'Doctor Who' Christmas Special is cancelled as Russell T. Davies departs the show: What does this mean for the future of Doctor Who?

The BBC has announced that the planned " Doctor Who " 2026 Christmas special has been cancelled and that the show’s showrunner, Russell T. Davis, is departing alongside his production company Bad Wolf. The cancellation of the special, a mostly annual release since "Doctor Who" returned to the airwaves in 2005, is definitely bad news, but, according to Davies, it was actually planned all along. …