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On 2025-03-06 14:55:50 +0000, Blueshirt said:

> Theory11 wrote:
> 
>> I am hearing that following Ncuti Gatwa's departure from the
>> show Doctor Who is to continue next year with three or four
>> special episodes featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. These
>> special episodes will follow on from the events in the War
>> Between the Land and the Sea spin-off series due to air later
>> this year on D+. The 14th Doctor's companion for these special
>> episodes will be Rose Noble, played by Yasmin Finney. Bad Wolf
>> TV are hoping that Catherine Tate will reprise her role as
>> Donna Noble in some of the episodes.
>> 
>> Currently only three Doctor Who specials are pencilled in for
>> 2026; Easter, Halloween & Xmas. If extra funding comes through
>> from D+ - or another partner - a fourth special episode could
>> be added to the schedule. Possibly New Years Eve/Day. There
>> will be no series three next year. The special episodes are to
>> fill the gap and are being viewed within the BBC as a better
>> option than putting the show on hiatus with all the negative
>> publicity that would then en-sue for one of its flag-ship
>> television programmes.
>> 
>> It is also rumoured that Russell T Davies will leave the show
>> after the specials.
> 
> That's the problem when there's an info vacuum of any sort with
> the wall-to-wall information society that we have these days...
> it just enables the rumour mills to go into overdrive. Some
> rumours will be right, some will be wrong. But with the variety
> of info out there they can't ALL be right!
> 
> Normally the BBC are in your face with PR stuff about their big
> shows. Not knowing what the situation with "Doctor Who" is after
> S15/S2 - which premieres in five weeks time - just enables the
> YouTube brigade to do their thing. We have no right to know
> anything, but in 2025 it is strange that we know so little about
> the show's future.

It's extremely rare for any business to announce what their future 
plans are until they are ready to do so, which is usually not long 
before the product / service is ready to launch. If they did, every 
competitior out there would try to get in earlier to get the customers. 
Plus, with constant changes in the world, announced plans may well have 
to be altered or cancelled, which then annoys the customers - Apple, 
for example, learnt this the hard way by announcing their wireless 
power mat ... which was delayed and then cancelled.

Occasionally you do get a brief report, for example "Call the Midwife" 
being renewed for 2025 and 2026, but no other information about it. 
Most shows only work on a basis of the next season or two. Very few 
have commitments for more than that.

Then of course there are the rumours that Disney isn't happy and is 
waiting to see how well or not this new season does before making any 
decision, which then means the BBC can't make a decision / 
announcement. Just one more issue to add to the pile of problams with 
the Disney agreement.




>> My source is not God - usually she is fairly reliable though.
> 
> No smoke without fire and all that...