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Originally Posted by dr wadd
Perhaps the estate will try and do their own production with them. There were Dalek comic strips in the 80s that didn`t feature the Doctor at all, rather a Dalek hunter called Absolom Daak.
I`m more concerned about whether this is going to have a knock-on effect when they have to negotiate for the rights to other aspects of the show. Are we going to lose all the other classics such as Cybermen, Sea Devils, Silurians, etc.?
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I've heard it mentioned a few times over the years that Terry Nation retained the rights to the Daleks. He actually withdrew permission to use them once, in the late 60s, leading to a storyline which concluded with the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) declaring the Daleks to be finally destroyed. Nation then went off and tried to get together a Daleks TV series, which never went anywhere, and then came crawling back to the BBC. I expect if this new series proves to be a success - and therefore the only viable vehicle for Nation's estate to make any more money out of the Daleks - the same will happen again.
I don't know whether Nation's rights deal with the BBC over the Daleks was unique due to his already being an established fantasy/sci fi writer or common, in which case a lot of other people could make claims on their own monsters. Somehow I doubt they would be so stupid, however. Where exactly are they going to earn royalties off the cybermen or the sea devils if not in Dr Who?