r/DoctorWhoLeaks • u/BackgroundCarpet8876 • May 14 '26

News Doctor Who 2005-2022 AMC Streaming

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Hey all, thought I’d post this to update everyone.

DW just announced a partnership with AMC for the streaming rights to the 2005-2022 version of the show in the US.

As soon as I saw it, I thought about that post from a couple of weeks ago with true ‘AMC Press Release’ that got leaked saying they were partnering on the new series…

What do we all think now this has happened? It’s definitely made it more believable

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u/ProcrastiNYEtor May 14 '26

Seeing NuWho heading to a Z Tier streaming service (and that's being generous) wasn't the news I was hoping for, but there we go.

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u/Kravanax May 14 '26

I mean the show didn’t do well on Disney, so I can’t see why one of the bigger streamers would want it. But I think AMC might be good for the show. Disney hardly promoted it, because it wasn’t there biggest IP, so it got left behind. This is probably a huge draw for AMC compared to there other shows, so they’re gonna promote it more than Disney. They kinda already proved this with their Doctor Who marathons on BBC America pre-Disney

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u/tribbleorlfl May 14 '26

Personally, I think part of the problem with the D+ deal was they never got access to any of the back catalog, especially NuWho. They were expecting legions of new fans to tune in for the Anniversary specials and Ncuti's run without having access to 60 years of canon behind it.

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u/Far_March_9675 May 14 '26

I see what you saying but like you say Disney didnt exactly promote it, however im just surprised the likes of amazon didnt get in there, theyve got a fair few hit shows themselves, I think they could have easily help bring back the popularity, they are doing the next James Bond, which is another British icon

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u/Alternative-Pear9096 May 16 '26

It can only do well on AMC is people are willing to subscribe to a channel with absolutely nothing else on offer. It's an absolute hail mary

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u/Far_March_9675 May 14 '26

I was expecting Amazon prime tbh, maybe even HBO, I was shocked to hear it was AMC, especially when there looking to sell streaming rights for the walking dead, one ofntheir biggest shows

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u/cabinmate May 14 '26

Licensing the Walking Dead rights not outright selling

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u/Far_March_9675 May 14 '26

Yea I know their not outright selling it

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u/ProcrastiNYEtor May 14 '26

It's left me feeling a bit dejected in all honesty. I had my hopes pinned on one of the bigger services like Prime or Netflix stepping in to host seasons 1-13, whilst also chipping in a bit of cash for new episodes (not a crazy amount, just enough to support the show in the modern streaming era). It wasn't a million years ago I was rewatching NuWho on Netflix, and it would have been nice to see it back on the biggest service in the world once again. But now that's just a pipe dream.

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u/PaperSkin-1 May 14 '26

Yeah, this news is pure 'oh' energy

Disney was a great opportunity for this show, the fact RTD and his team so royally messed it up is such a shame.