Doctor Who‘sDisney+ erais still very much upon us ; it began with the trio of sixtieth day of remembrance specials asterisk David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor ( who bet not unlike the Tenth Doctor ) and extend with Ncuti Gatwa’srecently concluded first seasonas the Fifteenth Doctor . There’sanother confirmed Gatwa seasonon the way — but what will go on next , give all that talking ofhigh budgetsandlow ratings ? As of right now , it ’s unclear … but there ’s a glimmer of hope to dwell on today .
Liam Keelan , Disney ’s elderly frailty President of the United States of original programming in Europe , the Middle East , and Africa , made enthusiastic remarks aboutDoctor Whowhile speak at the Edinburgh TV Festival , Deadlinereports .
Though the trade notes Keelan did not “ trust to renewing the BBC conscientious objector - product softwood beyond next twelvemonth ’s season , which is supervise by showrunner Russell T Sir Humphrey Davy , ” hedidhave this to say : “ [ Doctor Who ] is a fabulous series . Obviously , in the UK it ’s in full BBC , rightly so . We take rest of worldly concern rights . But really , really happy to have it . I suppose just , the quirkiness of it , the fact that it ’s in that sci - fi populace and when you think about what Disney offers in other regards , I reckon it experience like a really good fit to me . I mean it ’s with child to have it . ”
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It ’s clear Keelan is n’t the onlyDoctor Whofan at Disney these days , either ; at last calendar month ’s San Diego Comic - Con , it was bring out that a newDoctor Whospin - off , The War Between Land and Sea , is presently in the works as another BBC - Disney co - production .
In io9 ’s SDCC report , we noted that the five - installment serial will “ follow an international crisis on Earth , when the Sea Devils — the ancient underwater airstream introduced in the 1972 classic ‘ The Sea Devils , ’ and most recently return in the 2022slightly less classic‘Legend of the Sea Devils’—emerge from the sea and disclose themselves to manhood on a global scale leaf . Without the Doctor to aid , UNIT steps in as humanity ’s first and last line of defence … as warfare rear its head teacher , threatening to plunge the human race into chaos . ”
write by Davies and Pete McTighe , The War Between Land and Seawill star familiarDoctor Whofaces Jemma Redgrave as UNIT ’s Kate Lethbridge - Stewart and and Alexander Devrient as Colonel Ibrahim , as well as Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha - Raw as as - yet unrevealed character . It ’s currently take , which mean it wo n’t arrive stateside on Disney+ for awhile;Doctor Who , however , will be back with more Fifteenth Doctor adventures later this year , starting with Christmas peculiar “ Joy to the World . ”
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