Russell T Davies Says Doctor Who Has Not Been Cancelled – and Tender Process Will Secure Show's Future for "Many Years"

No special, no showrunner: Doctor Who is lost in space

After a tumultuous few years – including the departure of Ncuti Gatwa – the future of the hit sci-fi series is in limbo.

Canary Catch Up: A week of TV announcements - including on the BBC's Doctor Who

Hello and welcome to Canary Catch Up. Each week, our resident telly addict Rachel Charlton-Dailey will bring us bang up to date with the shows she’s been obsessed with, what she’s hate-watching, and what she can’t wait to get stuck into. Something I was painfully aware of when I started this column was that some weeks there wouldn’t be a lot of TV to talk about. Living with chronic illness means I sometimes can’t look at screens, and some weeks …

Russell T Davies says Doctor Who has not been cancelled – and tender process will secure show's future for "many years"

Russell T Davies has hit back at reports that Doctor Who has been cancelled, insisting the BBC's decision to put the show out to tender is "the opposite" of the long-running sci-fi series coming to an end.Earlier this week, the BBC announced that Doctor Who would be put out to competitive tender "as part of securing the next phase of the show for future generations", while also confirming that the previously announced 2026 Christmas special will…

Why DOCTOR WHO and Its Fandom Need This Hiatus

For the first time in over 20 years, the beloved and enduring sci-fi series Doctor Who is taking an extended (and indefinite) break with a future that still feels uncertain. Fans were looking forward to a Christmas special, but now that’s cancelled. Recent showrunner Russell T Davies and his Bad Wolf production team are no longer involved with the show. No one has any idea who the next Doctor will be, but it surely will NOT be Billie Piper in th…

Former Showrunner, Russell T Davies, Reaffirms that Doctor Who Hasn’t Been Cancelled

Former showrunner, Russell T Davies, has confirmed that Doctor Who hasn’t been cancelled; instead, the tender process means, in his opinion, that the show has a long future. Davies said: “It’s extraordinary to see newspapers who should know better saying the show has been cancelled. It’s the opposite. It’s been put out to tender, and I understand that’s an industry phrase and people might not understand what a show being put out to tender means…

Doctor Who Isn't Cancelled, Former Showrunners Insist: 'You're Literally Wrong'

Is Doctor Who cancelled? Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat say no — the show is out to tender, not dead. "You're literally wrong," Davies tells critics.