Netflix To Lose Doctor Who, Other BBC Shows

<p>Time might be running short for the galaxy&&num;8217&semi;s favorite time lord if incoming reports from Netflix are true&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;whatsonnetflixnow&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;p&sol;expiring-soon&period;html">&&num;8220&semi;What&&num;8217&semi;s On Netflix Now&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a>&comma; the streaming service will be potentially discontinuing all streamed episodes of the cult-classic <em>Doctor Who<&sol;em> sci-fi series along with a wealth of other BBC shows&comma; including <em>Luther<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Black Adder<&sol;em>&comma; the British version of <em>House of Card<&sol;em>s&comma; among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Doctor Who and its British peers would be removed <strong>Feb&period; 1st<&sol;strong>&comma; despite some rumblings that Netflix may&comma; in fact&comma; be playing hardball with the BBC&comma; meaning Netflix could very well renew the series sometime soon depending on how further negotiations fair with the British broadcast company&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s unknown at this time whether both DVD copies as well as streaming would be effected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the meantime&comma; a number of Whovians have <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gopetition&period;com&sol;petitions&sol;save-doctor-who-netflix&period;html">put up petitions<&sol;a> to save the series&&num;8217&semi; place on Netflix&comma; including one in the link above&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If it all comes to pass&comma; than we suppose we&&num;8217&semi;d all have to turn to Amazon Prime or DVD to get our Doctor Who fix&period; Sigh&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;13&sol;showbiz&sol;feat-netflix-losing-doctor-who-british-shows&sol;">CNN<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mtv&period;com&sol;news&sol;2047971&sol;netflix-doctor-who-bbc-shows&sol;">MTV<&sol;a>&comma; &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;avclub&period;com&sol;article&sol;netflix-about-stop-streaming-luther-doctor-who-mos-213775">The AV Club<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;