10 Reasons RTD's Doctor Who Return Failed

10. Just ASSUMING There'd Be A Third Season

Given that Disney only ever committed to two seasons of Doctor Who, the most sensible approach would've been to play it safe and plot an arc which is definitively wrapped up by the end of Season 2.

Instead, RTD didn’t seem to even consider the possibility that Disney wouldn’t renew, actively leaving a billion hanging plot threads for a third season that was ultimately never greenlit.

In 2024, he even said this:

“I’m working on the fourth script now for season three. It’s not actually commissioned, That’s still up in the air. I shouldn’t say we’re confident, because that’s asking for a fall, but we’re very confident, to be honest. And we’ll just keep going.”

Well that aged well, didn't it?

If it wasn’t bad enough that the Fifteenth Doctor’s regeneration was tacked on to the end of an existing story, we also never got to see him reunite with Susan or Rogue. Or find out who the Boss is. Or find out who picked up the Toymaker’s tooth, and if the Master ever escaped from it.

There's a touch of arrogance to just assuming everything would work out and not considering the business realities of the situation, and it's left fans frustrated, with a story and a vision that very clearly wasn't completed.

Even when the ending to The Reality War was rewritten, and Disney had all but confirmed they wouldn’t be continuing, RTD added another reference to the Boss, and a stunt regeneration!

Talk about digging yourself a deeper hole.