BBC abandons plans for Doctor Who Christmas special
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BBC abandons plans for Doctor Who Christmas special

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The GuardianJune 10, 2026View Source

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شبکه بی بی سی برنامه قسمت ویژه کریسمس دکتر هو را لغو کرد. (Shabake-ye BBC barname-ye qesmat-e vizhe-ye Christmas-e Doctor Who ra laghv kard.)

The BBC network cancelled the plan for the Doctor Who Christmas special episode.

shabake-ye→network ofbarname-ye→plan ofqesmat-e→episode ofvizhe-ye→special ofChristmas-e→Christmas ofra→object markerlaghv kard→cancelled
این شبکه می‌خواهد روی آینده بلندمدت این سریال تمرکز کند. (In shabake mikhahad ruye ayande-ye boland-moddat-e in serial tamarkoz konad.)

This network wants to focus on the long-term future of this series.

in→thisshabake→networkmikhahad→wantsruye→onayande-ye→future ofboland-moddat-e→long-term ofin→thisserial→seriestamarkoz konad→to focus
این تصمیم بعد از آن گرفته شد که انکوتی گاتوا سریال را ترک کرد. (In tasmim ba'd az an gerefte shod ke Ncuti Gatwa serial ra tark kard.)

This decision was made after Ncuti Gatwa left the series.

in→thistasmim→decisionba'd az→afteran→thatgerefte shod→was taken/madeke→thatserial→seriesra→object markertark kard→left
او بازیگر اصلی شخصیت ارباب زمان بود. (O bazigar-e asli-ye shakhsiat-e Arbab-e Zaman bud.)

He was the main actor of the Time Lord character.

o→hebazigar-e→actor ofasli-ye→main ofshakhsiat-e→character ofArbab-e Zaman→Time Lordbud→was
راسل تی دیویس و تهیه‌کننده نیز این پروژه را ترک کردند. (Russell T Davies va tahiye-konande niz in prozh-e ra tark kardan.)

Russell T Davies and the producer also left this project.

va→andtahiye-konande→producerniz→alsoin→thisprozh-e→projectra→object markertark kardan→they left
این سریال علمی تخیلی در سال ۱۹۶۳ شروع شد. (In serial-e elmi takhayoli dar sal-e 1963 shoru shod.)

This science fiction series started in the year 1963.

in→thisserial-e→series ofelmi takhayoli→science fictiondar→insal-e→year ofshoru shod→started
حالا بی بی سی می‌خواهد یک تیم جدید برای سریال پیدا کند. (Hala BBC mikhahad yek tim-e jadid baraye serial peyda konad.)

Now BBC wants to find a new team for the series.

hala→nowmikhahad→wantsyek→a/onetim-e→team ofjadid→newbaraye→forserial→seriespeyda konad→to find
طرفداران نگران آینده دکتر هو هستند. (Tarafdaran negaran-e ayande-ye Doctor Who hastand.)

Fans are worried about the future of Doctor Who.

tarafdaran→fansnegaran-e→worried aboutayande-ye→future ofhastand→are
شبکه می‌گوید که سریال در آینده باز خواهد گشت. (Shabake miguyad ke serial dar ayande baz khahad gasht.)

The network says that the series will return in the future.

shabake→networkmiguyad→sayske→thatserial→seriesdar→inayande→futurebaz khahad gasht→will return
همه منتظر اخبار درباره فصل بعدی هستند. (Hame montazer-e akhbar darbare-ye fasl-e ba'di hastand.)

Everyone is waiting for news about the next season.

ame→everyonemontazer-e→waiting forakhbar→newsdarbare-ye→aboutfasl-e→season ofba'di→nexthastand→are
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لغو کردن
to cancel
"آن‌ها سفر را لغو کردند."
آینده
future
"آینده این کشور روشن است."
طرفداران
fans
"طرفداران فوتبال به ورزشگاه رفتند."
ترک کردن
to leave
"او خانه را ساعت ۸ ترک کرد."
بازگشتن
to return
"او سال بعد باز خواهد گشت."
منتظر
waiting
"من منتظر جواب شما هستم."
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