Doctor Who‘s New Era Might Cost the BBC a Pretty Penny

A bunch of matter areabout to changeon Doctor Who , and not just in front of the camera , as Jodie Whittaker ’s personification of the Time Lord gear up to end her run in explosive styleas Flux begins . Behind the photographic camera , the impending regaining offormer showrunner Russell T. Daviesis going to contribute about an interesting change in how Doctor Who has been made for sixteen years .

Why Is Doctor Who Not Being Made By BBC Anymore?

The Timesreports that as part of a new yield muckle in Davies ’ return to the series , the BBC could potentially lose up to £ 40 million ( roughly $ 54.5 million ) per ten - instalment season of Doctor Who . This is n’t because of increases in production cost or anything but because , technically , the BBC wo n’t solely be making Doctor Who in - house anymore . Since it render in 2005 , the factual making of Doctor Who has been done by the BBC itself and BBC Studios . But when Davies ’ incumbency begins in 2023 , he will instead work with Bad Wolf Studios to make the show . That ’s the external production firm campaign by former MD Who producers Julie Gardner and former BBC Controller of Fiction Jane Tranter — which is now owned by Sony Pictures Television , after the studio read a legal age stake in Bad Wolf in December 2021 .

How Is the BBC Going to Lose Money on Doctor Who?

Well , because instead of the typical output toll of the series remaining within the BBC itself , it will now go to a third party . That does n’t needs mean the show will be made at a red now that this output budget is going outside of the potbelly , however . While Bad Wolf and Humphrey Davy would be responsible for the originative steering and production of Doctor Who , BBC Worldwide — the late iteration of the party ’s commercial arm — will still yield money from the series by sales to international broadcasters and streaming platforms , merchandise deals , and other associated taxation stream . “ BBC Studios is at long last responsible for delivering the show , ” a BBC illustration tell the Times , “ and this production partnership is about prospicient - term investment that will radically build on the already Brobdingnagian success of the show . ”

Considering that investing could establish on ideas Sir Humphrey Davy hasbeen hungriness to developfor Doctor Who ever since he last ran the show — to ramify it out into spinoffs and other series as its own shared world of show beyond Doctor Who itself — production costs going outdoors of the BBC may end up being a small cost to yield to bring the sci - fi classic back to the kind of cultural prominence Sir Humphrey Davy wish it had .

Update 2025-03-16 , 1.00PM EST : This piece has been update to reflect the news that Sony Pictures Television has acquire Bad Wolf . Deadlinereports that the pile includes the production star sign as well as its studio apartment space in Cardiff , Wales , where Doctor Who will be shoot , as well as Bad Wolf ’s 30 % bet in its American sibling caller , Bad Wolf America .

Bohemian Rhapsody’s looking a bit different these days.