EXCLUSIVE : Dana Walden was in London earlier this month, but it’s safe to say that renewing Doctor Who was not among the Disney entertainment chief’s priorities. Sources have been telling Deadline for more than a year that Disney has been lukewarm on the sci-fi series, and by Tuesday afternoon, it was official: the BBC confirmed that its Doctor Who co-production agreement had vaporized.

What was conceived as a plan to Marvel-ize the franchise did not translate into a big bang. Instead, the partnership has died with a whimper — with Disney not even putting out a statement to mark its passing. So what doomed the Doctor Who deal, and what comes next?

Deadline has spoken to multiple sources in Doctor Who ‘s orbit, who say the Disney deal fell apart for a variety of reasons,

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