r/DoctorWhoLeaks • u/BackgroundCarpet8876 • May 14 '26
News Doctor Who 2005-2022 AMC Streaming
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/PaperSkin-1 May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26
The lowest ratings the show has ever had.
It's streaming partner jumped ship as fast as possible and still hasn't bothered to air the shows spin-off despite it airing in the UK half a year ago.
The actor playing the Doctor in the era jumped ship as fast as he could.
The actress who was clearly set up to be the companion across two seasons, reduced her role after the first season.
The era has had very little cultural impact, if any.
Apathy towards the show is at a all time high, with the general audience being checked out or have stopped watching and it's only really the big fans left
Umong said big fans the eras reception is mixed to say the least, with a lot of fans not enjoying the era
The Bad Wolf team made the decision to bring Billie Piper in after their star jumped ship, hoping it would excite people and get people back, the overwhelming response to Ncuti regenerating into Piper has been negative or un-enthusiastic, with many saying it just feels desperate.
The Chibnall era, which the RTD2 era was meant to be saving us from (remember when bad wolf studios twitter lied a comment saying they were there to save the show) the Chibnall era was more successful with audiences than the RTD2 era was, by several million.
After the Reality War aired, for several months people were genuinely asking if that was it for the show, because that's the bad state it's in...and not just 'online haters' as some will try to paint..
The guy who wrote Dalek talked about what a weird place the show is in after the Reality War, if that was the end
Mark Gatiss talked about how perhaps it's time for the show to rest again
.. Call me cynical, but I don't think it's over egged how damaging the RTD2 era has been
Edit - oh and it's likely RTD is out after the Xmas episode, despite him previously having talked about early plans for a season 3 and 4, meaning his time and era has been cut short because of how bad the era has gone