Should The Show Go On Hiatus?

I know a certain section of fandom would love it because they can say, "I told you so" (nobody hates Dr Who more than Dr Who fans) but no I don't think it should go on hiatus. As for the big breaks, remember the 2008 - 2010 issue with just a few specials? The pandemic has of course caused some issues but that is impacting on a lot of tv/film. I don't think the show is divisive or controversial, well certainly no more divisive or controversial than it has been in the past it is just that we have a section of fandom who now shout the loudest on social media. There have been times over the past few years where I haven't enjoyed Who but I haven't thought it should go on hiatus.

I mean people still enjoy it so no it shouldn’t.

Now I wouldn’t be particularly upset if it did, i think 17 years of continuous (pretty much) production is damn good for any show but i also think i personally have reached the peak of my enjoyment of the current show. Still with changing creatives and changing leads, i might feel motivated for televised who in the future and if its cancelled their won’t be televised who so i guess even then it should stay.

But the main thing is that it has solid ratings and people still enjoy it so what i feel is redundant. As long as its achieving those two things which if is, if should stay on air

Well, for myself, I don't watch the current series (beyond the Woman Who Fell to Earth and a few bits and pieces). It has not appealed to me from what synopses and a diverse range of reviews I have read, and for a lot of reasons better summarised by others here who have actually watched it and balanced the positives and negatives. I don't dislike it, but nor am I invested in it anymore. Time availability factors more than actual avoidance - I just seem to have more on the watch list that trumps every time given the choice of catching up or something else. 

But I do appreciate that many do like its current direction and that it is at least moving forward and not moribund. Why should I wish to deprive those fans and viewers who are getting so much more out of it at present than they have done for a long while or perhaps never did before.

A hiatus in this day and age of TV programmes would not be temporary, I fear, but permanent. It was hard enough for Russell T Davies to get it going again back in 2004/5, so really it needs to hand in there and keep going. The schedules are more unforgiving now than they were then, and quality Original Drama is a lot thinner at peak time, bar literary adaptations or remakes.

Yes it has lost viewers but it has also gained many new viewers. There is maybe an equilibrium they need to find whereby both camps of viewers are catered for again.

I would far rather it existed than not. I find it sad whereby long term prominent fans call for its suspension, even though I may emphasise with some of what they write. They should not be so proprietorial or egotistical to feel that a show made and funded by others should cater mostly to their middle aged demographic. 

I think, as many of us recognise, that the revivals of the series were not really driven by a desire on the behalf of the BBC to get it up and running again. The 90's TVM came about (eventually) because Steven Spielberg took an interest in the show, though it was Phillip David Segal who kept the project active as he moved on.

The eventual 2005 reincarnation came about because the BBC had a 'get Russell' agenda after Russell T Davies' 'Queer as Folk' breakthrough success. It was entirely down to him, and his considerable creative value, that as a long term fan. when he insisted that he wanted to do 'Doctor Who', he got the commission and the rest is history.

It could be a long wait for the next industry big shot came around who wanted to do 'Doctor Who' over and above something new, so lets hope they keep the flame burning as long as is feasible. Like it or not, as far as our preferences vary, its still a quality piece of Television by many measures.

As long as the show is successful enough for the BBC to want to keep Doctor Who on the TV then it obviously doesn't need to go on hiatus. What a few 'fans' think is irrelevant... Chris Chibnall could never please all of them anyway.

I think the above commenters have summed it up: people are still enjoying, and as long as the BBC are willing to foot the bill, it's not going anywhere. There are things I like and things I don't about Chibnall's era. There have been highlights and clunkers: in other words, it's an era of Doctor Who.

True but this cannot be looked at in isolation, how are viewing figures for other popular shows now like Eastenders? Is the fall in viewing figures for Who an isolated occurrence or is it part of a trend in declining viewership of terrestrial tv shows? & what about it's appeal overseas? How many other UK shows have such an international appeal? Although to be honest I don't really care about viewing figures for any show I watch & wonder why some fans of Who seem obsessed with viewing figures? Are they the same about every show they watch?
Do we? I for one certainly do not. I enjoy BF but my preferred version of the show will always be on telly, in fact my love of BF has started to wane over the past few months/year.
The show should be cancelled so we can build hype again? Strange idea, how long should we spend building hype? 16 years again? 
I think the show does always try to be fresh & new, but some fans then take issue with this approach & some of the new ideas in terms of casting & plotting, basically because it seems to me they want the show to be just like it was for them when they were kids. I think the show should always be made for a modern young audience, long time fans will watch anyway even if just to slag it off. I do agree that it is not always easy to maintain momentum on a show that has been around for so long, even in its revived format, what other UK genre shows last this long?
In an earlier post you said "As it currently stands, we keep getting big breaks between series and specials" which I took to be a negative comment but maybe not as now you are advocating less regular seasons, just one offs twice a year? & you also said one of the reasons you like BF is because of its output (I assume you meant frequency of output?). Using a past Doctor in their own special is something I don't feel would be a success for mainstream audiences, fine for BF but I think the show should always focus on the current Doctor.
This it what it comes down to for me when I read of people calling for the show to be cancelled (using the term hiatus is misleading, how can anyone guarantee that once taken off air its return would be inevitable) they don't like current Who (or bizarrely are mad at it) but for some reason feel no one else should! Its of course understandable that not everyone enjoys the show all the time, & as you say you "sink more into expanded media" so then why call for the show to be cancelled? It seems quite a selfish attitude when you can just stop watching & accept that it has a fandom you no longer feel part of whether that be temporary (as it was for me during the 12th Doctor's era) or maybe more permanent (why is there this assumption that we should always enjoy a long running tv show & if we don't the show is at fault?).  Just. Stop. Watching.

Defiantly should go to specials or franchise out, the bbc can not afford to do a costly show and it shows........

When amazon are spending 350+ million on a TV show and Netflix 100+ million they are falling behind, with the lack of a new series once a year old fans are dropping away and no new ones being picked up.
The specials work cause people feel they can just watch like a film.

It’s sad but true, I loved the bbc but they have and continue to make some terrible decisions with regard to output