Overview

• BBC chief content officer Kate Phillips told the Edinburgh TV Festival the series will stay on the BBC with or without Disney.
• Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, said there is no update on commissioning new seasons but pledged continued commitment to the show.
• News reports indicate Disney’s evaluation remains a factor in decisions on further live-action seasons.
• Steven Moffat said he hopes the show returns and argued the BBC has a national duty to keep producing it, adding that decisions may follow the spin-off’s debut.
• The War Between the Land and the Sea, a UNIT-focused series starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Russell Tovey, has finished filming and is slated for 2026 according to recent reports.