Disney cancels ‘Doctor Who’ BBC collaboration fearing ‘woke’ backlash: report

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The BBC confirmed that its co-production partnership with Disney on the "Doctor Who" franchise has ended, according to a new report. 

Deadline spoke with multiple sources, who cited various reasons behind the deal ending, including concerns surrounding a "woke" backlash. 

"It was pretty apparent from early on that this wasn’t for the long term. Everyone got the impression that it wasn’t doing what it needed to do [on Disney+] to be sustained," a former Disney executive told Deadline. 

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Producer Russell T. Davies explained in a Rolling Stone interview why his current incarnation of "Doctor Who," a series going back decades, is written to be especially progressive. (Davies Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images, Doctor Who logo from Disney Plus YouTube channel )

According to Deadline, a "well-placed industry source" said  that "Doctor Who" "became ‘too woke for Trump’s USA,’ and this was ‘a factor in Disney minds' when it came to a renewal.’"

The Deadline story added, "Under writer [Russell] Davies, the series has cast transgender actress Yasmin Finney, featured drag queen Jinkx Monsoon as a villain, and played host to a historic gay kiss between [Ncuti] Gatwa and Jonathan Groff — some of which drew complaints from BBC viewers."

Another source close to the British sci-fi series said, "The writing has been on the wall for ages. There has been a complete lack of enthusiasm over at Disney."

Fox News Digital reached out to Disney for comment but did not immediately hear back.