Doctor Who: I am going to miss...

[dewline]

...everything after this latest movie, apparently. BBC and Disney+ just announced their Big Deal for access to the series outside of the UK from now on. CTV Sci-Fi is history to them now, just as the CBC was forced by Conservative Party pressure to walk away from their relationship for Canadian broadcast rights years earlier.

I smell ideological pressure on the BBC from somewhere, of course.

Comments

[shanejayell]

That is just weird. I thought BBC was trying to do their own streaming service too?

[mtbc]

It's quite a shame. Government pressure against funding means the BBC looks for money elsewhere and Doctor Who's one of the things that suffers once they notice that they can generate significant overseas revenue from it.

[sabotabby]

I think it's only for distribution? But it still seems like bad news. That said, I torrent it because I want to watch it right away, and I'll feel less bad about that if it's Disney.

[thewayne]

Strange things going on at the Beeb. But I am happy that we'll be getting something worthwhile from Disney+ that isn't tainted by the Mouse.