Yeah, and even if the tv show dies, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if within a few years, same universe shows started appearing, with the show being dead, but not the franchise. And I expect Big Finish to keep going, and books, and comics, and such.
Of course, with the recent cancelling of Lower Decks, I’m feeling cynical about the survival of any show…
This topic got very sad 
Yes, streaming services cancel shows as soon as they seem to be losing steam. But that’s because they are always chasing the next big hit, and they know that new people start losing interest when the show gets 4 or 5 seasons. It’s all just a numbers game.
However after having gone through 40 seasons, I think Doctor Who is immune to this.
Apparently, from the interview (I’ve lost it now, must find a link), the BBC approached RTD to revive Who and make it a huge franchise like Marvel. So the BBC won’t want to cancel it again if they have any sense…
The BBC use the following to split up the three eras.
Doctor Who (1963 - 1996)
Doctor Who (2005 - 2022)
Doctor Who
I notice that tardis.guide has gone for Doctor Who (2005 - 2023) when creating a set for the second era. Would the BBC’s approach not be the closest thing we have to an official naming convention?
I guess the trouble with this philosophy is that there is no “they”. There are just individual people who move on or change priorities and who are in turn surrounded and battered by the storms of politics. It’s hard to say what might happen to Doctor Who if the BBC were to be shut down by Westminster, for instance.
Come and join me in my bunker where I’m already excitedly anticipating what the Second Wilderness will look like.
Honestly, I know this isn’t a popular opinion and by no means do I want the show to be cancelled, but I’ve also been saying for a while that I think another ‘wilderness’ would do the extended universe some good, because some of the latest EU releases have been a little stagnant recently
Bunk-up in the bunker?
Oh good spot, that’s actually a typo then! Should be 2022. I’ll fix it 
Edit: fixed!
I have no idea if I’m just reading rumours but I just saw on Twitter (I got an alert from BBC then had a quick look at what others are posting… should stay away really) that Ncuti Gatwa has said he’s going to take a year break and do some other acting before returning to Doctor Who, 3 seasons at least, yay!!
I always consider each season as the last. This way I am happy when I hear another is coming.
Makes me want to say “6 seasons and a movie!” (Community reference)
I’m glad Inspector Spacetime got more than six seasons and a movie!
I have a theory. Doctor Who exists in 26-year-cycles. So the current TV run is going to end in 2031. We will then move onto the Second Wilderness, which will last from 2032 to 2037 and 2039 to 2047 before the launch of the third Doctor Who TV run, which will run uninterrupted from 2048 to 2073, covering Doctor Who’s 100th and 110th anniversaries.
In 2038, we will get a one-off TV movie. It is a co-production between the BBC and Disney and will be an attempt to relaunch the series, but to no avail. The 19th Doctor is played by an actor who was born just a few years ago (or a 68-year-old David Tennant, it hasn’t been decided yet), but who’s still too young to be famous (spoilers, guys, you’ll find out eventually!)
Amazing!! Very responsive 
I’m excited for the 100th anniversary special already! Can’t wait to see the next Tennant Doctor incarnation 
When the Doctor quad-regenerates into 4 Tennants?
Every Doctor throughout history bigenerates into a Tennant, forming a massive army who then, along with the prayers of all of planet Earth amplified by Mr. Smith through the Medusa Cascade, start to glow and fly and they punch Skaro all at once, destroying it for the 100th time and this is how the Time War finally ends.
What will happen is that we are introduced to a new previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor (the Tennant-Doctor), and we’ll learn that this is the very first incarnation of the Doctor and every subsequent incarnation originates from him (the character will be renamed to the Tennant from that point). From that point on, every past and future incarnation of the Doctor/the Tennant is played by David Tennant in different wigs and costumes and the BBC begins releasing new versions of old Doctor Who stories where the original actor has been replaced by a deep-faked Tennant.
Once David finally decides to retire from acting at the ripe age of 103, his children will be taking over from him, continuing his important work.
