As a Doctor Who fan, seeing the show discussed on the Campea show is so surreal! 😂 Robert suggestion of starting with Eccleston onward is perfect as it was a modern style reboot for the show in 2005! 👏

The logo is iconic, but it actually debuted with Jon Pertwee's Dr, just prior to Tom Baker.

As a life long Doctor Who fan, seeing this discussed on another favourite show of mine is absolutely insane. I’m beyond thrilled that Disney is showing that Doctor Who is a viable global franchise, we’ve had 5 years of rather lacklustre marketing and now it’s great to see these kinds of announcements Doctor Who in 2023 and beyond is going to be very exciting and also a very accessible jumping on point for newcomers

Massive Doctor who fan, just glad that there will be easier access for global fans to watch, and also bring in a new Audience. The more the merrier i say.😁

This is fantastic news, and this morning when I watched Ncuit on the Dr Who KZfaq channel and him answering questions, he just casually mentioned “Exclusively on BBC and Disney+ everywhere else.” My mouth literally dropped. I was in complete shock. I literally did a double take, watched the entire two minute Q&A again, and then still didn’t believe it and looked it up on the internet where we know no one lies! And there it was. Yes, Dr Who has moved! I was so excited. (Still am)

As a Doctor Who fan this is fantastic as it will open the show up to a new audience and hopefully give the show a bigger chance for spin offs

While I generally agree with Robert about starting with New Who - and Christopher Eccleston was a great Doctor! - Twitch showed loads of Classic Dr Who in chronological order a few years ago, and the young people there loved it. They just hadn't seen anything like that before - they even loved the 60s black and white shows.

The confusion at 1:21 is absolutely incredible😂

Doctor Who is a fantastic show to license to Disney +.

After watching power of the doctor. I'm so happy. 10th is back. And I'm so giddy with hype and tears my favourite doctor is back

Hoping they will also add the 2005+ episodes for new fans.

Doctor Who is sadly going to lose hundreds of thousands of viewers in Australia for new seasons due to the public broadcaster here (the ABC) no longer having the rights to Doctor Who (from 2023 onwards). This is not only because not everyone of any age group has Disney+, but also because a large portion of middle aged and elderly Australians are the vast majority viewers of ABC, and Doctor Who has always been one of the highest rated programs on ABC (and frequently in terms of general ratings that include all the commercial networks). Here in Melbourne Australia we have one of the biggest Doctor Who fan conglomerates outside of the UK, with the BBC recognising that a decade ago by bringing to Melbourne the first Doctor Who convention & official concert performance to occur outside of the U.K. There are sadly going to be few Australians who are north of 50 years of age who will continue to watch new seasons of Doctor Who, include those of them plus plenty of younger Australians who got the Britbox streaming service in no small part thanks to Doctor Who (and out of the people I know who have Britbox ALL of them are massive Doctor Who Fans). To the point of how noteworthy the breaking of this 50 year history of ABC broadcasting Doctor Who in Australia is, in ALL of the major Australian News Papers the next day the story was either on the front page or on page 3 / page 4, and featured on all Australian News websites as far as I'm aware (not to mention mentions on Australian TV news programs). All of that is highly unusual for Australian stories about TV programs, particularly non-Australian made / involved TV productions.

John should watch Doctor Who

I take this as a very good sign, as it means that Doctor Who is a wanted brand, and one the next regime will be pushing to reach a bigger audience.

If Disney + has it than as long as it drops the day of air I won't miss a episode or special which I have been worried about since I had to cut back on my cable.

My wife and I just sat through all 13 seasons over the last year. It has some amazing highs, and granted some lows, but all said and done its quite special. Also as Brit who has now lived in Canada for 4 years, it has been a very welcome shot of nostalgia reminding me of home. I used to watch the reruns of the old seasons as a kid in the 90s but until this yearI had completely missed the new seasons.

I haven't watched any of the new Doctor Who stuff in years. Fell off shortly after Matt Smith left. However I will go back and watch the episode 'Blink' every now and then. By far one of the best episodes and the Doctor is barely in it.

A Brit here. The new Dr Who series is being co-produced by SONY. The BBC passed production over to the production company "Bad Wolf" and "Bad Wolf" is now mostly owned by SONY. So maybe that factors into who can show it, when and for how long. Many, or most of the BBC's bigger budget shows are usually international co-productions. It's not a co-incidence that you see so many non-British actors have major roles in our shows. I've lost count of the shows I've seen that are made with money from PBS or WGBH Boston.

Man Russell T Davies sure has alot of ambition pulling this.

Finally I'll have a place to watch it all!!

I actually think this is a perfect fit since Doctor who is the type of family friendly show that Disney itself probably would have loved to have invented itself. Although I must say with the rumors going on about budget cuts. I kinda wish at some point Disney is able to step in and not take ownership but does a similar Hbo Max CW deal that it has with superman and lois. Have them help pay a little for it and get a reasonable cut depending on how much they put into the show. But I doubt that is going to happen any time soon. The only negative that I hope can be fixed is eventually even if s1 to 10 is still on Amazon prime in Europe for however long their deal is, that D+ can get the first 10 series along with 11 to 13 which is only watchable on HBO Max in the US. So that more viewers outside UK and US can easily start with Eccleston and treat it as either a binge or once a week and be caught up in half a year to a year depending on how they space it out. Because ever since Matt Smiths Era the show went from being still watched by fan outside the UK but not in the same numbers as Smith Era. Which made it much more worldwide than before with people starting from series 1 to catch up to watch the day of the doctor. Since with Tennant coming back for the 60th it could have done the same for the show being easily watched on D+. But I understand there would be contract problems for making it happen for now. Maybe once we get to the 16th Doctor that can end up being sorted. But for now new fans who haven't watched before but now know Tennant from other things. Might decide to go back from the start on Amazon prime to get ready for the three 60th specials in November 2023.

yes, it probably is best to start with Ecclestone, but you will miss the nostalgic feels we all got in the latest special lol. as a UK lad born in the 70's I got a little teary eyed when ace got out her baseball bat.

Wait, they’re bringing back David Tennant again!?!? That’s so cool! I loved him in DuckTales 2017

In America, the episodes Rob’s talking about stream on Britbox US. Disney+ will carry new seasons of the modern show.

So is doctor who going to be on disney+ in the uk as well as bbc iplayer?

If this is true I would finally be able to watch the original series from 1963 if they have all episodes and the tv movie with Paul McGann. 😍

So I’m a bit confused: I live in the US, and I’ve had HBO Max to thank for my viewing of Doctor Who (idk if it’s available on HBO Max globally). However, I do not have Disney+. Are they gonna take DW out of HBO Max now in the states???

Doctor Who is currently on HBO MAX. I began watching it a week ago

Please cover doctor who more! Please and thank you!!!

As a British Dr Who fan (living outside the UK), this is the best news for the series. Also, the budgeting and special effects may improve due to this. Big + for a fan!

The logo instantly reminds me of Paw Patrol

I was just thinking the other day I wish you would review Doctor Who.

Disney+ includes STAR in the UK so I watch a ton of non Disney/Fox productions and it will just serve as an addition to an already vast back catalogue. There is far more to Disney+ than just Disney. Great to Christian back 👍

I'm really hoping Disney helps finance future seasons of Doctor Who. The first season of "Loki" reminded me of what Doctor Who could be if it had a big enough budget. The TVA/Gallifrey connection is easy to see. Kang the Conqueror reminds me a lot of The Master. Imagine a season of Doctor Who with the budget of Loki. The possibilities are endless.

Dang I was hoping for past seasons

Woohoo! The wait for dr.who dvds in my country is over!

This is good news. Not living in the UK, I've had difficulty finding the most recent episodes.

So in terms of disney paying for the show, I'm not sure, but Sony is actually funding the show mainly in conjunction with the BBC, with the show being made by a company founded by the creators of the 2005 revival, bad wolf productions! And fans will definitely get Disney plus for this! I am exceptionally excited for this, for the prospect of it and getting doctor who to reach a wider audience then ever before!

And I have a question for this will BBC America still air the new episodes then go to Disney plus??

Started watching Dr. Who a few years ago. And started with the Doctor before David Tennant. I made it 3 seasons and then kinda stopped. For no reason other than just got busy. But I need to get on it and continue.

Tom Baker also played Bendu in Star Wars Rebels

Great news!👏👏👏👏

Doctor Who is perfect for Disney+ It will probably end up being its biggest show.

It's easy way for d+ to get its local content requirements for UK be interesting to see what they do in other countries as streaming is added to local content requirements around the world that other platforms cable, network, etc television

My hope is that this could be the start of a partnership where we do see Disney (and specifically Marvel) helping to produce something for DOCTOR WHO. Not the main timeline, but we've always wanted a proper run for Paul McGann's 8th Doctor. A prequel series with the 8th Doctor including the events that lead up to the Time War would be perfect spin-off that i'd love to see Marvel work on.

Well BBC does release dr who season on blu ray and dvd

I'm a long time fan of the show. I find this is an interesting move. As long as the BBC keep control, I'm happy.

John you must start watching doctor who from 2005 with Ecclesons era

as a dw fan and current Disney plus subscriber this is awesome

Nani I'm hella excited

So does this mean I got to start all over again? Cause I’m halfway through the 13th era and I don’t know if I wanna relive the emotional rollercoaster of the past ones again.

John doesn’t know the “timey-wimey” joke. Psh. What a normie.

International broadcasting/streaming rights have been spotty the last couple of years, so this is a big win for me personally with resorting to vpns or whatnot. Hbomax and bbc international have not done much lately to get the show out there. While is all new eps starting 2023, and if I'm not mistaken bad wolf productions is heading up the upcoming seasons under a returning showrunner...that has ties to Disney? Might be interesting if this pairing might lead to new animated recreations of lost dw eps from the 60s and 70s since bbca pulled out recently on these classic lost eps to animate over archived audio

I would like to know if that deal includes the old classic series since 1963 or only from the reboot in 2005 as was the case when Netflix had the rights, as they only had episodes from 2005 onwards. Also this does not help us fans in Ireland as the report says BBC maintain control in UK and Ireland but the BBC Iplayer only works for UK residents and not in Ireland leaving us with no access to classic content, (unless we buy physical media) so I hope we can view the show through Disney+ just as any other not UK countries can. 🤞

Dr who is very very quirky, fun and often very very well written and an always well acted take on very imaginative science fiction story telling. Seeing a former Dr Who kick ass and be so devilish and maniacal on House of the Dragons is a treat but I also have loved David Tennents post Who work as well. The only issue is that Dr Who is very much a cult since fiction franchise despite being a long running BBC tradition in the UK,..its sort of more cerebral and not really a mass audience thing like Star Wars or the MCU,.so im not sure how the number wil plan out for Disney

The whole revival series is on HBO max

I love it

it scary to see how many people choose to just read a headline and then nothing else. i have seen way to many people posting "please dont ruin this". THEY CANT RUIN SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT MAKING. this is just like peaky blinders and netflix. it is the streaming home they do not make it.

As a Doctor Who fan I'm glad to see this show getting the recognition it deserves! I feel like the bbc has forgotten about promoting the show and it's lost public visibility since being removed from netflix. The bbc are genuinely delusional if they think that people outside of the uk are gonna pay for bbc subscription account for only one show that is barely promoted. Can't wait to see it on my disney plus

Doctor who is good when Matt smith was the doctor

I'm watching Doctor Who on HBOMAX now.

If they're not adding any previous episodes it sounds like the new season might be a 2005 style revival

Ok this is a first on the John Campea show! Apart from that surprise, I'm not exactly surprised it goes to Disney+ but I hope the show gets more resources because Doctor Who has been jumping through a lot of different streaming platforms and services in recent years.

Tom Baker was The Doctor from 1974. William Hartnell was The Doctor from 1963

there was a time when doctor who aired on the disney channel for a bit so this isn't a shocker also fox for years has technically still had ownership over doctor who so the buy out shifted the rights over to disney

Modern Doctor Who is on HBOMAX

I am sad about this, I was looking forward to the new season. guess I will be missing the next few seasons since I don't have Disney+

But Where On Disney Plus Will Doctor Who Go?

Also I’m so happy it’s moving to Disney. They have been switching their streaming service every year. SO annoying

I watched the first season of the modern era when it was airing on (then) Sci-Fi here and I remember liking it, but I didn’t know about the whole changing Doctors thing so when the new actor came in I stopped watching. But a LOT of my friends swear by the show so I want to give it a knot her chance. My issue is that I don’t want to have to be subscribed to multiple streaming services for one series. Iirc the current seasons are streaming on HBOMAX which I don’t have (and probably won’t even consider subscribing to until Zaslav is no longer in control of WB) so I really hope those episodes get brought over to D+ so that new audiences will have an easy time going back to the “beginning” if they like the new season.

In regards to preservation, it's only 60s era doctor Who that has missing episodes. Everything from the 70s and onwards survives.

The territory of interest would be Australia because of the close ties the ABC has with the BBC and its programming. Will that long association with Doctor Who now shift because of this new deal?

The only time I cared about Dr Who was when Chris and David were the doctor on SciFi.

This is REALLY BIG NEWS for us Whovians!!! Who-Marvel crossover, anyone? :) Classic is on Pluto and newish is on HBO Max.

Our household won't purchase Disney+ for a single show, regardless of what that show is.

I wonder what Jon Schnepp would say about this news?😀😢 Also wondering if he would have liked the first female Doctor !?!

Life-long Doctor Who fan here, this is gonna be interesting. Bit sad to hear Rob say to not bother watching classic Who though

Natural fit.

I imagine they'll only have new Who on Disney+, not classic Who.

My parents don’t want Disney+ next year so I hope I can watch it outside of Disney+…..

Older Doctor Who tends to be on Britbox these days. I think it would be smart to try and bring some prior series to Disney Plus, from the modern era of the show at the very least.

With chibnall out and tennet back for a year, I’m excited!!!!

Interesting that the old episodes wont be on there. Maybe a soft reboot?

More money for Disney plus I guess, Doctor who is neither here nor there with me, but I guess I could watch it.

"Doctor Who has a lot of fans" Not as many as it used to have, mate

I've seen every episode of Doctor Who available, not that I've been a fan of it, but because I've had friends that were fans of it. I watched caused they watched. After seeing the Old Who episodes, I kept up the New Who show out of habit more than anything else. I'm already subscribed to Disney+ so it's not like I'm going to stop watching Who cause of the move. At least, I'll know there will be consistent runs instead of the highly staggered releases during the last Chibnall Era.

So doctor who will be leaving hbo max going to Disney plus next year

Add to the list of things that HBO Max/WB screwed up/lost.

They have Bleach too

Why not start with the original? It’s great writing

BBC managed to get out of their HBO Max contract because Warner bros discovery had exclusive rights too all new Doctor who after it airs on BBC America, but now they won’t be airing the show on BBC America so HBO max gets nothing.

i'm a whovian[fan and a person who loves doctor who] and i live in Australia for decades bbc worked with abc to distribute doctor who and other shows i find it sad and annoying and stupid that they cancel such a partnership just to shanghai people into getting plus i mean plus doesnt release dvds of their shows or specials so what people should be asking is does this mean doctor who wont be released on dvd outside the uk anymore now? if so they are going to have a lot of angry and annoyed and saddened fans because some people myself include love watching dvds epesically the dvds of doctor who i have and if this partnership means the end of dvd release outside uk then well i'm pretty sure bbc have in the long run fucked up

If you are gonna watch the show for the first time i recommend watching it from 2005 with christopher eccleston. Then David tennant and the 2009 specials with tennant also before watching season five with matt smith. Then capaldi and after skip Jodie trust me it killed the show along with the Awful retcon. And before someone tells me well doctor who has always been blah with its continuity. Yea so has every big franchise but for the most part it was handled pretty well. But what chibnall did was crossing the line. After watching the ten seasons of modern doctor who then i recommend watching classic who from the 1st doctor with William Hartnell and so on from there. Oh and make sure you watch the 50th anniversary between season 7 and eight of modern who also.

Don't start with Tom Baker, start with Christopher Eccleston? I would tell people exactly the opposite.

There are 40 or 50 lost shows from the first 3 seasons of Dr.Who It was considered a trash show at the time.

HBOMax

Telling someone not to go back to the Tom Baker episodes???? Ummm, ok...

I do not do pay streaming channels. So Disney Plus makes Doctor Who no longer watchable for me.

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I am not a massive fan of the Mouse based on its negative attitude to physical media and how it treated Get Back releases. I am a huge Dr Who fan and live in the UK so will not need to rejoin Disney Plus to watch future series. The up side of Disney involvement in Dr Who is more funding and possibility that Disney can fund restorations of missing episodes from 60s. Disney cert@only has a proven track record in animations. So here is hoping.