{
  "id": 12576790,
  "title": "‘Doctor Who’ Bids Revealed: Jed Mercurio Leads Pitch To Regenerate BBC Series, As STV Studios Plans To Transport TARDIS To Scotland",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/doctor-who-bids-revealed-jed-mercurio-leads-pitch-to-regenerate-bbc",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-07T07:12:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/doctor-who-bids-revealed-jed-mercurio-bbc-scotland-1237147648/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Could Jed Mercurio be about to take control of the TARDIS? Deadline can reveal that the Line of Duty showrunner is spearheading a bid to produce Doctor Who after the BBC launched a competitive tender, a bake-off-style process in which producers have put forward plans to regenerate the iconic sci-fi series. We are told […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}