MAGA America blamed after Disney cancels Doctor Who deal

[JGalt]

Not a big fan of the series and I doubt it was MAGA who was responsible for the cancellation.

But I'll accept responsibility for Disney's withdrawal of production funding. Like they say, "Go woke, go broke."

MAGA America blamed after Disney pulls out of Doctor Who deal​

MAGA America and so-called “woke” casting have been blamed for Disney’s decision to end its financial backing of cult sci-fi show Doctor Who.

Production and streaming giant Disney, which signed on as the co-producer and exclusive home of Doctor Who outside the UK in 2022, ended the deal this week.

While lower than expected viewing figures were a major factor for the decision, industry publication Deadline quoted sources at the show as saying a “woke” backlash may have been awakened as Doctor Who has embraced diverse storytelling under writer and producer Russell T Davies.

Doctor Who’s viewing figures have experienced a severe drop off in recent years according to Barb, the UK’s official ratings agency.

Season 15 averaged 3.8 million viewers, a decline of 1 million on season 14.

Both seasons with actor Ncuti Gatwa as the titular Doctor were down on Jodie Whittaker’s concluding season in 2021 – which was watched by an average of 5.2 million people.

Under writer Davies, the series has cast transgender actress Yasmin Finney as drag-queen villain Jinkx Monsoon.

It also featured an historic gay kiss between Gatwa – who publicly came out as gay in 2023 – and American performer Jonathan Groff, which attracted complaints from some BBC viewers

The BBC rejected the complaints in June 2024, saying Doctor Who “will always continue to proudly celebrate diversity and reflect the world we live in”.

But Deadline cited a “well-placed industry source” as saying Doctor Who became “too woke for Trump’s USA”, and this was a factor in Disney minds when it came to renewing its production deal.

MAGA America blamed after Disney pulls out of Doctor Who deal

 

[FoghornLeghorn]

Most of everything Disney puts out is TRASH. They did the impossible by destroying Star Wars. They put some radical leftist ***** in charge of that franchise and utterly destroyed it. Disney is GARBAGE.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Doctor Who because of their casting bullshit was dying long before this....after David Tennant and Matt Smith the show went down hill fast...

 

[fncceo]

MAGA America blamed after Disney cancels Doctor Who deal​

I would gladly take credit for that decision.

Where do I go to pick up my medal?

 

[JGalt]

I would gladly take credit for that decision.

Where do I go to pick up my medal?

That was shipped to you just yesterday. The tracking number shows that it will be out for delivery today.

Please feel free to leave positive feedback, and thank you very much.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Under writer Davies, the series has cast transgender actress Yasmin Finney as drag-queen villain Jinkx Monsoon.

Hollywood insists that "transwomen are real women," yet when a transwoman is cast, it is almost always as a transwoman or a drag queen. Why are they not letting these "real women" play real women in roles that do not reference their trans-ness?

Of course in their most famous movie about transgender, "Trans America," they cast a "cis-woman" to play the transwoman. Why? Because very few transwomen could play women without being laughed off the screen by mainstream audiences.

Anyway, I doubt seriously Disney made this decision because Orange Man Bad. That corporation must have realized that hemoraging money year after year is not a sustainable business model.

 

[JWBooth]

Dr Who was pretty good when it was revived and under Steven Moffatt and played by Eccleston, Tennant, Smith and Capaldi. The writing and direction dropped off towards the end of Capaldi’s run. If the people behind had remained constant could the quality have remained and the last two not been utter failures? I don’t know.

 

[sparky]

woke jokes cant take a poke? ~S~

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Not a big fan of the series and I doubt it was MAGA who was responsible for the cancellation.

But I'll accept responsibility for Disney's withdrawal of production funding. Like they say, "Go woke, go broke."

MAGA America blamed after Disney pulls out of Doctor Who deal​

MAGA America and so-called “woke” casting have been blamed for Disney’s decision to end its financial backing of cult sci-fi show Doctor Who.

Production and streaming giant Disney, which signed on as the co-producer and exclusive home of Doctor Who outside the UK in 2022, ended the deal this week.

While lower than expected viewing figures were a major factor for the decision, industry publication Deadline quoted sources at the show as saying a “woke” backlash may have been awakened as Doctor Who has embraced diverse storytelling under writer and producer Russell T Davies.

Doctor Who’s viewing figures have experienced a severe drop off in recent years according to Barb, the UK’s official ratings agency.

Season 15 averaged 3.8 million viewers, a decline of 1 million on season 14.

Both seasons with actor Ncuti Gatwa as the titular Doctor were down on Jodie Whittaker’s concluding season in 2021 – which was watched by an average of 5.2 million people.

Under writer Davies, the series has cast transgender actress Yasmin Finney as drag-queen villain Jinkx Monsoon.

It also featured an historic gay kiss between Gatwa – who publicly came out as gay in 2023 – and American performer Jonathan Groff, which attracted complaints from some BBC viewers

The BBC rejected the complaints in June 2024, saying Doctor Who “will always continue to proudly celebrate diversity and reflect the world we live in”.

But Deadline cited a “well-placed industry source” as saying Doctor Who became “too woke for Trump’s USA”, and this was a factor in Disney minds when it came to renewing its production deal.

MAGA America blamed after Disney pulls out of Doctor Who deal

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Oh, well.

The world will not stop revolving.

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[JGalt]

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Oh, well.

The world will not stop revolving.

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If it does, I'm ripping the tags off my mattress and furniture before I fly off into space.

 

[Bootstraps]

Doctor Who because of their casting bullshit was dying long before this....after David Tennant and Matt Smith the show went down hill fast...

Capaldi's first season was bad but his next two were pretty good. If nothing else, look up his speech for the Zygon invasion. That was pure Doctor right there.

 

[Bootstraps]

The series failed under the last two Doctors were just poorly written. And this is from someone who was excited to learn that Chibnall and Whitaker was going to be involved. I was familiar with them from Broadchurch and the first season was phenomenal. But the writing for Doctor Who under Chibnall and Disney was just bad. Horribly so. It's always amazing how people think their writing is so good that there can be no legitimate complaints about it. They automatically expect praise and think any criticism is based purely on politics.

 

[JWBooth]

Capaldi's first season was bad but his next two were pretty good. If nothing else, look up his speech for the Zygon invasion. That was pure Doctor right there.

 

[JWBooth]

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[Doc7505]

Most of everything Disney puts out is TRASH. They did the impossible by destroying Star Wars. They put some radical leftist ***** in charge of that franchise and utterly destroyed it. Disney is GARBAGE.

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Walt must be doing flips in his grave...

 

[Sparker]

I was a Doc Who fan for a few years, until I became tired of the repetition. Daleks and Cybermen were killed off and recycled endlessly. Walking tin cans aren't scary anymore. The young women lusting for the doc who can't reciprocate was a plot point that worked once. They could have done anything else with the next companion. With so many docs over the years, I thought at least one should be female, but I was done with the show long before they got around to doing that.

 

[petro]

Never cared for the show.
Just too damn cheesy.

 

[Independent thinker]

Not a big fan of the series and I doubt it was MAGA who was responsible for the cancellation.

But I'll accept responsibility for Disney's withdrawal of production funding. Like they say, "Go woke, go broke."

MAGA America blamed after Disney pulls out of Doctor Who deal​

MAGA America and so-called “woke” casting have been blamed for Disney’s decision to end its financial backing of cult sci-fi show Doctor Who.

Production and streaming giant Disney, which signed on as the co-producer and exclusive home of Doctor Who outside the UK in 2022, ended the deal this week.

While lower than expected viewing figures were a major factor for the decision, industry publication Deadline quoted sources at the show as saying a “woke” backlash may have been awakened as Doctor Who has embraced diverse storytelling under writer and producer Russell T Davies.

Doctor Who’s viewing figures have experienced a severe drop off in recent years according to Barb, the UK’s official ratings agency.

Season 15 averaged 3.8 million viewers, a decline of 1 million on season 14.

Both seasons with actor Ncuti Gatwa as the titular Doctor were down on Jodie Whittaker’s concluding season in 2021 – which was watched by an average of 5.2 million people.

Under writer Davies, the series has cast transgender actress Yasmin Finney as drag-queen villain Jinkx Monsoon.

It also featured an historic gay kiss between Gatwa – who publicly came out as gay in 2023 – and American performer Jonathan Groff, which attracted complaints from some BBC viewers

The BBC rejected the complaints in June 2024, saying Doctor Who “will always continue to proudly celebrate diversity and reflect the world we live in”.

But Deadline cited a “well-placed industry source” as saying Doctor Who became “too woke for Trump’s USA”, and this was a factor in Disney minds when it came to renewing its production deal.

MAGA America blamed after Disney pulls out of Doctor Who deal

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It’s always interesting to read woke shows being cancelled due to low ratings and yet the left never seem to put two and two together and realize that the majority of people don’t want to see woke shows.