Pictures of the royal visit were released today, along with the news that Prince William recorded a message at the studio that was released during tonight’s BAFTA Cymru Awards ceremony (where Who showrunner Russell T Davies accepted an award for Outstanding Contribution to Television), promoting the local film and television industry in Wales… which of course included British royalty stepping inside the TARDIS. Putting aside Doctor Who‘s own storied history with the royal family—including that time the show nearly dropped a Titanic-shaped starship on top of Buckingham Palace (and then actually did, in an alternate timeline)—the news here is mostly heartening to fans still waiting to hear more definitive news about the show’s future, with the BBC and Disney alike remaining vaguely noncommittal but hopeful about an eventual return to adventures in time and space. It leaves fans in pretty much the same place they’ve been since the broadcast of “The Reality War”—eying a 2027 return at the earliest, decreasing in likeliness the longer it goes without the BBC making any announcement—but a glimmer of hope is better than no hope at all.
Author: James Whitbrook
Published at: 2025-10-06 22:15:44
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