July 2026 Roundtable: The 2026 Hiatus News Catch-Up

After a couple of months away, the July roundtable brings Garry, Matt, Maria, and Harry back together. A lot has happened since the last episode!

We kick things off with a full recap of the DWAS Capital event at the Crowne Plaza. Paul McGann practically joins us for breakfast, and Matt talks bacon and sausages with Dan Starkey. Tommy Knight and Gary Russell’s “Return to Bannerman Road” panel was fantastic. Plus a well-earned thank you to Tony Jordan for everything he’s put into these events over the years.

Then we get to the news that dropped while we were away. The Christmas special is gone, Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf are out, and the show is going to tender. We each share where we landed on all of it, and the feelings are not exactly simple. There’s disappointment about the way it was handled, frustration about being lied to about a script that apparently never existed, a strong reaction or two to RTD’s Instagram post, and the broader question of what happens to Doctor Who now and who might bring it back.

We also end up in a full debate about whether filming in Wales has run its course, and the conversation goes somewhere nobody expected.

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