BBC to Issue Update on Doctor Who’s Future, Amid Concern It’s Being Scrapped or Postponed

The series’ current situation is being analyzed in minute detail, with fans debating at length another recent interview with Davies (with UK radio station LBC) in which he noted that he was now “not filming anything until 2027.”

Trusted Doctor Who podcast Radio Free Skaro has reported that the Christmas special hasn’t been worked on this year and — based on its production sources — rather than being cancelled, was never “started to begin with.”

At the same time, writing on private forum Gallifrey Base in remarks later posted by other users on social media, former Doctor Who Magazine editor Tom Spilsbury also cast doubt on whether the special will end up being made, citing current funding issues within the BBC as the cause.

But, today, yet another report has emerged that offers a little more hope. Writing on his Substack blog, Bleeding Cool founder Rich Jonston has suggested that the BBC is moving forward with an alternative, low-budget plan for Christmas using existing sets and without extensive special effects. While what might have been planned as the Christmas special episode may have changed, the report states, something could still materialize this December.

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