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There will be no Christmas fun for the Doctor this year.
Wednesday, Hollywood Reporter She received an update on the future of the BBC series, which said the BBC had canceled the Christmas special it had previously promised and would put it on. Doctor Who to “competitive bidding”.
It is a formal and open process in which the BBC invites independent production companies to bid for the production rights to an existing series, and then selects the preferred series. Essentially, legendary showrunner Russell T Davies and production company Bad Wolf are exiting the show.
“Doctor Who “This remains an important part of the BBC, and this tender supports the BBC’s ongoing commitment,” the statement said. Doctor WhoThis ensures that audiences will enjoy the show for years to come.
In line with this announcement, the BBC, Davies and production company Bad Wolf explained that they had collectively decided “not to proceed with what was previously announced”. Doctor Who Christmas episode.”
They said: “This decision has not been taken lightly, and we know it will be disappointing for fans, but in order to prepare the show for future series, it has been decided that rather than fill the gap with a one-off special, we are choosing to move forward to invest in the long-term future of the show which ensures that when the TARDIS lands again, it does so in all its glory.”
New Doctor Who The CBeebies animated series is currently in production, and tender details will be announced in due course, they added.
The BBC retains all intellectual property rights therein Doctor Whobut it was a turbulent period for the Time Lord and his companions. At the end of the last series, which recorded the lowest viewership ever for the series, Sex education Ncuti Gatwa was remade by none other than Billie Piper, who played the Doctor’s ex-girlfriend (and love interest) Rose Tyler during the Christopher Eccleston-David Tennant era.
The now-canceled 2026 Christmas special was announced last year when Disney+ also confirmed it would exit its own spin-off. Doctor Who Partnership with BBC. The streamer has become the global home of the sci-fi series outside the UK and Ireland, and although BBC drama director Lindsay Salt assured fans that “The Doctor isn’t going anywhere”, the news still begs the question: what will happen to Doctor Who?
