WHY DISNEY PULLED THE PLUG ON
DR WHO
Like it or not. Dr Who's entire popularity is the direct result of the Daleks.
A fact original producer Verity Lambert took very seriously. And if it wasn't for her insistence on keeping the Daleks in the show, there would be no series. No Dalek Mania. No Dalek Movies. No legacy at all.
Writer Terry Nation would have faded into obscurity and the BBC would likely have imploded long ago.
Show runner Russell T Davis at least acknowledged this fact and brought the Daleks back during his initial tenure. Gaining 8.64 million viewers. Enough to prick up the ears of Disney. By 2023, they had added the show to their streaming platforms, giving Dr Who a wider, global audience.
However RTD has miss-placed this success with his own merits, rather than admitting it was really the shows historical monsters.
And heres the dilemma. RTD brought Dr Who back from the dead.
But instead of embracing what aint broke, he tried to appease to the LGBTQ minority and put Dr Who in a dress without any context as to why, other than ticking boxes.
Thus creating an echo-chamber of bland assistants during Whitakers time and throwing Nguti Gatwa into painful musical numbers and expecting him to be taken seriously.
Gatwa left the show exhausted in every sense of the word. Trying to live up to RTD's impossible standards.
That said, there's been some great stories of late: The Devils Chord, Dot and Bubble, The Story & The Engine to name but a few.
But the lack of Daleks of late, just shows how disenfranchised RTD has become with them, despite owing his entire success to their involvement.
Point of fact: he was given a Dalek prop (that builders spent weeks constructing), only for him to let it rot in his back garden.
What does that tell you?
So its no surprise that Disney pulled the plug.
