'There Was No Script, No Actor Was Ever Approached': BBC Scraps Planned Doctor Who Special, Showrunner and Production Company Gone

The future of Doctor Who is now uncertain, after confirmation that the BBC has parted ways with its former showrunner and production company, and scrapped its previously-announced one-off episode due to be aired this Christmas. In a statement today, the BBC confirmed it was putting the production of Doctor Who "out to competitive tender this year" — in other words, beginning a search for a new team to take the franchise forward, as current production company Bad Wolf will play no part in its future. The news follows the departure of Disney as a co-funding partner, after a middling response to the series' recent era from fans and critics alike. Former showrunner Russell T Davies has since commented on the news via a post on Instagram, confirming a recent report by The Sun newspaper that his Christmas special was cancelled, and that no work on it had ever actually taken place. "We only cooked that up to guarantee a future when no one knew what would happen, but now we do know, there's no need for it," Davies wrote. "You’ll have to wait a bit longer for new Doctor Who… but you'll be waiting for MORE Doctor Who than a one-off. So it’s worth it! "For the record: there was no script, I n