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+.
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