‘Doctor Who’ Shakes Up Writers’ Payment Structure After Disney+ Boards BBC Sci-Fi Series

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Excerpt: Sources said that episodic writers are now being paid a large fee upfront rather than a smaller fee plus residuals that has seen previous scribes earn additional compensation when Doctor Who is repeated. [...] 

Ellie Peers, General Secretary of the Writers Guild of Great Britain, told Deadline: “As a trade union we take our responsibilities in negotiations very seriously and this involves being in full possession of the facts before taking up issues with broadcasters and others, both privately and publicly. The terms outlined to us by Deadline, if true, would represent a serious retrograde step for UK writers working on Doctor Who.”

Full article over at deadline.com.

Comments

[shadowkat]

Yup, Disney is kind of controversial - the television writers on Xitter who wrote Daredevil and the various Marvel series for Netflix, are furious at Disney for rebooting the series, and removing them and their content - so it doesn't have to pay them residuals. Disney wants to show the content without having to pay the writers and actors past the first air date. That was actually what the writers and actors strike was about - and they made some sort of compromise.

[alchemicink]

Fascinating read. Thanks for sharing! I'd be curious to know how big (or small) the gap is between the current upfront large payment versus the previous smaller one