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41 Years Later, The Oldest Sci-Fi Series Faces A Weird Recurring Problem

Ryan Britt

created: Feb. 5, 2026, 8:29 p.m. | updated: Feb. 13, 2026, 12:44 p.m.

If you were to ask a Doctor Who fan in 2011 if the venerable sci-fi franchise was the biggest fandom on the planet, the answer might have been yes. A new insight from a longtime Who contributor might sum up exactly why the Disney+ era of the long-running TV travel series didn’t quite work out. “It’s never going to be Star Wars,” Mark Gatiss recently said at a Radio Times event. Doctor Who (2023-2025) streams on Disney+. Doctor Who (2005-2022) is available to purchase on Apple TV, Prime Video, and elsewhere.

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