so as not to
    affect the ratings on Disney+.

    -a-a She added to The Royal Television Society: "I imagine, at
    -a-a a time when Disney are having huge cuts themselves, and
    -a-a there have been slashes in programme budgets, they're
    -a-a looking to take their time to balance everything out and
    -a-a decide what they want to do."

    "I imagine"? That means show knows nothing and is making it all up.

    Disney+ contract with the BBC ended 6 months ago just as the contract
    with Bad Wolf Productions ended at the same time. "Doctor Who is going nowhere" as the BBC has already announced. It's finished. It isn't going anywhere. It has been cancelled.


    -a-a However, she went on to say: "At its heart, it's a BBC
    -a-a show and it will keep going, one way or another."

    -a-a While "The War Between the Land and the Sea" does not yet
    -a-a have a release date, the BBC's Chief of Content, Kate
    -a-a Phillips, recently revealed that it will air sometime in
    -a-a 2026.

    -a-a It is important to note, though, that while the decision
    -a-a doesn't have to come until after the spin-off, it could
    -a-a still come sooner.

    It already came back in May. Disney+ is not going to continue financing infantile garbage written and produced by RTD and Bad Wolf Productions.


    -a-a Thankfully, as Tranter pointed out, Doctor Who's future
    -a-a does not depend on Disney's decision.

    -a-a Recently speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Phillips
    -a-a confirmed that the show will return to the BBC-a"with or
    -a-a without" Disney's involvement.


    When?

    -a-a "Any Whovians out there, rest assured - Doctor Who is going
    -a-a nowhere," she said. Disney has been a great partnership and

    What did I tell you. Doctor Who isn't going nowhere, just like a broken
    down bus or a broken down TARDIS.

    -a-a it continues with "The War Between The Land And The Sea"
    -a-a next year but, going forward, with or without Disney,
    -a-a Doctor Who will still be on the BBC."


    Davies destroyed the entire franchise with the last 3 years of
    degenerate woke bullshit and infantile writing, intended to sexually
    groom children, because the show was "too white, too masculine, and too heterosexual" in the words of Davies himself.

    There's no way that Doctor Who can recover from the irreparable damage
    that Davies and Chibnall did to it without an explicit denunciation of
    their entire era as being a big mistake and not part of canon, and a
    complete reset to before 2005. Tennant has already seen to wiping out
    his own legacy with his deranged woke virtue signalling.


    -a-a <https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/jane-tranter-talks-doctor-who- future/>

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  • From doctor@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 5 03:16:12 2025
    In article <109dbuh$23siv$2@dont-email.me>,
    The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
    On 04/09/2025 22:17, Your Name wrote:


    As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have already said
    Doctor Who will continue with or without Disney, so they should just get
    on with it, unless Disney actually does have far more power over the
    show than has previously been claimed. (Not that I actually care any
    more - I stopped watching back with the Doctoress Politically Correct
    idiocy.)


    -a-a Jane Tranter Talks Doctor Who Future
    -a-a ------------------------------------
    -a-a A decision about-aDoctor Who's-anext season could still be
    -a-a months away, with producer Jane Tranter revealing that
    -a-a Disney does not have to-amake the call-auntil after the
    -a-a upcoming-aspin-off-ahas aired.

    Tranter is lying just like she did when she lied about the reasons why >Christopher Eccleston quit the show in 2005, which was due to her
    bullying, ignoring, and disrespecting the cast and crew, as revealed by >Eccleston himself.


    -a-a Since the release of the last season, culminating in
    -a-a The Reality War, which ended with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth
    -a-a Doctor-aregenerating into Billie Piper in a surprise twist,
    -a-a fans have been waiting for news about whether Disney will
    -a-a be recommissioning another season.

    Fans already know the show has been cancelled because Ncuti Gatwa failed
    to renew his contract. Disney+ would have been contractually obliged to >inform the BBC of them not renewing the show back in May when Gatwa
    quit. Disney are under no obligation to inform Tranter, Davies, or Bad
    Wolf Productions, and neither are the BBC. Bad Wolf's contract to make >Doctor Who already expired 6 months ago, which is why there has been no >further production since then and sets have been dismantled and staff
    laid off.


    -a-a But we could be waiting a while longer as producer Tranter
    -a-a has confirmed that, once the 26 episodes that Disney
    -a-a initially commissioned have aired (which include the
    -a-a spin-off), "then, and only then, does Disney+ have to make
    -a-a a decision about whether or not they want to do more".

    Wrong! Only an idiot would agree to a contract with those terms since >Disney+ could delay the airing of the Sea Devils garbage indefinably and >place the entire series in limbo. Jane Trantar lying. All that we've
    been fed by Tranter, Davies, and their ilk is a total pack of lies.

    Disney have already informed the BBC that the show has been cancelled,
    but the BBC are not allowed to announce this until the spin-off has
    ended, probably at least 2 months after the final episode, so as not to >affect the ratings on Disney+.

    -a-a She added to The Royal Television Society: "I imagine, at
    -a-a a time when Disney are having huge cuts themselves, and
    -a-a there have been slashes in programme budgets, they're
    -a-a looking to take their time to balance everything out and
    -a-a decide what they want to do."

    "I imagine"? That means show knows nothing and is making it all up.

    Disney+ contract with the BBC ended 6 months ago just as the contract
    with Bad Wolf Productions ended at the same time. "Doctor Who is going >nowhere" as the BBC has already announced. It's finished. It isn't going >anywhere. It has been cancelled.


    -a-a However, she went on to say: "At its heart, it's a BBC
    -a-a show and it will keep going, one way or another."

    -a-a While "The War Between the Land and the Sea" does not yet
    -a-a have a release date, the BBC's Chief of Content, Kate
    -a-a Phillips, recently revealed that it will air sometime in
    -a-a 2026.

    -a-a It is important to note, though, that while the decision
    -a-a doesn't have to come until after the spin-off, it could
    -a-a still come sooner.

    It already came back in May. Disney+ is not going to continue financing >infantile garbage written and produced by RTD and Bad Wolf Productions.


    -a-a Thankfully, as Tranter pointed out, Doctor Who's future
    -a-a does not depend on Disney's decision.

    -a-a Recently speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Phillips
    -a-a confirmed that the show will return to the BBC-a"with or
    -a-a without" Disney's involvement.


    When?

    -a-a "Any Whovians out there, rest assured - Doctor Who is going
    -a-a nowhere," she said. Disney has been a great partnership and

    What did I tell you. Doctor Who isn't going nowhere, just like a broken
    down bus or a broken down TARDIS.

    -a-a it continues with "The War Between The Land And The Sea"
    -a-a next year but, going forward, with or without Disney,
    -a-a Doctor Who will still be on the BBC."


    Davies destroyed the entire franchise with the last 3 years of
    degenerate woke bullshit and infantile writing, intended to sexually
    groom children, because the show was "too white, too masculine, and too >heterosexual" in the words of Davies himself.

    There's no way that Doctor Who can recover from the irreparable damage
    that Davies and Chibnall did to it without an explicit denunciation of
    their entire era as being a big mistake and not part of canon, and a >complete reset to before 2005. Tennant has already seen to wiping out
    his own legacy with his deranged woke virtue signalling.


    -a-a <https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/jane-tranter-talks-doctor-who- >> future/>


    Cancel the whole deal and sack RTD

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 5 10:56:53 2025
    Your Name wrote:



    As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have
    already said Doctor Who will continue with or without Disney,
    so they should just get on with it, unless Disney actually
    does have far more power over the show than has previously
    been claimed. (Not that I actually care any more - I stopped
    watching back with the Doctoress Politically Correct idiocy.)


    <https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/jane-tranter-talks-doctor-who-future/>

    To be honest, there's nothing there that is actually news...
    anyone using the term "I imagine" is basically saying they don't
    know, which is either a blatant lie or disingenious at best. I
    doubt Disney would be betting on "The War Between the Land and
    the Sea" being a game changer for their deal with the BBC... if
    two seasons of "Doctor Who" hasn't achieved great viewing
    figures for Disney then what are they expecting from the
    spin-off show? If it has achieved good viewing figures for them,
    then they'd know what they want to do by now after having two
    years of data to analyse.

    My opinion is that most of what we're hearing from people on the
    inside at the BBC/Bad Wolf (like RTD and Jane Tranter) is just
    bullshit whilst they tread water and look for a new distribution
    partner.

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 5 11:17:43 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 04/09/2025 22:17, Your Name wrote:


    As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have
    already said Doctor Who will continue with or without
    Disney, so they should just get on with it, unless Disney
    actually does have far more power over the show than has
    previously been claimed. (Not that I actually care any more
    - I stopped watching back with the Doctoress Politically
    Correct idiocy.)


    -a-a Jane Tranter Talks Doctor Who Future
    -a-a ------------------------------------
    -a-a A decision about-aDoctor Who's-anext season could still be
    -a-a months away, with producer Jane Tranter revealing that
    -a-a Disney does not have to-amake the call-auntil after the
    -a-a upcoming-aspin-off-ahas aired.

    Tranter is lying just like she did when she lied about the
    reasons why Christopher Eccleston quit the show in 2005, which
    was due to her bullying, ignoring, and disrespecting the cast
    and crew, as revealed by Eccleston himself.

    My money is on it being PR spin. Jane Tranter is only saying
    something because she knows she has to, but yet she's saying
    nothing at the same time. "Doctor Who will continue" just being
    the new sound-bite to throw around...


    -a-a Since the release of the last season, culminating in
    -a-a The Reality War, which ended with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth
    -a-a Doctor-aregenerating into Billie Piper in a surprise twist,
    -a-a fans have been waiting for news about whether Disney will
    -a-a be recommissioning another season.

    Fans already know the show has been cancelled because Ncuti
    Gatwa failed to renew his contract. Disney+ would have been
    contractually obliged to inform the BBC of them not renewing
    the show back in May when Gatwa quit. Disney are under no
    obligation to inform Tranter, Davies, or Bad Wolf Productions,
    and neither are the BBC. Bad Wolf's contract to make Doctor
    Who already expired 6 months ago, which is why there has been
    no further production since then and sets have been dismantled
    and staff laid off.

    It was an order for 26 episodes. What was termed at the time a
    "first order" ... as there was an expectation there would be
    more. I assume that expectation has now changed and the BBC know
    that Disney will not be requiring any more episodes from them to
    distribute on their streaming service.

    -a-a But we could be waiting a while longer as producer Tranter
    -a-a has confirmed that, once the 26 episodes that Disney
    -a-a initially commissioned have aired (which include the
    -a-a spin-off), "then, and only then, does Disney+ have to make
    -a-a a decision about whether or not they want to do more".

    Wrong! Only an idiot would agree to a contract with those
    terms since Disney+ could delay the airing of the Sea Devils
    garbage indefinably and place the entire series in limbo. Jane
    Trantar lying. All that we've been fed by Tranter, Davies, and
    their ilk is a total pack of lies.

    ^^ This I agree with.

    It's all PR spin to make it look like they are doing something
    without actually telling us anything. The BBC must have a fair
    idea of what's going on. Disney are hardly just saying nothing
    and waiting for a spin-off show to air in 2026 before deciding
    to renew their multi-million pound deal for the international
    streaming rights for "Doctor Who" episodes with the BBC, or not.
    There would surely be interactions going on between those two
    partners with feedback shared.

    So, "Doctor Who will continue"... ok, when then? Give us some
    idea... 2026? 2027? She doesn't actually know.

    It's just mealy-mouthed nonsense like the politicians spout all
    the time.

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  • From doctor@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 5 13:37:48 2025
    In article <xn0pafi1g56r92m001@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    Your Name wrote:



    As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have
    already said Doctor Who will continue with or without Disney,
    so they should just get on with it, unless Disney actually
    does have far more power over the show than has previously
    been claimed. (Not that I actually care any more - I stopped
    watching back with the Doctoress Politically Correct idiocy.)


    <https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/jane-tranter-talks-doctor-who-future/>

    To be honest, there's nothing there that is actually news...
    anyone using the term "I imagine" is basically saying they don't
    know, which is either a blatant lie or disingenious at best. I
    doubt Disney would be betting on "The War Between the Land and
    the Sea" being a game changer for their deal with the BBC... if
    two seasons of "Doctor Who" hasn't achieved great viewing
    figures for Disney then what are they expecting from the
    spin-off show? If it has achieved good viewing figures for them,
    then they'd know what they want to do by now after having two
    years of data to analyse.

    My opinion is that most of what we're hearing from people on the
    inside at the BBC/Bad Wolf (like RTD and Jane Tranter) is just
    bullshit whilst they tread water and look for a new distribution
    partner.

    Sack RTD and cut Disney.
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  • From doctor@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 5 13:38:35 2025
    In article <xn0pafin957hn67002@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 04/09/2025 22:17, Your Name wrote:


    As some people have said before. Of course, the BBC have
    already said Doctor Who will continue with or without
    Disney, so they should just get on with it, unless Disney
    actually does have far more power over the show than has
    previously been claimed. (Not that I actually care any more
    - I stopped watching back with the Doctoress Politically
    Correct idiocy.)


    -a-a Jane Tranter Talks Doctor Who Future
    -a-a ------------------------------------
    -a-a A decision about-aDoctor Who's-anext season could still be
    -a-a months away, with producer Jane Tranter revealing that
    -a-a Disney does not have to-amake the call-auntil after the
    -a-a upcoming-aspin-off-ahas aired.

    Tranter is lying just like she did when she lied about the
    reasons why Christopher Eccleston quit the show in 2005, which
    was due to her bullying, ignoring, and disrespecting the cast
    and crew, as revealed by Eccleston himself.

    My money is on it being PR spin. Jane Tranter is only saying
    something because she knows she has to, but yet she's saying
    nothing at the same time. "Doctor Who will continue" just being
    the new sound-bite to throw around...


    -a-a Since the release of the last season, culminating in
    -a-a The Reality War, which ended with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth
    -a-a Doctor-aregenerating into Billie Piper in a surprise twist,
    -a-a fans have been waiting for news about whether Disney will
    -a-a be recommissioning another season.

    Fans already know the show has been cancelled because Ncuti
    Gatwa failed to renew his contract. Disney+ would have been
    contractually obliged to inform the BBC of them not renewing
    the show back in May when Gatwa quit. Disney are under no
    obligation to inform Tranter, Davies, or Bad Wolf Productions,
    and neither are the BBC. Bad Wolf's contract to make Doctor
    Who already expired 6 months ago, which is why there has been
    no further production since then and sets have been dismantled
    and staff laid off.

    It was an order for 26 episodes. What was termed at the time a
    "first order" ... as there was an expectation there would be
    more. I assume that expectation has now changed and the BBC know
    that Disney will not be requiring any more episodes from them to
    distribute on their streaming service.

    -a-a But we could be waiting a while longer as producer Tranter
    -a-a has confirmed that, once the 26 episodes that Disney
    -a-a initially commissioned have aired (which include the
    -a-a spin-off), "then, and only then, does Disney+ have to make
    -a-a a decision about whether or not they want to do more".

    Wrong! Only an idiot would agree to a contract with those
    terms since Disney+ could delay the airing of the Sea Devils
    garbage indefinably and place the entire series in limbo. Jane
    Trantar lying. All that we've been fed by Tranter, Davies, and
    their ilk is a total pack of lies.

    ^^ This I agree with.

    It's all PR spin to make it look like they are doing something
    without actually telling us anything. The BBC must have a fair
    idea of what's going on. Disney are hardly just saying nothing
    and waiting for a spin-off show to air in 2026 before deciding
    to renew their multi-million pound deal for the international
    streaming rights for "Doctor Who" episodes with the BBC, or not.
    There would surely be interactions going on between those two
    partners with feedback shared.

    So, "Doctor Who will continue"... ok, when then? Give us some
    idea... 2026? 2027? She doesn't actually know.

    It's just mealy-mouthed nonsense like the politicians spout all
    the time.

    Some people will do anything for attention.
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