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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
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Subject: Re: Doctor Who Into 2026
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:59:28 +1100
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On 8/03/2025 1:21 am, Blueshirt wrote:
> The Doctor wrote:
>> In article <xn0p2zpczd688k8000@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
>> <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>>> Your Name wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>> 
>> A new Showrunner with a new vision?
> 
> No Dave, that's not the point I was making.
> 
> My point is... with all this talk about waiting until S15/S2 airs
> before Disney decide on whether to order more episodes of "Doctor
> Who" or not... and the BBC waiting on whether Disney will invest
> further in Doctor Who, or not... somebody at the BBC or Bad Wolf
> Studios MUST have a contingency plan for either scenario. It wouldn't
> make sense for the bods at the BBC to just be sitting around
> twiddling its thumbs until June. RTD and the Doctor Who production
> office couldn't work that way.

What about the other Series that Disney was supposedly financing ....
'The SeaDevils' or some such?? Wouldn't that give BBC/Bad Wolf a bit of
time to get a third Series in the Can??

> So, there has to be plans of some sort and some draft scripts around
> the place in case they will be needed. RTD & Co will obviously be
> hoping that they will. The nay-sayers will be hoping they won't and
> "Doctor Who" is cancelled! Disney not buying more episodes doesn't
> necessarily mean the end of Doctor Who. As if that was the case, it
> would have been a silly position for the BBC to get itself in to with
> one of it's biggest TV shows.
> 
-- 
Daniel70