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A new Christmas special of Doctor Who has been cancelled while the BBC plans the next phase of the sci-fi show.

The corporation announced last year that there would be a festive special in 2026, but confirmed on Wednesday that it will no longer proceed.

Instead, the broadcaster is inviting production companies to put themselves forward to help co-produce the next series.

Showrunner Russell T Davies also confirmed he will leave, external the long-running programme, writing on Instagram that it is "goodbye from me but hello to a big new future for the show".

Referring to the announcement of the Christmas special, he explained: "We only cooked that up to guarantee a future when no one knew what would happen, but now we do know, there's no need for it.

"You'll have to wait a bit longer for new Doctor Who... but you'll be waiting for more Doctor Who than a one-off. So it's worth it!

"For the record: there was no script, I never wrote it, and no actor was ever approached to play the next Doctor."

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but i do think the monstrosity was a prerequisite. in the same way that a straight guy is sexually/romantically attracted to girls: that doesn't mean he's attracted to ALL girls just for being girls—but if the straight guy forms an emotional bond with someone, if they aren't a girl, then that bond would never develop into sexual/romantic attraction.

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Let the ransomed be free as the revel meets the day

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I've gone. Not one for goodbyes, I thought it best to slip out quietly. Love to you all, Giles.