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Subject: Re: [Overlord DVD] Disney Ready to Dump Doctor Who? Terrible Ratings
 Making Mouse Want To Bail, Sources Say!
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The Doctor wrote:
> In article <xn0p1rxmz5cepg5002@post.eweka.nl>,
> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>> The Doctor wrote:
>>
>>> In article <xn0p1ru6c57tsij005@post.eweka.nl>,
>>> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> According to RTD (Doctor Who Executive Producer) in the
>>>> latest DWM [#613] the "first order from Disney was for 26
>>>> episodes", which will be completed once the spin-off "The
>>>> War Between the Land and the Sea" has aired. So if Disney
>>>> are not happy with what they have been getting from their
>>>> partnership with the BBC then there won't be a second
>>>> order... the deal will have been completed and both Disney
>>>> and the BBC can move on. I assume it will be the ratings for
>>>> S2/S15 this spring that will be decisive, but if the
>>>> ratings/viewing figures are in the same ball-park as they
>>>> were for S1/S14 then I would expect Disney to move on...
>>>
>>> a new partner needed?
>>
>> Possibly.
>>
>> But, maybe the BBC will go it alone with a reduced budget for
>> "Doctor Who" if Disney do not order any more episodes. There's
>> no guarantee that another streaming service would be be
>> interested in the show.
>>
>> Or maybe the BBC will put "Doctor Who" on hold and give it a
>> break? It wouldn't be the first time...
> 
> Let them look for a new dance partner and Keep Ncuti.
> 
i hope they don't put hyacinth back on