Why Disney Ditched ‘Doctor Who’: Sources Say Ratings, Big Ticket Budget & MAGA Politics Were Factors In BBC Deal Failing To Regenerate

The BBC confirmed on Tuesday that its 'Doctor Who' co-production deal with Disney had vaporized. What went wrong on the series starring Ncuti Gatwa?

'Real reason Doctor Who cut ties with Disney revealed'

At the end of this year, the show (currently under returning showrunner Russel T Davies) shocked the nation by airing Ncuti’s unexpected regeneration into Rose Tyler star Billie Piper.

Report: The ‘Doctor Who’ Disney Deal Was Doomed by Bad Ratings, Big Budgets, and Backlash Fears

A wide-ranging new report heavily hints that perhaps Disney and the BBC's deal to work on 'Doctor Who' was almost set to fail from the start.
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Why Disney Ditched DOCTOR WHO: Ratings Trouble, Costly Episodes, and Culture Clash Behind the Collapse

When Disney teamed up with the BBC in 2022 to help bring Doctor Who to global audiences, it was pitched as a new era for the long-running sci-fi classic, one that would give the series a Marvel-style boost in scale and scope.

Doctor Who and Disney was a disaster waiting to happen

First, the good news for Whovians: the BBC has confirmed the future of the Dalek-fighting favourite and it is not, as many media doom-mongers predicted, about to be exterminated.
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