Overview

• Producer Jane Tranter told the Royal Television Society that Disney does not need to decide on further commissioning until the initial 26 episodes it ordered have all been broadcast.
• Tranter noted Disney's ongoing budget cuts as a factor in why the company may take time before making a decision.
• BBC content chief Kate Phillips reiterated that the show will remain on the BBC with or without Disney's involvement.
• The completed spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea, centered on UNIT and starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Russell Tovey, is scheduled to air in 2026.
• Former showrunner Steven Moffat, stressing he has no inside information, suggested decisions may follow the spin-off's debut and called it a national duty for the BBC to keep making the series.