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We Now Have a Better Idea of Who’s Bidding on ‘Doctor Who’

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We Now Have a Better Idea of Who’s Bidding on ‘Doctor Who’

At the moment, the only new Doctor Who content whirling through space and time is an animated series aimed at preschoolers. But the main show, which has been in limbo for months, is finally taking some big steps forward. As fans already knew, the BBC recently put Doctor Who out for competitive tender and is now evaluating bids to determine its next producing partner on the show.

Those proposals were due October 2, and while we won’t get news on who the chosen party is until March of next year, we now have some idea of who’s officially in the running.

According to Deadline, one of the proposals came from Jed Mercurio’s Hat Trick Mercurio. He is a British TV veteran whose shows include Line of Duty and Bodies. The trade writes that “Mercurio is a sci-fi fan and created BBC series Invasion: Earth in the 1990s. He has since become one of the nation’s pre-eminent TV scribes, with credits including Bodyguard and Cardiac Arrest.”

Another production company tied to Line of Duty, World Productions, has also entered the Time Lord bake-off. Reports Deadline, “Sources said that World is effectively spearheading ITV Studios’ efforts to land the contract.”

And there’s also STV Studios, “the production group behind Blue Lights and Criminal Record, ” which is eyeing a geographical shift for the show from Wales to Scotland. The company “has made an audacious bid to move the show north of the English border for Season 17.


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