"You look Time Lord."

I don't understand this. The show is a guaranteed winner; it nearly always snags the biggest chunk of its audience, at least in the UK, and that audience, both in the UK and internationally, is substantial. The audience is faithful. Moreover, fans are willing to buy any number of related products.

Yet two production teams have quit, the approved budget keeps having to be cut because as time goes on, there's less and less money available, and this highly successful show has been put on hiatus for the second time in three years.

I'm getting a distinct Bonnie Hammer vibe. I wonder if someone at BBC Wales is a bit less than enthused about Doctor Who, just as Hammer--the former head of the SciFi/SyFy channel--wanted to get her channel away from the "geekiness" of science fiction and fantasy.