EXCLUSIVE: Dana Walden was in London earlier this month, but it’s safe to say that renewing Doctor Who was not among the Disney entertainment chief’s priorities. Sources have been telling Deadline for more than a year that Disney has been lukewarm on the sci-fi series,

As Deadline notes, each episode of the Disney-produced Doctor Who seasons cost somewhere around $13 million, making them a rather expensive endeavor for the studio. That price tag was likely a big factor in Disney’s decision to end the deal, and it now seems like the BBC’s plan going forward will be to play to fans’ nostalgia

Doctor Who's partnership with Disney+ is finally over, and that's a very good thing for the iconic British sci-fi series.

Disney ditches Doctor Who deal as fans left to wait more than a year for next episode - Next episode of main series will arrive a whole 19 months after Ncuti Gatwa’s final episode in May 2025

Disney's decision means that the creatives behind Doctor Who now have the freedom to shop the show around to other potential partners, including other streamers. Depending on when the decision was actually made, this could already be happening.

The BBC struck a deal with Disney+ to air Doctor Who in 2022, with the idea that the American media conglomerate could take the franchise to the next level. “They said, ‘We want to make Doctor Who bigger.