10 Fixes For Doctor Who's Future

Once upon a time the most controversial thing you could say about Doctor Who’s airtime is “Is 8pm a bit too late?”.

But the Disney era took things to a whole other level, with most episodes dropping on streaming services ahead of broadcast (at either midnight or 8am).

Though they never came out and said it, it’s pretty clear that the messing around was all down to Disney – initially to prioritise American viewers, then to basically just screw everyone over.

We can get nostalgic now about watching Sutekh’s return in the early hours or following Belinda’s journey while eating our Weetabix. But at the time the gap between the drop and broadcast was a total headache, effectively requiring you to stay off the internet if you wanted to avoid spoilers.

For the love of god, just have the streaming drop coincide with the UK broadcast again going forward.

And though lots of fans get nostalgic for the spring broadcast slot of early NuWho, it feels like the show needs to return to the autumn/winter months, particularly if it’s going to go for a more serious tone.

Stuff like Series 9, 11 and Flux just wouldn’t have worked as well if they’d been shown in the spring. By the same token, just imagine how much harder Season 2 would have hit had it aired later in the year.

Dark, cold nights are perfect for Doctor Who. It’s a no-brainer!