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‘Doctor Who’ Showrunner Says Disney+ Deal Had To Happen As Demise Of The BBC Is “Undoubtedly On Its Way”
Doctor Who's Russell T Davies has said the BBC is "absolutely on its way" out and so Disney+ deal had to be struck
Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies has issued some doom-and-gloom thinking behind why the hit sci-fi series needed to partner with Disney+. Speaking to the They Like to Watch podcast, the storied British showrunner declared that the BBC is “somehow, surely, undoubtedly on its way out in some shape or form,” and additional cash and partners were therefore necessary for Doctor Who. Davies was speaking in the week that Director General Tim Daviedelivered a set-piece speech about the future of the corporation in which he hailed the Doctor Who deal for being “a good example of how we can work to deliver more value through third-party funding, while protecting content for UK audiences.”
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