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Doctor Who Renewal Uncertain After Finale Regeneration

Russell T Davies has paused his production column during executive deliberations over a third season after audience figures fell.

Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor pose together in the TARDIS in Doctor Who.
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Overview

  • The BBC and Disney+ have not confirmed a third season under their 26-episode co-production agreement, leaving the series’ future undecided
  • In the Season 2 finale, Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor regenerated into Billie Piper’s Rose Tyler, but Piper’s ongoing role has not been clarified
  • Season 15 averaged 3.2 million viewers over eight episodes, down by half a million compared with the previous season’s audience
  • Showrunner Russell T Davies wrote that he will take a break from his Doctor Who Magazine column until renewal talks conclude
  • Disney+ will still debut the spin-off series The War Between the Land and the Sea later this year, extending the Whoniverse