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On 2025-03-06 22:14:12 +0000, Blueshirt said:
> Your Name wrote:
>> On 2025-03-06 14:55:50 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> 
>>> 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.
> 
> I'd be very surprised if the BBC didn't have some contingency
> plans in place to cover every option... "Doctor Who" is one of
> its biggest shows. I doubt the show is in complete limbo, I'd
> like to think there is a plan B.

They probably do have a few options, but they can't announce anything 
until Disney decide what they're doing ... unless the BBC gets fed up 
with the wait and simply decides to tell Disney to "get lost" of 
course, then the BBC can announce whatever other option they've chosen.