{"id":959728,"date":"2026-05-14T17:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959728\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:15:17","slug":"doctor-who-future-gets-major-update-those-reboot-rumors-suddenly-sound-more-believable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959728\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who Future Gets Major Update (& Those Reboot Rumors Suddenly Sound More Believable)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctor Who<\/a>\u2018s future suddenly looks a lot more exciting, with the world\u2019s longest-running sci-fi TV show heading to a new streamer in the US. The BBC\u2019s Disney partnership failed to draw in viewers, and the relationship collapsed. Since then, although BBC execs have stressed their commitment to Doctor Who<\/a>, we\u2019ve had no news of the show\u2019s future. The BBC is currently in a very difficult financial position, and there have been rumors of new partnerships with AMC and Sony to get the next seasons made \u2013 even of a potential Doctor Who reboot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to AMC, Doctor Who will be officially returning to AMC+ from June 11. The news was initially announced on an old Twitter account that had been dormant since the show left for Disney+.<\/p>\n

AMC has confirmed that this will include 13 seasons and 176 episodes (including specials). Importantly, this means AMC+ will not have the episodes made during the Disney+ partnership. It\u2019s reasonable to assume Disney will retain the distribution rights for those episodes, and presumably for the spinoff The War Between the Land and the Sea \u2013 which still hasn\u2019t released on Disney+.<\/p>\n

How Does This Fit In With Recent Doctor Who Reports?<\/p>\n

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At the end of April, the Doctor Who fandom was excited by what may well have been a leak; a draft press release detailing a new Doctor Who co-production deal<\/a> between the BBC, AMC, and Sony. While the idea was exciting, it did use the word \u201creboot\u201d in reference to the show \u2013 one that left fans deeply concerned. This draft press release claimed an announcement would be made on May 11, which didn\u2019t happen, so most had dismissed the leak. But this new AMC announcement suddenly makes it seem a lot more likely. The BBC is certainly working with AMC again when it comes to Doctor Who.<\/p>\n

AMC+ will only have the first 13 seasons, but not the Disney+ specials and Ncuti Gatwa run. It\u2019s disappointing, given that means the 60th anniversary specials (featuring David Tennant\u2019s return) will be absent. But it also gives another reason why a reboot would potentially be attractive. The Disney+ era ended on something of a cliffhanger, meaning Russell T. Davies\u2019 upcoming Christmas Special has to pick up from that. There will be a notable gap in the timeline, meaning the overall narrative will feel incomplete. That would make a reboot quite tempting.<\/p>\n

For now, it\u2019s probably still best not to assume that purported leak was genuine. Doctor Who\u2018s return to AMC+ is good news in any case, simply because it confirms there is indeed still interest in the franchise, and that AMC+ is willing to commit to distributing the show. Only time will tell whether there\u2019s even more to this partnership than has yet been announced.<\/p>\n

Do you think\u00a0Doctor Who\u00a0needs a reboot? Leave a comment below\u00a0and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2018s future suddenly looks a lot more exciting, with the world\u2019s longest-running sci-fi TV show heading to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":959729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3937],"tags":[164661,77,968,382,16,15],"class_list":["post-959728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-doctor-who-tv-show","tag-entertainment","tag-regular-news","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116574062526597720","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}